Dear Stavavali **

[Guest guest]

Hare Krishna Stavavali Matayi

 

Dandavats.

 

If Krishna has been giving me wisdom i want to share it with all. God lend us

these bodies including our brains, we are only glad to have vehicles to learn

how to serve Him.

 

I feel sad to hear about your dear Mother's departure. Every time that i hear a

similar story, my heart is saddened.

 

In the spiritual world, there are many spiritual relationships with Krishna

(God) according to our love for Him. Among those levels of love for Godhead

are the neutral, friendly, parenthood and consorthood. Love is in every level.

 

Similarly, in this material platform, love is everywhere. We love our helpers,

friends, siblings, parents, gurus etc.

 

We are told that there are two kinds of love. Love in Union and Love in

Separation. We are told as well that love in separation is the greatest.

 

In love in union there is happiness and comfort but there is also the fear of

being separated from the beloved.

 

In love in Separation, there is also happiness and eagerness that we are going

to meet soon with our beloved.

 

Love in separation is the highest but the most difficult of all, and perhaps the most painful.

 

However, a life of Lord Brahma that according to the Vedas last for

311,040,000,000 human years or 12,000,000 rounds in the precession of the

equinoxes (2,160 years X 12 signs of the zodiac = 25,920 human years X 12

million = a life of Brahma.

 

And a life of Lord Brahma is equal to about 1/5 of a second in Goloka Vrindavan or the home of God.

 

Because there is the promise that one day we all will be together in the

spiritual realm, the pain of separation from our beloved beings may seem to

last an eternity but regarding the time in the absolute realm, even a life of

Brahma is like the snap of our fingers.

 

According to the vedas, even by chanting the Holy Name of God once, we received

divine protection. We have read about it like in the case of Ajamila. For a

devotee of God that has given his/her life for God, disregarding austerities

and discomforts, God protects even more.

 

Because you are a devotee of the Lord and because you have giving yourself to

God, i believe that Krishna has already given protection to your dear mother as

well. Disregarding of her life style, Krishna likes to give concessions to His

devotees and their beloved. We have see the case of Pundarika that externally

he was a nondevotee but internally, he was in a very high level of love to

Godhead. Even Gadadhara prabhu failed to recognise in Pundarika the symptoms

of God-realisation and therefore to pay for that "offence", Lord Caitanya later

allowed Gadadhara to take spiritual initiation from Pundarika.

 

The pastimes of Krishna are difficult to understand by devotees, never mind by non-believers.

 

I thank you with all my heart for your kind description of my writings. I pray

always to Krishna to give me the wisdom to help and share to others. About 9

months ago i almost died and now i think that if i am alive i should give my

life to the service of the Lord according to my circumstances and abilities.

 

Partha is a nice devotee but unfortunately a chauvinistic attitude got hold of

him. During the last millenniums a male orientated attitude has been

conditioning almost everybody. Conditionments are very difficult to see or to

break and it is time that females are given the respect and encouragement that

they much deserve.

 

On tv we see that the Taliban regime was very bad against women. Now, that the

Taliban does not exist, the chauvinistic attitude in some males can be seen.

On tv we see how some men still beat up women in the street. An Afhgan male

said after beaten up a woman on the street and on tv, "women have to be beaten

up because they have to learn to be well behaved". What nonsens is that?

 

The Taliban is not more but their conditionment after 5 years in power is still

there. It is going to take some time to re-educate that attitude. The Taliban

distorted the educative system to satisfy its selfish and ignorant ways. They

distorted the understanding of the holy scriptures.

 

In a similar way, Srila Prabhupada had a great respect for women, he translated

a part of the vedas, i saw him a few times, but unfortunately, some people

misrepresent or misunderstand his writings. Those bad elements have to be

corrected, otherwise we are in risk of suffering from other small Talibans.

 

I am sure that Krishna will correct Partha's heart in due time.

 

<<take care hope you are feeling better, blessings to you and all on the list

for the coming year>>

 

I am already feeling better with your blessings matayi. Have a nice and happy new year 2002.

 

best wishes

Natabara Das

[Guest guest]

please accept my obeisances.

thankyou so much for such kindness, it certainly helps during this difficult

grieving process. it is all the more difficult because i nursed my mum through

breast cancer for some months..i do hope that Krishna will look kindly upon

her..

you are a humble servant of the Lord and i'm sure he is so pleased with your

service to others, especially and particularly the service you are doing in

your work on this list...

yes partha is a nice devotee, i have already forgiven him for his

outburst...these things flare up from time to time, hopefully i can learn

something from it..perhaps one day I too will become humble..

there are many treasures to be found in this list..natabara you are definitely

one of these treasures...all glories to your service, and the service of the

others on this list who do so much to further vedic astrology, long may it

continue

your servant

stavavali d.d