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Sri Sri Radha Madan Mohan
Today as the pujari was dressing the dieties i happenned to see the small dieties of Radha Madan Mohan & i was glued to see their beauty.
And i just thought " i want to do some Service "
As i walking in the temple hall the pujari called out to me & said "get these kinds of flowers from the middle room"
I said to myself "WOW ! my desire is fulfilled so Soon .They are so Nice"
In the Shringar arati i could see the flowers that i brought were used to decorate the hair of Radharani & some were at Prabhupads Lotus feet.I felt happy.
I had these kinds of experiences with Lord Balaji in Iskcon pune too.
I was just thinking "yes it is fortunate to have such kind of experiences but it also shows that The Lord is waiting eagerly to give us chance to serve him till we sincerely desire to serve him "
The internal pleasure potency of the Lord ie Radharani is always serving the Lord & is eager to engage sincere souls in the service of the Lord. It is by cooperation of the living entities that they will become happy as explained by Srila Prabhupad in the introduction of Gita
" . But actually the Supreme Lord is both the creator and the enjoyer, and the living entity, being part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, is neither the creator nor the enjoyer, but a cooperator. He is the created and the enjoyed. For instance, a part of a machine cooperates with the whole machine; a part of the body cooperates with the whole body. The hands, legs, eyes, and so on are all parts of the body, but they are not actually the enjoyers. The stomach is the enjoyer. The legs move, the hands supply food, the teeth chew, and all parts of the body are engaged in satisfying the stomach because the stomach is the principal factor that nourishes the body's organization. Therefore everything is given to the stomach. One nourishes the tree by watering its root, and one nourishes the body by feeding the stomach, for if the body is to be kept in a healthy state, then the parts of the body must cooperate to feed the stomach. Similarly, the Supreme Lord is the enjoyer and the creator, and we, as subordinate living beings, are meant to cooperate to satisfy Him. This cooperation will actually help us, just as food taken by the stomach will help all other parts of the body. If the fingers of the hand think that they should take the food themselves instead of giving it to the stomach, then they will be frustrated. The central figure of creation and of enjoyment is the Supreme Lord, and the living entities are cooperators. By cooperation they enjoy. The relation is also like that of the master and the servant. If the master is fully satisfied, then the servant is satisfied."
When the living entity serves(cooperate) the Lord he enjoys & how to serve the Lord is to serve through the Internal pleasure potency of the Lord ie Radharani.
The living entity has to cooperate with Radharani in service to Krishna then he will be completely happy.
Great souls or mahatmas or Pure devotees have taken shelter of the internal energy of the lord Sri Radharani & thus are able to perform devotional service to the Lord
& they are under the protection of this divine nature because they are surrendered completely to Lord Krishna this is explained in 9.13 bhagavad gita
9.13
mahātmānas tu māḿ pārtha
daivīḿ prakṛtim āśritāḥ
bhajanty ananya-manaso
jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam
TRANSLATION
O son of Pṛthā, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible.
Abstract from Purport
"""In this verse the description of the mahātmā is clearly given. The first sign of the mahātmā is that he is already situated in the divine nature. He is not under the control of material nature. And how is this effected? That is explained in the Seventh Chapter: one who surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, at once becomes freed from the control of material nature. That is the qualification. One can become free from the control of material nature as soon as he surrenders his soul to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the preliminary formula. Being marginal potency, as soon as the living entity is freed from the control of material nature, he is put under the guidance of the spiritual nature. The guidance of the spiritual nature is called daivī prakṛti, divine nature. So when one is promoted in that way — by surrendering to the Supreme Personality of Godhead — one attains to the stage of great soul, mahātmā."""
So the process to become happy is very straight
---first surrender to Krishna
--- second co-operate with internal pleasure potency of Lord -- Radharani in service to Sri Krishna.
In practicing devotional service we are doing both the activities simultaneously
All our activities are devotional activities performed by the highest devotees of the Lord
but what is the difference is the consciousness , awareness , purity with what that service is done.
So lets first clear the consciousness from all dirt of material enjoyment & speculative knowledge
..............lets increase awareness of "we are serving Krishna & that will make me happy"
..........................lets purify our heart by chanting the Holy name of the Lord
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