melvin

Bija, you know, when I suffered a heart attack on September 11, 2007 I thought I`d die. & yet to this day I`m still alive. Maybe I`m already dead and the reason why I`m still alive is because I`m living on borrowed time.

Theist, I suggest you add a little more salt to your diet:P

If we find it hard to understand eternal time, we must pray to Lord Kalpataru to enlighten us on the subject. Dhruva Maharaj, a pure devotee of Krsna, who was only a four year old boy was frantically looking all over place for a lost piece of glass but when he couldn`t find it, he held his breath and started closing all the holes he could find in his body. This created a stir among the inhabitants of the world. The earth shook from under their feet as a result of what Dhruva Maharaj was doing. With Lord Brahma`s assistance, they asked Lord Vishnu from afar to pacify Dhruva Maharaj. At that instance, Lord Vishnu appeared before Dhruva Maharaj as Father Time, Lord Kalpataru. When Dhruva Maharaj saw Father Time, he immediately stopped what he was doing and said, " Dear Lord, I was searching for my lost watch because I wanted to know exactly what the time is. But since I couldn`t find it, I got mad, held my breath and started closing all the holes I could find in my body. Now that I saw You, I`m no longer interested to know."

Bija, as a senior member, can I moderate this forum now?

Time, a 25th element is under Lord Krsna`s control. There was one time Krsna was playing with his cowherd friends in the forest of Vrndavan. While passing by, Lord Brahma stole Krsna`s cowherd friends. Aware what Lord Brahma did(so that the parents of his cowherd friends would not worry why they`ve gone missing) Lord Krsna expanded himself as his cowherd friends( who went missing for 1 year). When Lord Brahma came back to return Krsna`s cowherd friends, the creator of the universe was so surprised to see that what he stole were still playing with Lord Krsna as if the incident never happened. In other words, my answer to Theist`s question: Does one experience linear time, as in past present and future, in the spiritual world? It`s neither yes or no as proven by this story.

In other words, this material body we have is just a machine that makes it possible for our unlimited dreams to come true. The newly-elected US Pres Barack Obama as an individual soul dreamed while as a child of becoming the Pres. of the United States of America someday. His material body( including his brain) have made it possible for Mr. Obama to become a real one today.

Jeffster, I just arrived home from the Lab. My ECG results reveal sinus bradycardia( Heart rate below 60 beats/min), inferior infarct(age undetermined) and abnormal ECG. In other words, the scar in my heart is still here. The beats of my heart are slow. It must be the B-Blocker(Metoprolol) 100mg 1 tab a day I take to decrease my high blood pressure. Unfortunately, I`m not taking any herbs. I take a multivitamin(Centrum silver) 1 tab daily. I stopped taking aspirin because my liver enzyme(SGPT) is high. I still have to know the results of my chest x-ray pa view( it can tell you if your heart is failing) and SGPT determination(To find out if you have liver cirrhosis). I`ll be going back to the Lab this afternoon. When Lord Krsna departed for Goloka Vrndavan, he introduced the pastime SOMA-RASA(alcoholic intoxication) so that the people will forget Him. Up to this time, I still wonder why?

Bhaktajan, I declared myself on sick leave since yesterday. Therefore, I won`t be able to report again for work at the CPDRC clinic today. I`ll take an ECG exam and have my chest x-rayed early this morning. In other words, I`m not feeling well.My blood pressure went up and I`m experiencing palpitations or irregular heart beats. My co-worker Dr. Ivy will take over my place temporarily. We were discussing about mukti or liberation. That my mind has become self-realized and when I give up this body, I`ll be liberated. Once released from the bondage of this material body, the conclusion is that there`ll be no next life for a liberated soul because he/she has attained Godhood say, as an associate of Krsna. Talking about meeting and separation, I think it is inevitable. That souls meet not by chance but an eternal arrangement planned by God. They enjoy each other`s company until it`s time to go. But they never go because in the 1st place they never leave( Haha). Hare Krsna & God bless Melvin

Sambya, a self-realized soul roams the internet because he wants to teach out of compassion everyone the value of chanting the Hare Krsna maha mantra. That is the self-realized soul`s eternal mission before he became egoistic.

In other words, the self-realized soul while in the material world doesn`t know whether he is dreaming or that his waking up state is a dream or that his dreaming state is an illusion. Being fully surrendered to God, it`s Krsna who takes over the faculties of the self-realized soul.

:sleep: What we dream when we are sleeping is for real. We maybe a king, chased by a tiger, swimming in the sea, etc. These dreaming are not illusions. We change from one body to another, appear in one scene to another. If by chance we dream we are in Goloka Vrndavana playing with Krsna`s cowherd boys, then maybe it`s time to leave the material body and go home, never to come back again to this material world. That`s why there are a number of people who die in their sleep. Because their souls want to stay permanently in those vivid dreams.

Stages of My Life ----------------- 1. I was born on November 3, 1957 2. At 5 yrs of age I went to kindergarten( Colegio del Santo Nino) 3. At 6 yrs of age I received my 1st holy communion 4. At 12 I graduated Primary school(Colegio del Santo Nino) 5. At 17 I graduated Secondary school( Univ. Of Southern Philippines) 6. At 18 I entered College(Velez College) taking the course BSMT 7 At 21 I learned to chant Hare Krsna 8. At 22 I entered medical school( Univ. of the Visayas) 9. At 25 I got married. 10. At 29 I obtained my physician`s license 11. At 30 I started writing Hare Krsna articles in the local newspapers 12. At 35 I started working as a government doctor 13. At 49 I had my 1st heart attack 14. At 51 I`m still writing Hare Krsna articles. So, do you think I`m liberated at this point in time?

A remakable recovery! Post cerebrovascular accidents usually carry some disabilities such as hemiplegia, slurring of speech, memory loss, incontenence and depression. Hemiplegia when the other half of the body is paralyzed. Slurring of speech means it`s hard to articulate words properly memory loss when the part of the brain where memories are stored was injured during the accident incontenence when it`s difficult to control one`s bowel movement and urination depression is noted when the patient is sad and blue. If Jayapataka Swami has none of the above. Then his recovery from a cerebrovascular accident is excellent. ---------

(www.philippines.hvu.nl/cebu5.htm)

:deal: It`s true that Magellan, the Portugese navigator commissioned by the Queen of Spain to look for the spice islands in the fareast, gifted the Queen of Cebu with an icon of the Holy Infant Jesus in 1521. But the icon of the Holy Infant Jesus Miguel Legazpi`s men found in 1565 which they thought was the one given by Magellan to the Queen of Cebu inside a burnt hut was owned by an Indian. The color of this icon is black.The Santo Nino de Cebu (black) icon at present is kept inside the convent. The one being displayed inside a glass casing is the white Santo Nino de Cebu. In other words, there are two Santo Nino de Cebu icons being worshiped by the Cebuanos, the black and white.(www.santoninodecebu.org)

:deal: It`s true that Magellan, the Portugese navigator commissioned by the Queen of Spain to look for the spice islands in the fareast, gifted the Queen of Cebu with an icon of the Holy Infant Jesus in 1521. But the icon of the Holy Infant Jesus Miguel Legazpi`s men found in 1565 which they thought was the one given by Magellan to the Queen of Cebu inside a burnt hut was owned by an Indian. The color of this icon is black. The Santo Nino de Cebu (black) icon at present is kept inside the convent. The one being displayed inside a glass casing is the white Santo Nino de Cebu. In other words, there are two Santo Nino de Cebu icons being worshiped by the Cebuanos, the black and white. (www.santoninodecebu.org)

I traveled all over the world looking for Krsna. Exhausted I went home. But before reaching home, I dropped by this house of worship and curious I went inside. As I watched the Icon before me, I began to cry. I was sobbing having realized that Krsna never left the place where I was born(www.santoninodecebu.org)

Surviving an attack of acute pancreatitis(sudden death during sleeping) is a near death experience. Your lucky if there`s someone beside you to wake you up. That`s why before I go to sleep, I say this prayer: " Angel of God, my guardian dear. To whom has love commits me here. Ever this day be at my side to light and guard to rule and guide. Amen". Then I chant Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare. ----

Jeffster, Yah Krsna doesn`t need a doctor because his body is spiritual. But I think he needs a doctor-friend like me to spread Krsna consciousness in this material world. You see, if Krsna doesn`t need one like me, I think Krsna will make himself appear at this very moment in this material world so that people will be converted immediately to his fold. -----

Sambya, Bali Maharaj was described as an asura. It`s obvious he doesn`t possess an angelic spirit. -----

Jeffster,If Krsna didn`t need a doctor then He wouldn`t have incarnated as Dhanvantari. If Krsna didn`t need a destroyer, He wouldn`t have incarnated as Siva, etc. ------

Bhaktajan, maybe you just don`t know who I was when I joined the hip hop movement? Hahaha ------

:deal: There is truth to the statement that all vedic rituals, mantras and understanding are compressed into only 8 words: Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Hare Hare. For how come Lord Chaitanya have gone crazy just chanting the Hare Krsna maha mantra? --------------------------

It`s different when a Bhakta is approached by an asura like Bali Maharaj, a great devotee of Krsna. -------------------------------