Question 14
QUESTIONER: DOES NOT KRISHNA, IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ARJUNA, MAKE USE OF HIS PAST MEMORIES? IS HE ALWAYS YOUNG AND SPONTANEOUS?
He is always spontaneous, but he does use his memory. I say again that only Krishna uses his memory as its master. So fat as you are concerned, you are not the master of your memories; you are a slave in their hands and they use you as they like.
Someone is sitting with you in the bus, and you inquire about his caste. He tells you he is a Mohammedan. Your memory already has something regarding a Mohammedan, what he is, how he is, and you will immediately impose your memory, your idea of a Mohammedan on this man who may have nothing to do with this Mohammedan of your memory. Maybe the Mohammedan of your memory lives in your village, is a hoodlum, and burned your village's temple. Although this man sitting next to you has nothing to do with the hoodlum of your village, you will move away from him scornfully. Now you are a slave of your memory.
This is how Hindus kill Mohammedans in India and Mohammedans kill Hindus in Pakistan. This is memory's handiwork, and this is sheet mad ness. You live by your memory; you kill somebody in the place of somebody else. What is common between two Mohammedans? What is common between two Hindus? Everybody is his own man. But you will impose your memory, your idea of one Mohammedan on every Mohammedan. This is utterly wrong and stupid. You are being used by your memory; you are its slave.
If you are the master of your memory, you will say that although the man sitting next to you is a Mohammedan. he is different from the village hoodlum who burned your temple. Then you will not judge him, and you will not move away from him in scorn and anger. You will not be ruled by your prejudices; you will observe and understand this man anew and on his own.
While a person who lives a natural and spontaneous life is the master of his memory, the person who lives a sequential life is just a slave to his memory.
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Energy Enhancement Enlightened Texts Krishna Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy
Chapter 8
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 1
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 1, KRISHNA'S LIFE, PARTICULARLY HIS CHILDHOOD, IS FULL OF STORIES OF HIS EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM. HE KILLED THE TYRANT KIND KANSA AND DESTROYED DEMONS LIKE KIRTI, AGHA, BAKA AND GHOTAKA; IN A DUEL HE DEFEATED POWERFUL WRESTLERS LIKE CHANOOR AND MUSTIKA. HE SUBDUED A VERY VENOMOUS SNAKE KNOWN AS KALIA, AND PUT OUT A WHOLE FOREST FIRE SINGLE-HANDED. DO YOU THINK THESE ARE TRUE STORIES OR MYTHICAL ONES? AND WHAT DO THEY SUGGEST AND SYMBOLIZE? IN THIS CONTEXT I WOULD LIKE TO RECALL YOUR WORDS, 'WHEN KRISHNA SAYS THAT HE IS HERE TO DESTROY THE WICKED, HE ACTUALLY MEANS TO CHANGE THEM, TO REFORM THEM.' BUT THESE STORIES CLEARLY SAY HE REALLY DESTROYED THEM at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 2
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 2, KRISHNA IS SAID TO HAVE SHOWN YASHODA, HIS FOSTER MOTHER, THE WHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE ENCLOSED IN HIS MOUTH. HE IS ALSO SAID TO HAVE GIFTED HIS DIVINE EYE TO ARJUNA TO ENABLE HIM TO SEE HIS UNIVERSAL FORM. IT IS ALSO SAID THAT KRISHNA TOOK BACK THE DIVINE EYE FROM ARJUNA AFTER HE HAD SEEN HIS UNIVERSAL FORM. PLEASE EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE EPISODES at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 3
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 3, IS DIVINE VISION REALLY FRIGHTENING? HOW IS IT ARJUNA WAS SCARED BY IT? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 4
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 4, THE LAST PART OF THE FIRST QUESTION REMAINS UNANSWERED BY YOU. ACCORDING TO YOU, WHEN KRISHNA SAYS HE IS HERE TO DESTROY THE WICKED, HE REALLY MEANS TO CHANGE THEM, TO TRANSFORM THEM. BUT THE MANY STORIES OF HIS LIFE CLEARLY SAY HE ACTUALLY DESTROYED THE WICKED at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 5
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 5, DO YOU THINK THAT THE PAST CONDITIONING OF THE SUBTLE BODY AND ITS MIND CHANGES WITH THE CHANGE OF THE GROSS BODY? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 6
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 6, ONE OF MARSHAL MC LUHAN'S MAXIMS SAYS: THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE. SOME CRITIC SUBSTITUTED 'THE MASSAGE' FOR 'THE MESSAGE' AND THUS GAVE AN ALTOGETHER NEW MEANING TO THE MAXIM. IN THE SAME WAY CAN WE CALL KRISHNA'S FLUTE A BEING'S LOVING CALL TO GOD? THEN I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE MEANING OF KRISHNA BLOWING HIS CONCH, PANCHJANYA, ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF KURUKSHETRA. AND IS IT SOMETHING SYMBOLIC THAT HE CARRIES HIS FLUTE AND A WEAPON LIKE THE SUDAR SHANCHAKRA TOGETHER? THERE IS A SHLOKA, A STANZA IN THE BHAGWAD'S CHAPTER ON MAHARAAS, WHICH DESCRIBES KRISHNA'S PLAY WITH THE GOPIS IN THESE WORDS: YATHA ABHRAKA SWAPRATIBIMBA VIBHRAMAH -- AS IF THE CHILD IS PLAYING WITH HIS OWN SHADOW. WHAT IS THE UNDERLYING MEANING OF THIS METAPHOR? AND A MYSTIC HAS SAID THAT 'LIVING BEING'S EGO IS GOD'S FOOD ' IS THIS THE REASON THAT KRISHNA SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS, FROM THE MIDST OF THE DANCING GOPIS IN MAHARAAS? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 7
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 7, YOU OFTEN SAY THAT PRAYER IS A STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. AND YOU ALSO SAY THAT PRAYER IS A STATE OF GRATEFULNESS. THEN HOW IS IT THAT PRAYER IS NOT NON-DUALISTIC? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 8
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 8, A PART OF THE QUESTION STILL REMAINS UNANSWERED. IT IS ABOUT KRISHNA'S CONCH, PANCHJANYA, AND HIS WEAPON, CHAKRASUDARSHAN. AND WHAT ABOUT THE BHAGWAD'S DESCRIPTION OF MAHARAAS -- THE GREAT DANCE -- AS A CHILD'S PLAY WITH HIS SHADOWS? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 9
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 9, IT IS SAID THAT VALMIKI WROTE THE BIOGRAPHY OF RAMA MUCH BEFORE HE HAPPENED, AND RAMA IS ALSO KNOWN AS AN INCARNATION OF THE DIVINE. SO HOW IS IT THAT THERE IS A SEQUENCE, A CHAIN-LIKE CONTINUITY IN HIS LIFE? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 10
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 10, DO YOU INTERPRET KRISHNA IN THE TERMS OF MARTIN BUBER? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 11
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 11, WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN SOMEONE SAYS,
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 12
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 12, WHAT IS THE PLACE OF MEMORY IN WHAT YOU CALL A SEQUENTIAL LIFE AND IN A LIFE OF SPONTANEITY? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 13
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 13, DO NOT OLD MEMORIES CREATE A PROBLEM FOR KRISHNA WHEN HE IS EXPLAINING THE GEETA TO ARJUNA? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 14
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 14, DOES NOT KRISHNA, IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ARJUNA, MAKE USE OF HIS PAST MEMORIES? IS HE ALWAYS YOUNG AND SPONTANEOUS? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 15
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 15, YOU SAY THAT IF SOMEONE DIES AT THE HANDS OF KRISHNA IT MEANS THAT HE HAS EARNED IT THROUGH MERITORIOUS KARMAS. TO HEAR YOU SAY IT GIVES RISE TO A BLISSFUL PAIN IN MY HEART. SO I VENTURE TO ASK IF ALL YOUR PLAY-ACTING IS WITHOUT CAUSE? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 16
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 16, WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT KRISHNA AND HIS MYRIAD VIRTUES HAS SWEPT US OFF OUR FEET, AND WE SEEM TO HAVE TURNED INTO HIS DEVOTEES. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE NO INADEQUACIES IN HIS LIFE? IS IT NECESSARY THAT WE JUSTIFY HIS EVERY ACTION WHETHER IT IS DANCING WITH THE GOPIS OR HIS STEALING THEIR CLOTHES OR GOADING PIOUS YUDHISTHRA TO LIE ABOUT THE DEATH OF ASHWASTHAMA? AND CAN WE CALL IT A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH? at energyenhancement.org
- Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 17
Krishna, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy Chapter 8: He Alone Wins who does not Want to Win, Question 17, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMETIMES MIND AND HEART, THOUGHT AND FEELING, MEET AND MINGLE WITH EACH OTHER? PERHAPS THEY DO, AND IT IS GREAT at energyenhancement.org
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