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Once, a colleague of mine told me "If I only could see God with my eyes, I believe that the God exists. You see, seeing is believing". Because, I don’t see God, I don't believe that he exists - is the argument of so many people today.But, you don’t see so many things in life. I had never been to USA or so many other countries of this earth.So, can I deny that they don't exist.? And, what happens, if I deny their existence.? Nothing, whether I believe or not they still continue to exist.
Actually, so many millions of people in the Mahabharata war and during Lord Krishna's pastime have seen Krishna but, only few realised and recognised that he is the supreme personality of God. So much so that, even when Lord Krishna displayed
his
partial Virat rupa - Universal form to Dhuryodhana, they only gave up their plans
of trying to capture Krishna with chains, arresting him and putting him in the
jail.Dhuryodhanas reaction was,"Krishna is a magician and had some magical
powers.
So,
why cant people see God.? Even though they are seeing him face to face ? .The
scriptures explain us that to see God, you need the right qualifications to see
him.
In
Chapter 7 of Bhagavad Gita, Verse 25 Lord Krishna explains,
“naham
prakasah sarvasya
yoga-maya-samavrtah
mudho 'yam nabhijanati
loko mam ajam avyayam
TRANSLATION
:
I
am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My
eternal creative potency [yoga-maya]; and so the deluded world knows Me not,
who am unborn and infallible.
PURPORT
:
It
may be argued that since Krsna was present on this earth and was visible to
everyone, then why isn't He manifest to everyone now? But actually He was not
manifest to everyone. When Krsna was present there were only a few people who
could understand Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the assembly
of Kurus, when Sisupala spoke against Krsna being elected president of the
assembly, Bhisma supported Him and proclaimed Him to be the Supreme God.
Similarly, the Pandavas and a few others knew that He was the Supreme, but not
everyone. He was not revealed to the nondevotees and the common man. Therefore
in the Gita Krsna says that but for His pure devotees, all men consider Him to
be like themselves. He was manifest only to His devotees as the reservoir of
all pleasure.
But
to others, to unintelligent nondevotees, He was covered by His eternal potency.
In
the prayers of Kunti in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.8.18) it is said that the Lord
is covered by the curtain of yoga-maya and thus ordinary people cannot
understand Him. Kunti prays: "O my Lord, You are the maintainer of the
entire universe, and devotional service to You is the highest religious
principle. Therefore, I pray that You will also maintain me. Your
transcendental form is covered by the yoga-maya. The brahmajyoti is the
covering of the internal potency. May You kindly remove this glowing effulgence
that impedes my seeing Your sac-cid-ananda-vigraha, Your eternal form of bliss
and knowledge."
This
yoga-maya curtain is also mentioned in the Fifteenth Chapter of the Gita. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead in His transcendental form of bliss and
knowledge is covered by the eternal potency of brahmajyoti, and the less
intelligent impersonalists cannot see the Supreme on this account. Also in the
Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.7) there is this prayer by Brahma: "O Supreme
Personality of Godhead, O Supersoul, O master of all mystery, who can calculate
Your potency and pastimes in this world? You are always expanding Your eternal
potency, and therefore no one can understand You. Learned scientists and
learned scholars can examine the atomic constitution of the material world or
even the planets, but still they are unable to calculate Your energy and
potency, although You are present before them." The Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Lord Krsna, is not only unborn, but He is avyaya, inexhaustible. His
eternal form is bliss and knowledge, and His energies are all inexhaustible.”
(Bhagavad
Gita As it Is by Srila Prabhupad)
Elsewhere
in Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna explains that he is the light of Sun and Moon,the
syllable Om in the Vedic Mantras, the
taste of Water and the ability in man and sound in the ether.
Who
can deny that they have not seen the sunlight or moon light, drank a cup of
water and felt the taste and so on. So, everyone is seeing God, albeit in
varying degrees.
"Somebody
Bigger Than You And I"
Who
made the mountains, who made the trees
Who
made the rivers flow to the sea
And
who sends the rain when the earth is dry
Somebody
bigger than you and I
Who
made the flowers to bloom in the spring
Who
made the song for the robins to sing
And
who hung the moon and the stars in the sky
Somebody
bigger than you and I
He
lights the way when the road is long
He
keeps you company
And
with His love to guide you
He
walks beside you
Just
like He walks with me
When
we're filled with despair
Who
gives me courage to go from there
And
who gives me faith that will never die
Somebody
bigger than you and I ... by Elvis Presley
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