Hare Krishna,
In childhood I got to know about Krishna ji from my Mom,She used to tell me stories of bal Krishna,We have a big picture of Lord Krishna on a wall when my mom goes for work, she used to tell me "Dont do anything wrong,Look Krishna is here, he will tell me if you do anything wrong"..From then Krishna is my dearest friend ,my love..I talk to him for hours.Whenever I have gone through any bad patch of life I felt his presence .He revealed true faces of them who tried to betray me..I don't know how to prove it but its him who unmasked them.l don't do puja regularly like other devotees or don't visit temple regularly but with growing age my love for Krishna has increased I talk to him for long,I crave to see his pictures,Listen to bhajans or read about him ..Why this is happening??My friend does puja regularly goes to temple but she doesn't feel the way I feel for Krishna ..I often dream about krishna too ..why ??
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Hare Krishna,
Lovely, you are speaking to Lord. So, does He reply back too? Can you recommend my name to Lord just you know say Lord " have you forgotten someone" :-) just kidding. Lord is knower of every soul, sitting inside as atmaram in everybody He is there with all. But to realize that He is with us, is not so easy and not everyone gets that realization so fast. If you have some vishesh kripa ( special boon) or a pure vaishnavite gives you some direction to realize Him only we get in touch with the supersoul.
It is very nice to see that your love for Lord as a dear friend has grown up since childhood and it was implanted into ur heart at an early age of life by your mother. You are very lucky to have a mother as a guide.
Well, you don't have to prove it to anyone. This Lord's activities no one can understand. He plays His leela so subtly that even Brahma ji started to doubt His leela. So don't have to prove it. We can't prove it also thats the thing. I feel bad about that part myself that I cannot prove it also.
Hmm, your friend does pooja, goes to temple but still has no realization as much as you have it is okay, she is trying hard to get it and you got it easily.. " all are not at the same level in bhakti"
It is coming from previous lives sanskaras that you get it at an early age. Maybe you did some pious activities in your past life so you got to this level faster. It doesn't mean now you got it so you can go carefree and stop all devotional activities or take pride that I am at a greater level compared to others. Because in this mayanagri ( material world) there is every chance that you may fall at any step.
You see so many rishi muni have gone to the highest states of God realization and sudden fell down from their highest position to an ant level. So, It is better that we keep doing bhakti, and increasing out bhakti more and more towards Lord.
Pooja aradhana involves pleasing the deity (deity worship) by offering flowers, fruits sweets. agarbatti, sandal paste. This is one way of showing your love by doing seva for Lord.
See, in easy way to understand what is seva. Let me tell you like this
Your mother is there? She says I love you Sree my little angel. I am so proud you got good grades at school. I am so proud of you my daughter, you helped me today in daily activities.. I am so proud of you dear little one. I love you so ssssssssssssssssssso much.....hugs you, kisses ur forehead. You felt happy.. ya my mom loves me. even in morning she said that, even in the afternoon she said " i love you sooooooooo much... even at night she said I am so proud of your, you are a helper, you saved the day, I love you so much. Is that enough? You will say maa... khane ko kuch do na? I am hungry.. isn't it?
ab apne toh itte bade bhagwan ko apna sakha ( dear freind) bana diya toh unko apne jaise treat karogi yah nahi?? if you start treating HIM as ur friend like a live person you must understand that He needs some place to sit, some food to be given, some gifts to be offered. How else do you show love to someone?
It is great He unmasked some true faces, helped you in rough times. But how are you going to show gratitude and express love to Lord?
So we do that by deity worship!!!!!!!!!
How to do deity worship? you bring a pratima of Lord or go to temple offer ur love in the form of sweets, or flowers or fruits or milk. pooja paat is not love? who said?
Love is shown to the other in the form of service to the deity.
Seva is highest form of love. Every soul craves to become servant of Lord why????????????? to show love to Lord by doing seva.
so cultivate seva bhav apart from chanting, listening, glorifying name of Lord and reading katha. Seva to the deity is the way to show our love and gratitude.
Hare Krishna.
Hare Krishna
Thank you for your comment 🙏 Can you tell me in details what is raga?Why I see dreams of Krishna it's just because I think about him ?? Or he wants to convey something ?
Thank you so much for this enlightenment,I will surely read this book.Is there any book regarding dream interpretation?
Hari bol
Hare Krsna prabhu,
Your mother sowed seed of Krsna bhakti in you and that is now taking a form , Bhakti lata beej is the concept, your bhakti lata has grown thanks to your mother and now it is giving fruits. Apart from that when you were in your mother's womb she must have worshiped, thought and prayed to Krsna . Garbha sanskar is very important, those parents who dont perform bhakti when they are producing kids end up producing envious and non devotee kids. Also, it is because of your purva sanskaras that you born to devotee parents, you must have done some pious deeds to get devotee mother. The concept is duryodhan was born to dhritarashtra and Arjuna was born to pious and elevated Kunti maharani. Make the most of this situation and perform serious devotion and make it your last birth. Hare krsna.
Hare Krishna
Thank you for your comment 🙏Tell me some books from where I can get more knowledge about Krishna , I want to learn about Krishna's Prem bhakti ...
Please follow the sequence- Read Krsna book then Gita and Srimad bhagwatam, nectar of devotion and chaitanya charitamrita