Jagat

Love and Truth were lovers. Love became the Love of Truth, and Truth became the Truth of Love, and together, they were True Love. Love should be looked at as a verb, not just a noun. Love is as love does. There is no place in love for abuse. Unless we uproot the untruth from our self knowledge, there is no possiblity of love. There are no magical beliefs that we can dress our ignorance in: not even the most noble-sounding of lies, can make us eligible of love. Krishna is a man. Like all men, he thinks he is God. And this is his problem. His lie. Until he gives it up and becomes a man, he is lost to love. This is our current working theory. And because Krishna is a man, having nara-līlā , we have to make the connection to our human lives and our human reality. Here is what Bell Hooks says in her book All About Love : "All my life I have thought of love as primarily a topic women contemplate with greater intensity and vigor than anybody else on this planet. I still hold t...

I was forced to reflect, once again, after some respondents on this blog made statements that indicate a prurient interest in the sexual aspects of the sadhana I am supporting. I have to admit that I have foreseen some of these questions and think that if one is solidly fixed in the Goswamis’ siddhanta, one will resist the temptation. Indeed, this is the reason why I have emphasized and will continue to emphasize the following three things: (1) The necessity of the pravartaka stage. (2) The necessity of understanding the parallelism between one’s sadhana partner and Guru Tattva. (3) The necessity of taking the female point of view or identity. ========================================== Due to time considerations, what I am going to post today is background information for what will follow. On January 12, 2006, I posted the following texts on Gaudiya Discussions: ========================================== viharati vane rādhā sādhāraṇa-praṇaye harau vigalita-nijotkarṣā...