Don't Forsake the Vibrations

(Compiled from notes on lectures of H. H. Mahavishnu Goswami)

etaavad uktvopararaama tan mahad
bhutam nabho-lingam alingam isvaram
aham ca tasmai mahataam mahiyase
sirsnaavanaamam vidadhe 'nukampitah

"Then that supreme authority, personified by sound and unseen by eyes, but most wonderful, stopped speaking. Feeling a sense of gratitude, I offered my obeisances unto Him, bowing my head."

That the Personality of Godhead was not seen but only heard does not make any difference. The Personality of Godhead produced the four Vedas by His breathing, and He is seen and realized through the transcendental sound of the Vedas. Similarly, the Bhagavad-gita is the sound representation of the Lord, and there is no difference in identity. The conclusion is that the Lord can be seen and heard by persistent chanting of the transcendental sound.

Maharaja gave a wonderful lecture in Singapore to make us understand the importance of these vibrations and I have transcribed the same and I am sharing it here for the benefit and pleasure of the readers.

1. To vibrate nicely, cultivate the art of foreseeing:
The transcendental sound vibrations are absolute. The vibration is there which means the vibrator must be there and this is the real experience of Krishna. That is why our whole movement is based on kirtana-Hari naam kirtana particularly. If we follow this Hari naama nothing else is required, because the vibrator is always with us, may be unseen by our material eyes, but it doesn’t matter. We can see Him through our ears. This is the art of foreseeing. We should cultivate this art. We do not foresee. Particularly in our material conditions, we only tend to think about the present. We never perceive that the whole thing is going to deteriorate. Deterioration is very fearful and we are so very attached to the past, that it is very difficult to think that we have to leave. But truth is always truth. By our not believing, it does not become untruth. As soon as we cultivate the art of foreseeing, then our mind will agree to vibrate very nicely the vibration of the Supreme vibrator. He is present in every one of us in the form of localized paramaatma. We stop hearing Him and make a mess of everything. If the mess is there, we are far away from Krishna and we lose everything. This life is not meant for making a mess. So we should be very careful about these vibrations. Even now, with all different motives, we are assembling together. We don’t assemble for spiritual progress. This tendency must be forsaken. These tendencies are there because we do not know the art of foreseeing. Everywhere we are seeing that the living entities are vanishing and deteriorating. That is the order of the day. Regarding our own body and regarding our own association, we are seeing so many changes. Is it very difficult to foresee? But we try to brush it aside. Whether we brush it aside or not, reality is reality. Try to recognize this. Then we will not waste our time or poke our nose here and there.

2. Our body requires only these vibrations
A straight forward life is a healthy life. Health is not our goal but at the same time, the body must be in a working condition. It doesn’t require anything for working condition, except these vibrations. The other things are useless. So come together always and chant and that is the best thing. Don’t forsake the vibrations at any moment. Everywhere we see that the music therapy is successful. They say that classical music is the best therapy in the world. In cow protection centers, the experience is that with the classical music tapes, the cows give more milk.

3. Hari naam is the greatest wealth
Lord Krishna uses only a bamboo flute and his hands are decorated with that. Vamshi vibhushita karaan. He teaches us simplicity this way. We try to be simple because we are stingy. This stingy attitude must be taken out. This attitude is again because we don’t know the art of foreseeing. And we want to save and save and save. Use the wealth at least for yourself, if not for others. Regarding miserliness, our mind is very tricky. It will argue with you that you have to save or hoard. It is a silly argument under the excuse of children. Those who do not keep money for their children, their children are safe because they know the value of money. And they do not develop bad qualities. Those who have money, they may cultivate bad qualities. The point is that our hoarding for anybody does not help that living entity too much. If the living entity is not Krishna conscious or God conscious, then however much we hoard for him, that hoarding itself will kill him. I don’t discourage to keep some allowance but too much is troublesome. Hari naam is the greatest wealth and this wealth if we can successfully pass on to the younger generation, then there is nothing like that. This wealth will always be useful to them and they will never lose it.

Chant,

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna

Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama

Rama Rama

Hare Hare

and be happy.