THE LORD HAS NO FIXED FORM

[Guest guest]

There was an artist who had traveled far and wide and had built up

for himself an extensive reputation. But so far he had not achieved

access to Krishna! As much he was anxious to seek approbation from

Lord Krishna as well.

 

With his view, one day he got an appointment with Krishna, met Him

and requested him to stay still, so that he could paint his picture.

 

He prepared the outline and told Krishna that he would get ready the

final painting in a week's time.

 

Krishna knew the ego of the painter.

 

After a week, the painter brought a finished portrait, covered with a

white cloth.

 

In Krishna's presence, when he uncovered the painting, the painter

himself was shocked at the lack of similarity between Krishna and the

painting.

 

The painter was completely surprised and asked for a week's time to

get the job done:

 

The painter tried several times but every time the result was equally

disappointing.

 

In complete frustration and total dejection, he wanted to leave the

city and go away.

 

When he was going away, sage Narada met him. Narada told him that it

was silly to attempt to paint the picture of Lord Krishna. The Lord

has no fixed form and He can change His face every second.

 

Narada advised, " If you do want to paint Him, I will tell you a

method which will enable you to do so. "

 

Narada whispered something into the ear of the artist. Following the

advice given by Narada, the painter came back, with a white cloth

covering something and again approached Krishna and told him that

this time, he is welcome to change in any manner but the painting

will look exactly like him.

 

When the cloth was removed, Krishna saw only a mirror and this mirror

reproduced an exact replica of Krishna.

 

If therefore, you are imaging that God is like this or like that, it

is not correct. You cannot describe God and your attempts will

fail. Make your mind clear and clean; fill it with love and

devotion; that will enable you to have the true vision of God.

 

Best Regards

Sreejith