*Bhakti transforms lust into Lustre*
Undoubtedly our heart is a store house of desires, while some are good, some are vicious and there are some others which keeps prompting us for enjoyment. Lust is an intense craving or burning desire for enjoyment. Sometimes these longings are so strong that even the intelligent gets carried away and becomes the tool in the hands of our own desires. Lust blinds our sense of discrimination and binds us to our lower nature which in turn chokes up our advancement.
Gita describes, the lust to be an eternal enemy of intelligence. When intelligence gets consumed in the thoughts of sense enjoyment, we get overpowered by mighty lust. And then the mind and senses just start following its dictations just like a slave follows the cruel master against one's own will. Lust just drags us to the hellish conditions(16.21). As soon as we fulfil one desire another springs up, thus one helplessly wastes his precious time and energy in the fulfilment of unending, unreal and transient desires till the last breath of his life(16.11-12).
But when one's intelligence gets backed up by teachings of scriptures, association of pure souls (who are free from such desires) one gradually understands his actual position as an eternal servant of Krishna and his higher duties towards Krishna. With the determination to serve Krishna, the reservoir of real pleasure, under able guidance of those who have realised Krishna, it becomes easy to break these shackles of unholy desires from the heart.
As one takes up to the bhakti process, his mind, his desires, his intelligence, his senses gets illuminated by coming in contact with the all purifying Krishna(14.6). With the help of transcendental knowledge which actually brightens the heart, one gets strength to fight with this all devouring lust. Thus by becoming victorious over the lower nature which was the cause his suffering, he starts radiating and permeating the happiness which he experiences by being with Krishna .
Rgd
Undoubtedly our heart is a store house of desires, while some are good, some are vicious and there are some others which keeps prompting us for enjoyment. Lust is an intense craving or burning desire for enjoyment. Sometimes these longings are so strong that even the intelligent gets carried away and becomes the tool in the hands of our own desires. Lust blinds our sense of discrimination and binds us to our lower nature which in turn chokes up our advancement.
Gita describes, the lust to be an eternal enemy of intelligence. When intelligence gets consumed in the thoughts of sense enjoyment, we get overpowered by mighty lust. And then the mind and senses just start following its dictations just like a slave follows the cruel master against one's own will. Lust just drags us to the hellish conditions(16.21). As soon as we fulfil one desire another springs up, thus one helplessly wastes his precious time and energy in the fulfilment of unending, unreal and transient desires till the last breath of his life(16.11-12).
But when one's intelligence gets backed up by teachings of scriptures, association of pure souls (who are free from such desires) one gradually understands his actual position as an eternal servant of Krishna and his higher duties towards Krishna. With the determination to serve Krishna, the reservoir of real pleasure, under able guidance of those who have realised Krishna, it becomes easy to break these shackles of unholy desires from the heart.
As one takes up to the bhakti process, his mind, his desires, his intelligence, his senses gets illuminated by coming in contact with the all purifying Krishna(14.6). With the help of transcendental knowledge which actually brightens the heart, one gets strength to fight with this all devouring lust. Thus by becoming victorious over the lower nature which was the cause his suffering, he starts radiating and permeating the happiness which he experiences by being with Krishna .
Rgd
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