Loving Krishna

Reading the Gopi Geet always makes me feel so sad for the Gopis who were searching for Kanhaji and pleading with Him to show Himself. But I know that Kanhaji did that to teach us all a lesson. At least this is what it means to me - even though we may not see Him, He is always with us. He is in our thoughts, our hearts, our minds, our deeds. They sang about Him in their song and they did not even realise that by singing about Him, He was with them. I think that many of us like to think literally and wonder if we cannot see Him then how can we know He is there? The answer is that faith in Kanhaji should be the governing thing. He should be such a strong presence in our lives that we know that our very breaths, heartbeats and lives depend on Him. We should devote every waking moment to His service, but we do not because we get wrapped up in enjoying the world that He has created for us. So we should at least devote a little time each day to talking to Him, to doing something that will genuinely please Him, to making ourselves better people. The happy part of the Srimad Bhagavat Puran shows that Kanhaji shows Himself to them in the end. He will always show Himself to us in the end if we remain devoted to Him as they were. Their behaviour and their devotion to Him should be a lesson to us. Loving Kanhaji is easy. We must remember to show Him that we love Him every day. Jai Shri Krishna!