Windy Road
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To become big is easy. “I am a big man, I have something to be proud of.” But to accept that we are nothing in the face of the Absolute, to accept this creed in its true color, is very difficult.
In the following excerpt from Sermons of the Guardian of Devotion Srila Sridhara Maharaja begins to speak about some of the numerous events that make Vasanta-pancami an especially holy day.
The Yamuna River starts out clear as rainwater from a lake and hot spring at the foot of a glacier, 19,200 feet up in the Himalayas. But for much of its 853-mile length, it is now one of the world’s most defiled rivers.
The grace of Nityananda Prabhu will construct a firm foundation for us. If there is a firm foundation, then we may build a great structure over it. If we have faith in Nityananda, then that faith can bear any amount of weight. It won’t betray us.
At the confluence of India’s holiest rivers, two childhood friends meet and share the respective traditions to which they have committed their lives.
Thats exactly what I think about every time
I take those curvy roads.
Small question: Does this mean the 51′st life is the madhyama stage or does the above road begin at the madhyama stage?
I would say it signifies the struggle of the madhyama devotee who makes a concerted effort to overcome it his or her conditioning. The kanistha for the most part does not do this and so has yet to reach the curves.
Heh, that’s a good question.
Personally I thought of the 50 lives as the anistha-bhajana stage when I drew the comic. Because before the stage of nistha our focus is not one-pointed, so we go from side to side.
Ah! Thanks for the insight into the creative process.
Thank you!
“The long and winding road
That leads to your door
Will never disappear
I’ve seen that road before
It always leads me here
Lead me to your door.”