Sri Krishna Jayanti

Blessings to all on Sri Krishna Jayanti, the birthday of Lord Krishna.

Tell me why you took birth in this human body? I took birth to experience the greatest adventure, the infinite journey.
                                 
But it is not far. It is the journey of a single breath, from the base of the spine to the crown of the head. And not so difficult. There's a flute sound you can follow through the wilderness.

That sound is the Name of God, that will lead you through the green valley of the heart, and guide you to the mountain peak, shining in the vast sky just above your crown.

From that peak, a luminous stream of melting song flows down ceaselessly through your spine, watering the garden of your flesh to make it fruitful. In this garden Sri Radha, who is your yearning, meets the Beloved, who is Divine Beauty.

His radiance is blue like the sky, the inner hue of your own pure awareness. And all outward forms that are beautiful, are beautiful because they partake of his radiance.

When the soul beholds the Beauty that is Krishna within, surely, this Beauty shines through every creature. Therefor, to the Teacher who awakens that silent inner music, and gently leads us by an intimate and pathless Way, we can only say, 'Jai Guru Dev': all gratitude to the Friend.

We entered the garden to get drunk and lost, and find our way home to the garden, which we never left. This is why we dance.

Forgive me for this mad poem of the wanderer.
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Words of Lord Krishna from the Bhagavad Gita...

'When you see Me in all and all in Me, then I never leave you, and you never leave me.'

'Offer in thy heart all thy works to Me, and see Me as the end of thy love. Take refuge in Buddhi-Yoga, the oneness at the heart's core, and ever rest thy soul in Me.'

'Leave all religious duties behind, and simply surrender to Me; I will free you from bondage. Don't worry!'