Hare Krishna!
PAMHO
I once heard in a hari katha, that one way of being a devotee is considering yourself only belonging to Krishna and Krishna only belonging to you for then you are more affectionately attached and tend to serve the lord more
But I was thinking that Wouldn't i consider Lord Krishna as a human then?
so I just wanted to ask that considering myself belonging to Krishna is no problem... but should I consider Lord Krishna as my own?
Hare Krishna!
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oh man countless examples,
Shabari gave jhoote ber to Lord Rama with love He accepted, Lord accepted Vidhura's simple dishes while leaving all aside the 56 variety dishes offered by Duryodhana.
Only with Love, you can conquer Me-- Lord Sri Krishna.
Duryodhana tried to chain Lord, Kamsa tried to put Him in shackles but all in vain., here he gets tied himself with ropes to the love shown by Yashodha maiyya. Happy Kartik Damodar mass :-)
But the question is, “How do we get to the spiritual world?” That requires a special kind of love, the love between the individual soul and the Supreme Soul, God. Actually, we are caught in a web of temporary, unsatisfying loving relationships because we have forgotten how to love God. So the spiritual love between the individual soul and the Supreme Soul is the most important kind of love. It is the only love that is truly eternal. Actually, every other kind of love we experience is just a reflection of the original loving exchange between the individual soul and the Supreme Soul. This special love is called, in Sanskrit, bhakti. And the process for awakening that love is called bhakti-yoga, the art of eternal love.
Bhakti involves three things: the lover, the beloved, and the loving relationship. In bhakti, all three are eternal. The lover, the individual soul, is eternal; the beloved, the Supreme Soul, is eternal; and the loving relationship, bhakti, is also eternal. ( Bhakti: The Art of Eternal Love)
Read this book.
https://vedabase.io/en/library/bhakti/
Hare Krishna,
Somewhat tricky question.
For Lord we are all His children. Doesn't it mean He is our father?
If you don't consider Him ur own, then what else do you feel when you pray to Krishna? Do you see him as "God" Bhagwan? Narayana with 4 hands. Or even big occupying whole brahmanda like the Virat purusha? What is you feelings about Krishna?
When you are writing poems on Krishna what is you feelings for HIM?
Ofcourse we may frame some feelings or bhavas for Lord but our original spiritual swaroopa is revealed only when we do sadhana.
Okay why my giving my own opnions let you read it for urself what Srila Prabhupada says.
Hare Krishna Mata ji!
Oh my god mata ji! I really appreciate the efforts you put in answering questions I have! I feel very sheltered to have such devotees ready to answer my queries! when I think of lord Krishna, I think of him in his shyamsundar form when he either 14 or 16.... Usually I think of him like a cute child or teenager only because initially, I got attracted to him hearing his vrindavana pastimes and later I realised- Oh! I've hit the jackpot! I'm actually attracted to the supreme personality of godhead!
I'm now so happy that I can actually consider the lord as my own because eversince I got to know about his position, it had become very hard to do that. thank you so much for answering this query because it has haunted me for a long time
Hare Krishna!
(ps. thank you again for answering so elaborately... after reading your answers, I have no doubt left for that question)