What We Really Need Is Lots of Love - HH Radhanath Swami

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Radhanath SwamiWe sometimes think: why are we so greedy for land and property, why are wemotivated by political desires? Sometimes it’s hard to love like this. Weshould not detest the diseased. We should try to rid the disease because all

living creatures are connected with one another. If we cannot love theviolent, cruel-hearted, hateful and the envious, then we cannot love anyone.Just as iron is naturally attracted to a magnet, the soul of every living

being is naturally attracted to God, who is like a supreme magnet. Then whydo so many engage in ungodly activities?Just as a piece of iron covered by dust or rust is not attracted to amagnet, the soul covered by lust, greed, envy, pride, anger and illusion is

not attracted to God.So, people are diseased, but we should

love the one who is suffering fromthis disease. People are ruining their lives because their pureconsciousness is obscured by illusion and ignorance.When it is night, it is difficult to see what is what, who is who, where we

are. Ignorance means you do not know. Ignorance is due to darkness, but assoon as the sun rises, everything is revealed as it is. Similarly, when thelight within us is allowed to shine, all ignorance is dispelled.

The sun of knowledge, God, is within all of us. Then why are we in darkness?Simply because we cannot perceive His presence. When there are dark clouds,you cannot see the sun. So the cloud of ignorance, which is the root disease

which creates all the symptoms in the form of unwanted activities andthoughts, is covering the pure light of the Divine within us.Yoga is a means to dissipate this cloud and allow the sun of love, the

sunof peace, the pure light of the divine presence of the Lord within ourhearts to shine and give light to everyone. The supreme occupation of allhumanity is to give light to the world, not to contribute to the darkness.

If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.It is the duty of each one of us – it is the highest expression of love – topurify our own hearts. If you do not have something, how can you give it to

others? You can only give what you have.What we need is not more technology, not more scientific research. Thisworld doesn’t need more food. There’s plenty of food, but it’s being dumpedin the ocean or buried under the ground. What we need is love. If we do not

have love, what can we give? We will simply remain a part of the problem.Therefore, purification of the heart is the divine responsibility of eachone of us.

When our hearts are pure like the sun, love will emanate in alldirections for everyone. Does the sun discriminate that this is a dragonfly,this is a dog, this is a Native American, this is an Indian, this is a

businessman, and this is the president of the United States? No.The pure heart shines love all around in the same way as the sun. When wepurify our hearts, we transcend all boundaries of sectarianism, all

boundaries of selfishness, and we can be the true servant, well-wisher andfriend of every living being.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/spirituality/speaking-tree/What-we-r

eal ly-need-is-lots-of-love/articleshow/5247470.cms

 

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 At the present moment our minds are polluted with the dirt accumulated over millions and millions of lifetimes of sense gratification. Even though our original pure nature is eternal, full of knowledge, and full of bliss, due to our mental contamination we are presently suffering in the realm of temporality, ignorance, and misery. By the purificatory process of chanting the holy names of God we can revive our original, pure nature and thus relish the sweetest happiness at every minute.

Chant:Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare HareHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare