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Human nature dictates that we find an anchor to build our lives
around. In our desperate search we go from door to door, we bounce
from person to person and we jump from coattail to coattail to find
something stable, someone we could depend on, in times of crisis. At
times we feel that we have found that person and we latch on to him.
When bad times do come around, as they must, we are in a state of
disbelief when we find ourselves bereft of the one person we focused
our lives on, one person we centered our pride on, one person who was
supposed to be our anchor. Suddenly the framework of
our existence seems to be receding from us. We are left only with
shattered dreams.
A person who lacks a stable anchor cannot maintain equilibrium
in the face of adversity. And as we well know, human relations are all
transitory. We have to find something more stable, someone who would
not disappoint us in times of need. That is why we have to cultivate a
consciousness in which the omnipotent Lord is the anchor. The fortieth
chapter of the Yajur Ved states that we should build our lives around
Him, as He is the only one who is eternal and would stand by us in
every adversity. To start with, one could simply visualize the deity
of Lord Krishan and chant the Hare Krishan Mahamantar any time he is
not mentally occupied with doing something. Over time this could
extend to keeping that image of the Lord in the subconscious at all
times. When He rules the subconscious mind, the person is surrendered
and the rhythms of life are keyed to performing His service. In the
Bhagwad Gita(12.8), Lord Krishan says, "Just fix your mind upon Me,
and engage all your intelligence in Me. Thus you will live in Me
always, without a doubt".
Continued practice in surrendering himself enables a person to
develop the consciousness capable of remembering the Lord at the time
of final exit. In the Bhagwad Gita( 8.5), Lord Krishan says, "Whoever
at the end of his life quits his body remembering Me, attains My
nature. Of this there is no doubt". Mahatma Gandhi did not suddenly
think of invoking the Lord's name by saying `He Ram' at the time of
his death. He spent his whole life with Him as his anchor. He
constantly practiced keeping Him in his subconscious. And so must
we!...so that our faith becomes a living experience.
Ramesh Kalra (madcow@juno.com)
Nov. 1996
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