The intensity of separation reveals the greatest depth of heart.
Jiva Goswami says, “If you are going to try to understand the Infinite, starting point — achintya-shakti — is inconceivable power. And His pastimes will contradict what is rational.” Leave your brain at the door.
Ananta: unlimited aspiration matched by unlimited service capacity.
Self-oblivion is a beautiful thing. That means to be so lost in the beloved as if to lose oneself, yet — you’re still yourself… Why does the heart aspire for that kind of thing?..
Krishna’s Infinite who sleeps on the bed of infinite. And guess, who is the bed? — Anantashesh.
Mahaprabhu rejects anyone who does not embrace His beloved Nitai.
One should be willing to lose everything in the service to the Lord and His devotees.
…Vinod-Pran, Vinod-Vallabha — everything is “Vinod” in the names of Saraswati Thakur’s deities. Guru Maharaj said, “So much so, he’s giving us the impression: there is no approach for me to Radha and Krishna without the intervention of Vinod” — meaning, Bhaktivinod.
That world that exists in our tiny skull-sized brains — this is where the assault is taking place... If we can go against that current, depending upon Krishna to give us shelter and protection, then everything will be fine. It will have the happy ending of the Govardhan pastime.
If Kirtan means a fight: it’s the Krishna-conception versus the mayic misconception. Another way of framing it is to understand — and what the world is about is competing narratives. There is the Krishna conception narrative and the mayic misconception narrative. And in case anyone has not noticed, we are in the world where the mayic misconception is getting all the airtime. It’s all-pervasive, it’s everywhere and everything.