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THE INCARNATION OF KRISHNA

 

The teacher, who is interested in the spiritual illumination of

the human race, speaks from the depths of the Divine in him.

Krishna's avatara is an illustration of the revelation of the Spirit

in us, the Divine hidden in gloom. According to the Bhagavata, "at

midnight, in the thickest darkness, the Dweller in every heart

revealed Himself in the divine Devaki, for the Lord is the Self

hidden in the hearts of all beings." The glorious radiance arises

from the blackest of black nights. In mysteries and revelations the

night is rich. The presence of night does not make the existence of

light less real. Indeed but for night there could be no human

consciousness of light. The meaning of the birth of Krishna is the

fact of redemption in the dark night. . . .

 

When our sattva nature is purified, when the mirror of

understanding is cleansed of the dust of desire, the light of pure

consciousness is reflected in it. When all seems lost, light from

heaven breaks, enriching our human life more than words can tell. A

sudden flash, an inward illumination we have and life is seen fresh

and new. When the Divine birth takes place within us, the scales fall

from our eyes, the bolts of the prison open. The Lord abides in the

heart of every creature and when the veil of that secret sanctuary is

withdrawn, we hear the Divine voice, receive the Divine light, act in

the Divine power. The embodied human consciousness is uplifted into

the unborn eternal. The incarnation of Krishna is not so much the

conversion of Godhead into flesh as the taking up of manhood into

God.

 

-- S. RADHAKRISHNAN