What is Krishna-Realization ?

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Hare Krishna ! Pranams to Bhagavan Sri Krishna and Bhaktas,

Question : What exactly do you mean by Krishna Realisation ? .

Answer : Krishna -realisation, means Krishna-discovery in the highest sense of the term. One consciously realises his oneness with Bhagavan Sri Krishna , the Supreme God ( Paramathma) . As long as the seeker remains in ignorance, he will feel that Krishna is somebody else who has infinite Power, while he, the seeker, is the feeblest person on earth. But the moment he realises Krishna he comes to know that Krishna is his absolute in-dwelling controller in both the inner and the outer life. Krishna-realisation means one's identification with Paramatman who dwells in his heart. When one can identify with one's Paramatman Sri Krishna and remain in that Krishna consciousness forever, when one can reveal and manifest it at one's own command, that is Krishna-realisation .

Now, you have studied books on Bhagavan Sri Krishna , and people have told you that Bhagavan is in everybody's heart . But you have not realised Bhagavan in your conscious life. For you this is all mental speculation. But when one is Krishna-realised, one consciously knows what Krishna is, what He looks like, what He wills. When one achieves Krishna-realisation, one remains in Krishna Consciousness and speaks to Krishna face to face. He sees Bhagavan both in the finite and in the infinite; he sees Bhagavan as both personal and impersonal. And in his case, this is not mental hallucination or imagination ; it is direct reality. This reality is more authentic than my seeing you right here in front of me. When one speaks to a human being, there is always a veil of ignorance: darkness, imperfection, misunderstanding. But between Bhagavan Krishna and the inner being of one who has realised Him, there can be no ignorance, no veil. So at that time one can speak to Bhagavan more clearly, more convincingly, more openly than to a human being.

As ordinary human beings, we feel that infinite Peace, infinite Light, infinite Bliss and infinite divine Power are all sheer imagination. We are victims to doubt, fear and negative forces which we feel are quite normal and natural. We cannot love anything purely, not even ourselves. We are in the finite, quarrelling and fighting, and there is no such thing as Peace or Light or Bliss in us. But those who practise meditation go deep within and see that there is real Peace, Light and Bliss. They get boundless inner strength and see that doubt and fear can be challenged and conquered. When we achieve Krishna-realisation, our inner existence is flooded with Peace, Poise, Equanimity and Light.

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya!!!!

 

SriKrishnaDasa Rajeev