Every day all over the world people dedicate some of their time to rid the environment of one of the most abundant substances of the universe – dust. Companies have formed with soldiers brimming with intense enthusiasm to change the world by eradicating dust daily; armed with sprays and wipes saturated with electrostatic formulae designed to decimate dust from even the most modest domicile. But is it possible to get rid of dust? Is there a campaign or scientific expedition that will eliminate dust entirely? There is an awakened understanding that the very same dust that we dedicate millions of hours in manpower to eradicate can be a sacred gift that can display the entire universe; nay, the whole of existence.
"Glory to the Sri Krsna Sankirtana which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional of repeated birth and death.”
This prelude to the Sri Siksatakam is also about eradicating dust; the dust which covers our path, from illusion to illumination. The dust that is the by-product of searching for pleasure in this material world.
“Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet”
This atom, or dust is a much sought after position. To attain one particle of dust at the lotus feet of the Lord, or one particle from the Holy Place of pilgrimage. Is this dust from the pilgrimage site metaphorical, allegorical, holographical?
Can one particle of dust give you the entire benefit of the Holy Place of Pilgrimage? Is it a memento reminding us “We’ve been there!!“, either spiritually or physically?
One DNA strand contains the blueprint of the whole human body. One speck of dust from the Holy Land of Vrndavan contains the entire Vraja bhumi – land of the Supreme Absolute Truth and His associates.
This speck of dust expands to a triquandrantal, holographic plane of existence which is infinite spiritual manifestation and infinite accommodating space for insentient gross things.
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