Krishna, the cowherd, the music of His flute.

 

During the day, Krishna and his friends would frolic in the forest of Vrndavana. When Krishna would go ahead to a distant place to see some specific scenery, the boys would run to catch up to Him and be the first to touch Him. "I will go there and touch Krishna," and another would say, "Oh, you cannot go. I'll touch Krishna first."

The boys would play on their flutes, but they waited for Krishna to play His. The sweetest sound filled the forest.The peacocks and all the birds rejoiced with the sound. The birds flew in the sky. boys would run after the birds' shadows on the ground. The monkeys would jump into a tree, and the boys would follow. There was pure joy in the sound of the flute. The air itself was electrified and charged with the sound, new leaves sprouted, flowers opened and all around there was new life.




Krishna is the cowherd with the music of his flute.
Krishna unites himself with all that is in nature.
Krishna knows that there is no separation between animal and man

In this unity, is the sound that is released, the music of the realms and as Krishna's flute plays on, nature expands and this music of the ethers, nature creates. Krishna, knows He is this energy in nature. He has the responsibility of looking after all nature, without His nurturing, the cows would be led astray. Nature would be destroyed. He is the cowherd.

We have a huge unity of energy that we sometimes forget, that all of nature is within us and we are within all of nature. When we see Krishna as the cowherd, we need to remember what is important today, conservation of all forms of nature that are before us. We must actively do this just as Krishna actively played the flute, that music with which nature was created.

We too must actively take a step not to destroy nature. Spread this awareness. That is the music of the flute, when your music expands, when others can hear what is the truth of preservation, when others will begin to understand and appreciate the music that you are playing on your flute. That is the time when nature will once again begin to flourish and blossom. We are the cowherds, we know that all this within nature is our responsibility. We can create and preserve, and so can we also destroy.

The trinity of the creator, preserver and the destroyer is deeply within each one of us. We are the creator if we desire to be. We certainly are the preserver. We at present are undertaking the role of destroyer. A destroyer can play twofold. Destroy that which is not necessary and harmful to our home The earth and therefore become the creator. We can destroy that which is vital and never make possible the task of the creator. That is Krishna's cowherds message to us.

 

 
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