Our True Friend


Through the fascinating journey of my life I have been fortunate to experience a myriad of friendships, all of whom I deeply cherish and value. However, the underlying fundamental question arises that who is our true friend? Can we boast of an eternal friend for life?

  

A true friend is a treasure worth discovering in the multitude of people who appear in our life. Now what are the qualities that we look for in a true friend? The prime quality is unconditional love.The basic principle of the living condition is that we have a general propensity to love someone. No one can live without loving someone else. This propensity is present in every living being. Even animals possess this loving propensity, at least in a dormant stage, and it is certainly present in the human beings. The missing link however, is where to repose our love so that everyone can become happy? That missing link is God. We need to stimulate our original love for Lord Krishna and learn how to be situated in that position where we can enjoy friendship with Him and lead a blissful life.

 

The Vedic literature tells us that our original friend is Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the material world, we mistakenly try to re-create our blissful, primeval relationship with Him through various temporal relationships, all of which fail to satisfy our perpetual longing for perfect friendship. Krishna, or God, is the divine fountainhead of the loving sentiment that can be seen in all living beings. The Vedas explain that God created us out of His inexhaustible desire for loving exchanges. Thus friendship with Him is the original state of the soul.

 
He possesses all the qualities that we seek in temporary material so-called friendships. However, when our material friends do not fulfill our expectations, there are heartbreak, distress, sorrow and grief. But when we dovetail this loving propensity towards the Divine and establish our friendship with him, there is no scope for any negativity. He is always available, willing to listen to all our thoughts, our complaints and show us a way out, suggest a solution to our problems. He never gets tired, He never exasperates. If we search for Him, He will be there for us to patiently assist us. When He is rejected by ignorance or human rebellion, He discreetly awaits. Silently He speaks through the wonders of nature, and manifests Himself in countless ways, impossible to be overlooked.

  
  
The fruits of this nectarean spiritual bond with Him is permanent happiness and eternal joy. Therefore, we must strive to rekindle our loving relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna, who is undoubtedly our true friend.
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