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history; history is made in Him. of Krishna portrayed in the
History happens in time, but He Bhagavata.
is the master of time. Waves So, Krishna cannot really be
play in the ocean, the ocean called an avatara, except in terms
does not play on the surface of of what He did in the world; in
the waves. The ocean, in its every instance, if you analyze
depths, is quiet, without rum- carefully, He is nothing but the
bling and movements. No one infinite Lord himself. For the
can fathom it. benefit of the devotee, for his
Thus, the infinite Lord, the mind to play around with the
immutable, the eternal, the Infinite and love it whole-
immortal, the all-pervading, is heartedly, it has been given a
in each one of us. On the shape and form in the ever-
surface, there are agitations – charming Blue Boy of Brinda-
physical, mental and intellec- van.
tual. Identifying with them, we That Krishna never dies. He
play the part of a limited ego – is with you even today.
the jiva, shattered at every Externally, He is on your own
moment, tossed about by the shoulders (your head on your
vagaries of happenings around. shoulders is nothing but Him).
It is for this jiva to understand Within, it is because of His grace
and realize that all these move- that you see, hear, smell, taste,
ments and changes in the touch, feel and think. He is the
phenomenal world conditioned very awareness in you. It is in
by time and space are nothing His light that we become aware
but that infinite consciousness. of all our physical, mental and
Rooted in this wisdom, a man intellectual experiences. How-
of realization playing about in ever, we tend to forget it and
the world – this is the picture identify with the experiences of

Having chosen the field, it is up
LALITHA CHARITABLE to us to pursue it in a spirit of
dedication and reap the harvest
TRUST
of outer success in life and
Secunderabad abiding peace within.
Swami Chinmayananda

Tapovan Prasad 19 November 2017