What are the characteristics of those who are spiritually healed?
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So, what are the characteristics of somebody who is spiritually cured? Sometimes people may feel that if I am materially comfortable in my life, then God is reciprocating with me.
And they may think I am satisfied over here. Yes. See, Krishna’s reciprocation can come at multiple levels.
So, the bhakti pareshaanubhava viraktir anyantracha. The Bhagavad Gita kind of says that bhakti is the process that gives para ishaanubhav, the experience of that Lord, Isha, who is para, who is transcendental, who cannot be experienced by our senses. And when we experience the Supreme Lord, then what happens? Viraktir anyantracha.
We become detached from other things. Now, detached doesn’t mean that we don’t care for those things. But rather that we don’t depend on those things.
As long as we live, we need material things. But our sense of identity, our sense of self-worth, our sense of security doesn’t come from our material side when we are spiritually sheltered. So, broadly speaking, we can’t look into people’s heart to know how much love for Krishna they have, how much spiritual realization they have.
What we can see is their external life. And so, we can see how committed they are to the practice of bhakti or to the practice of spirituality and how how less invested they are in worldly things. Now, Srila Prabhupada is an example if we take.
Now, when Srila Prabhupada was in India, India 50 years ago was a pious country, much more than what it is now. So, Prabhupada had a reasonable amount of respect in his own country. When he came to America, he came to a place where people had no respect for a sadhu.
So, in one sense, Prabhupada gave up everything that was there, that was valuable, for coming to America. And he had nothing when he came here. But what brought him here was his attachment to Krishna, his desire to share Krishna’s with others.
So, broadly speaking, how much a person is attached to Krishna and how much a person is not worried about material ups and downs, material things. That is a broad characteristic of one who is spiritually healed. Thank you.
Hare Krishna.