Once a lady went to veterinery with her puppy. She complained to the doctor about his misbehaviour, his disobedience towards her. She was attached to puppy but she was worried because of his indifference. She requested doctor to cure him because she couldn't think to live without him. Doctor observed the puppy for a while and told her not to be worried, he asked her to leave this puppy with him for a day or more, assuring her of his cure. As soon as she left doctor called his assistant and told him to tie the puppy in buffalo's shed. He also ordered him to not feed him anything except water and to give lashes with whip if he barks. Puppy was miserable, whole night he couldn't sleep there due to hunger and mosquito biting and when he barked asking for something he was whipped. Lady came after 2 days, she asked about her puppy. Doctor asked assistant to free the puppy from chains, as soon as he was freed he ran towards his mistress, he felt comfortable in her arms, under her shelter, he started kissing her, licking her, he was happy. She realised the puppy is cured. She asked the doctor, "how did you do that?", doctor replied, "due to your pampering he had forgotten about his position as a dog and was thinking himself to be boss, we just gave him proper psychological and physical treatments to give him his identity back, now he is okay."
Many times people question about their existence in material world, they ask if they were happy in spiritual world then why did they land up coming here, what is the purpose of life so on and so forth. This simple story reveals their answers.
We the souls were staying happily with Krishna in his eternal blissful abode named 'Goloka'(Vaikuntha). But because of developing indifference, insubordination towards him we were taken to the hospital for curing our diseased attitude of 'wanting to enjoy independently from god'. Material world is compared to a hospital and illusory potency of Lord, Maya Shakti, the Durga Devi is doctor. By her various treatments categorised by adhidaivik, adhyatmik, adhibhautik miseries she makes us realise that, we are not the boss, nor the independent enjoyer, we are eternal servants who are meant to serve the lord.
We can understand Krishna's unlimited love for us through this act, he could have forsaken us eternally for our misconduct but for sake of us he creates this material world to give us an opportunity to rectify our mistake by understanding his and our's position. Just like puppy became happy by accepting shelter of his mistress we the individual soul similarly can experience happiness when sheltered by eternal master, Krishna.
By Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
Many times people question about their existence in material world, they ask if they were happy in spiritual world then why did they land up coming here, what is the purpose of life so on and so forth. This simple story reveals their answers.
We the souls were staying happily with Krishna in his eternal blissful abode named 'Goloka'(Vaikuntha). But because of developing indifference, insubordination towards him we were taken to the hospital for curing our diseased attitude of 'wanting to enjoy independently from god'. Material world is compared to a hospital and illusory potency of Lord, Maya Shakti, the Durga Devi is doctor. By her various treatments categorised by adhidaivik, adhyatmik, adhibhautik miseries she makes us realise that, we are not the boss, nor the independent enjoyer, we are eternal servants who are meant to serve the lord.
We can understand Krishna's unlimited love for us through this act, he could have forsaken us eternally for our misconduct but for sake of us he creates this material world to give us an opportunity to rectify our mistake by understanding his and our's position. Just like puppy became happy by accepting shelter of his mistress we the individual soul similarly can experience happiness when sheltered by eternal master, Krishna.
By Rupesh Gauranga Dasa
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