122 - Ignorance Equals Suffering & Real, Eternal Relationships ("Raja Vidya: The King of Knowledge" pages 91-95)

We are actually suffering due to our ignorance. In the law court  ignorance is no excuse. If we tell the judge that we are not aware of  the law, we will be punished anyway. If one has illegally amassed so  much wealth and yet claims ignorance of his transgression, he will be  punished nonetheless. The whole world is lacking this knowledge, and therefore thousands of  teachers of the science of Kṛṣṇa are needed. There is a great necessity  for this knowledge now. We should not think that because Kṛṣṇa was born  in India that the knowledge of Bhagavad-gītā is sectarian or that Kṛṣṇa  is a sectarian God. Indeed, in the Fourteenth Chapter Śrī Kṛṣṇa  proclaims Himself to be the father of all beings, as pointed out  previously (BG 14.4) | We must understand the meaning of relationships with Kṛṣṇa. In this  material world we have many relationships as father, mother, wife or  husband. Whatever relationship we find here is but a perverted  reflection of the relationship we have with the Supreme Lord. Whatever  we find in this material world is born of the Absolute Truth, but here  it is pervertedly reflected in time. Whatever relationship we have with  Kṛṣṇa goes on. If we have a relationship in friendship, that friendship  is eternal and continues from life to life. In the material world, a  friendship exists for a few years and then breaks; therefore it is  called perverted, temporal, or unreal. If we make our friendship with  Kṛṣṇa, it will never break. If we make our master Kṛṣṇa, we will never  be cheated. If we love Kṛṣṇa as our son, He will never die. If we love  Kṛṣṇa as our lover, He will be the best of all, and there will be no  separation. Because Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Lord, He is unlimited and has  an unlimited number of devotees. Some are trying to love Him as lover or  husband, and therefore Kṛṣṇa accepts this role. In whatever way we  approach Kṛṣṇa, He will accept us, as He states in Bhagavad-gītā (4.11) | Link to get  your own copy or  read: www.biglink.to/rajavidya | Find  us on social  media:  Facebook  "Sravanam Diaries" | Instagram &  Tumblr  @sravanamdiaries | Email:   [email protected]