Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 7.2.43
Mukti· LiberationRevive Your Relationship With the Supreme Lord
“As fire, although situated in wood, is perceived to be different from the wood, as air, although situated within the mouth and nostrils, is perceived to be separate, and as the sky, although all-pervading, never mixes with anything, so the living entity, although now encaged within the material body, of which it is the source, is separate from it.”
What the purport teaches
- The living entity is separate from the material body, as fire is perceived as distinct from wood. Both material and spiritual energies emanate from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
- Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu taught acintya-bhedābheda-tattva: simultaneous oneness and difference. Although the living being appears separate from the Lord, he is very intimately related with Him.
- Even when we seem neglected, the Lord is always alert to our activities. We should depend on His supremacy, authority and control, and revive our intimate relationship with Him.
Try this today
Take a quiet moment today to acknowledge the Lord’s awareness of your activities and express your wish to revive your relationship with Him.
Ask yourself
How might remembering my intimate relationship with the Lord change a feeling of being neglected?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.