Why we think We are always right and the Only Ones?

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The discussion of people thinking are the only ones,or that is only

one God reminds me of a story from Baghwatam,we only think we are the

only ones, and not only us humans with ego,but even the Demi-Gods,

please read carefuly that might make you think how is this possible?

 

I can't "explain" this because it's not explainable in terms

consistent with

observable reality. But it makes sense to accept that there is more

to reality

than the observable. Some things are inconceivable (acintya).

 

The nature of Krsna's acintya-sakti is nicely illustrated by the

following

story of a visit by Lord Brahma to Krsna in Dvaraka. In the story,

Krsna first

responds to Brahma's request to see Him by having His secretary

ask, "Which

Brahma wishes to see Me?" Brahma later begins his conversation with

Krsna by

asking why Krsna made this inquiry:

 

"Why did you inquire which Brahma had come see You? What is the

purpose of such

an inquiry? Is there any other Brahma besides me within this

universe?"

 

Upon hearing this, Sri Krsna smiled and immediately meditated.

Unlimited

Brahmas arrived instantly. These Brahmas had different numbers of

heads. Some

had ten heads, some twenty, some a hundred, some a thousand, some ten

thousand,

some a hundred thousand, some ten million, and others a hundred

million. No one

can count the number of faces they had.

 

There also arrived many Lord Sivas with various heads numbering one

hundred

thousand and ten million. Many Indras also arrived, and they had

hundreds of

thousands of eyes all over their bodies.

 

When the four-headed Brahma of this universe saw all these opulences

of Krsna,

he became very bewildered and considered himself a rabbit among many

elephants.

 

All the Brahmas who came to see Krsna offered their respects at His

lotus feet,

and when they did this, their helmets touched His lotus feet. No one

can

estimate the inconceivable potency of Krsna. All the Brahmas who were

there

were resting in the one body of Krsna. When all the helmets struck

together at

Krsna's lotus feet, there was a tumultuous sound. It appeared that

the helmets

themselves were offering prayers unto Krsna's lotus feet.

 

With folded hands, all the Brahmas and Sivas began to offer prayers

unto Lord

Krsna, saying, "O Lord, You have shown me a great favor. I have been

able to

see Your lotus feet."

 

Each of them then said, "It is my great fortune, Lord, that You have

called me,

thinking of me as Your servant. Now let me know what Your order is so

that I

may carry it on my heads."

 

Lord Krsna replied, "Since I wanted to see all of you together, I

have called

all of you here. All of you should be happy. Is there any fear of the

demons?"

 

They replied, "By Your mercy, we are victorious everywhere. Whatever

burden

there was upon the earth You have taken away by descending on that

planet."

 

This is the proof of Dvaraka's opulence: all the Brahmas

thought, "Krsna is now

staying in my jurisdiction." Thus the opulence of Dvaraka was

perceived by each

and every one of them. Although they were all assembled together, no

one could

see anyone but himself.

 

Lord Krsna then bade farewell to all the Brahmas there, and after

offering

their obeisances, they all returned to their respective homes [CC ML

21.65-80].

 

In this story it is significant that each of the Brahmas remained

within his

own universe. This means that Krsna was simultaneously manifesting

His Dvaraka

pastimes in all of those universes. Each Brahma except ours thought

that he was

alone with Krsna in Dvaraka within his own universe, but by Krsna's

grace our

Brahma could simultaneously see all the others. This illustrates that

Krsna has

access to all locations at once, and it also shows that, by Krsna's

grace,

different living beings can be given different degrees of spatial

access,

either permanently or temporarily.

please love and respect each other.

 

(From "Vedic Cosmography and Astronomy" by Sadaputa Prabhu)