Calls to Krishna Consciousness: Part 2

Call to Krishna by Meera

Meera called Krishna, not out of distress, pain, or emergency. Meera’s call to Krishna is purely a call of longing, a call of a yearning soul towards the ultimate soul.

In India, a famous bhajan says, “Kaun kehta hai bhagwan aate nahin, tum Meera ke jaise bulaate nahin.” This bhajan itself depicts that the purity of the call, the purity of the longing, is the true factor that compels universal consciousness to leave its settled form and present itself in an earthlier form to answer the call of Meera.

Meera’s call is a higher call, purer than the call of an elephant or call of draupadi.

When we realize the absurdity of human illusions and totally devote ourselves to the ultimate consciousness, only then do we become eligible to create a call like Meera’s.

Meera’s call can happen in our lives, only when we are able to realize true love. Whenever our rational, logical faculties stop and our emotional, soul-driven voice awakens, an instant connection between our ‘pious child-like psyche’ and the ‘highest intelligence’ gets established.

In Meera’s call, there is no ego, no craving for safety or gain. Meera’s call is a call of a detached soul in a child-like state. It is a call of Bhakti Marg.

I remember when I was small, there was a very humble carpenter whose house was near my house in the village. I always got the vibe that this carpenter was a very simple, pleasant, and unbiased human being.

When I grew up and became an engineer, I visited my village and met that carpenter, who had grown so old. I asked him, “Baba, what do you want in your life?” He simply answered, “I don’t want anything, but I just want that Saraswati always remains present on my tongue so that what I speak can be beneficial for others.”

I have met hundreds of carpenters and other persons in rural India during my job, but I never felt that simplicity. We all meet such people in our lives. They all belong to the club of Meera. They all have that innate or attained capability to call universal consciousness directly.

Call to Krishna by Radha

 In Indian cultural literature, Radha is a very much worshipped, very much analysed, yet very less understood figure.

Radha loved Krishna, and Krishna loved Radha. In philosophical terms, the universal material always loves universal energy, and their union creates the universe itself.

In the writings of Rakshan and Surdas, the true, pure, selfless love of Radha and Krishna is very beautifully depicted. Radha’s call to Krishna is a silent call, the highest order of remembrance possible by any human or divine being towards the ultimate reality.

Radha knew that Krishna had left her for the pursuit of higher goals, yet her love remained undiminished. Her questions were there, but the quest for answers did not pollute her love.

This is the reason that Radha is as much worshipped as Krishna now. In fact, in North India, Radha’s name comes first; it is Radha Krishna.

Radha’s call is a call of total sacrifice, total absolute self-subsuming call for the love of God.

It is very tough to describe and analyse the nature of Radha’s call to Krishna because, for simple ordinary humans like me, it is not possible to comprehend the psychological setup of a being like Radha.

Radha is in constant love with Krishna, constantly seeking Krishna, but she knows with finality that in the current reality, Krishna cannot come to her.

This is the highest order of love, where you are assured that your longing will not be fulfilled. Yet You long for your love with purity, completeness, and without any remorse or sadness.

This is just love, nothing else. Radha’s call is as marvellous and unexplainable as the concept of singularity in physics. Radha’s call is beyond logic and even beyond emotions. It is something higher.

This article cannot be completed truly by me,  because comprehending Radha’s call requires a true realization of the call of an elephant, the call of draupadi, and the call of Meera. The writer humbly accepts that he has not experienced the true nature of any of those calls.

In this 21st century, we think that we are unravelling the mysteries of science and the mind. But this has also collectively enhanced our ego—the ego of knowing so much, the ego of discarding the adjustments of ultimate reality.

For the past three thousand years, the pure minds of humanity, be it Socrates, Aristotle, Shankaracharya, Jesus, Tao, or other philosophers, have all said that increasing knowledge must give us the ability to see “how much we do not know”. Once we see from that lens, our scientific progress starts reducing our ego. As much as we start knowing, we also start knowing the degree of the unknown.

All four calls described above do not fit logically in the fabric of science and technology, but they do exist in each of our lives. They are very much fit in the fabric of the soul and heart. Thanks for reading patiently. Your thoughts, feedback, and suggestions are always welcome and can be mailed to me at suraj.ias@outlook.com