I was just hearing a class recently where the speaker was saying that these moments that become "etched into our soul" occur when we are focusing on the present. The nature of the conditioned living entity is that we are always dwelling on what may come or lamenting about the past. Due to that limitation, we are not consciously aware of what's going on "right now" and as a result are blind to the amazing realizations and gifts Krsna is presenting us with. At least for myself, I find this SOOOO difficult! It's so much easier to desire and lament then to just be in the present! But sometimes Krsna just makes himself so visible and attractive that even someone like myself can't help but be in the present.
Of course this precious moment had to be one of the few times that I didn't have my camera with me, but I'll try my best to paint a picture of it nonetheless. After the abhishek, kirtan and mass chaos of maha prasadam distribution, the temple room was almost empty. It was close to 1:30pm and I had to quickly run an errand. When I came back to the temple room, I saw my friends Amrta and Malini and they said, "Come here quick, you HAVE to see this."
What I just HAD to see was one of the most incredible darshans I've witnessed in my entire life. There was barely 20 people in the temple room and on the Panca Tattva altar, all their Lordships had their dhotis hiked up to their waist, revealing their beautiful legs and lotus feet. See, the most amazing thing about this darshan was that on this particular day, Panca Tattva were dressed in beautiful white silk and their dhotis were so long that they covered their lotus feet! So this was the most incredible mercy to get such a clear and unobstructed view of their beautiful feet. As we all continued to watch, a team of pujaris hosed down the altar to clean the remnants from the abhishek. For over 30 minutes we all just stood there drinking in the beauty of Panca Tattva and trying to absorb as much mercy as possible.
Moments like this are rare and precious. They serve to create such a wonderful impression in our hearts because at times like this Krsna feels so tangible and present. We should hungrily and greedily nourish ourselves and pray to Krsna to give us as many of these moments as possible, as it helps us to realize more and more that Krsna IS A PERSON. Often times we worship the deities as IF they are God but the transition has to be made to actually realizing that the deity IS God.
Although I didn't have the opportunity to capture this rare darshan digitally, I'd like to leave you with some beautiful pictures that were taken of Advaita Acarya's abhishek and maha prasadam distribution taken by another devotee. Hoping you all have moments that become etched into your soul....Advaita Acarya's appearance day Ki JAI!
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