Return to God

 

Return to God, by Haripada dasa

Human life is to achieve values. This form of human life is one that can provide values. And what is the greatest value that can be achieved in life? Going back home, back to Godhead, one's selfishness must be aimed at going back to Godhead. Notice how merciful God or Krishna is, Pure Goodness, despite the fact that we have turned our backs on Him, He keeps us giving us food, water, etc., everything, the cause of us being in this material world the world of envy is that we have misused free will, and we have turned our back on God thinking that we will be happy without God, and God is so merciful that he does not interfere with our freedom, the material world is a true prison where rebellious souls are punishes them, the supposed material pleasures cause more suffering, but because punishments are remedies, souls are reformed through suffering, when a person suffers the false ego it loosens up, but what a reason Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura had when he always said that the rebellious soul is hostile to serving God and His devotees.

The consciousness of God or Krishna is a spiritual science, and to reach the goal of life, which is to have love for God, you have to go through nine stages, the first is faith, then one associates with pure devotees of God, the The result of this is that the faith increases, then one begins in the chant of the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, by chanting and leading a sinless life the heart is purified of the bad qualities that rob the soul of energy, these are the lust, anger, greed, envy, pride and ignorance, then one becomes fixed in the spiritual life, then one likes the spiritual life, then one becomes attached to the spiritual life, then when he does his spiritual practices he feels spiritual emotions, tears in his eyes and the hairs on his body stand up, etc., and then love for God, when one reaches this goal he cannot live without God as a fish cannot live without water.

The difference between the spiritual culture of India and other cultures is that in the Holy Scriptures of India there are ten billion verses that inform us of the unlimited names, forms, qualities and pastimes of God, and there is also a lot of detailed information about what is the Kingdom of God, there only exists God, His Devotees and the love relationships between God or Krishna and His Devotees.

In the Nectar of Devotion in chapter 9 it says the price that must be paid to return to God, to return to our true home, in other words, we must learn to cry for the Lord. We must learn this little technique, and we must be very anxious --- and indeed cry --- to dedicate ourselves to some particular kind of service. This is called laulyam, and those tears are the price of the highest perfection. If someone develops this laulyam, or excessive longing to meet and serve the Lord in any particular way, it is the price to enter the Kingdom of God. For the rest, there is no material way to calculate the value of the ticket that allows us to enter the Kingdom of God. The only price for that entrance is this laulyaí lālasāmayī, or desire and great longing.