Invoke Your Krishna : Accept the Duality
Who is Krishna?
An embodiment of embracing every aspect of life, irrespective of its diverse and contrasting nature. One who doesn’t make choices but welcomes life wholeheartedly. One who does not shy away from love and avoid interactions with women. One who does not avert his gaze from the prospect of war, possessing both love and compassion, yet finding the inner courage to engage in battle when it becomes inevitable. One who is the epitome of non-violence, yet fearlessly confronts violence when it becomes an unavoidable reality. One who savors life’s nectar while fearlessly confronting its poison.
Krishna’s complexity makes it hard for people to grasp him fully. That’s why those who adore him tend to focus on specific parts they like, rather than embracing his entire being. No one has truly taken in all of Krishna. He stands out as someone who effortlessly embraces the opposing aspects of life. He harmonizes day and night, peace and war, love and violence, showing us that these contradictions coexist within him. This is why his admirers tend to gravitate towards a specific aspect of his life that resonates with them, leaving the rest aside.
Throughout time, humans have been drawn to choosing between apparent opposites. We aim to keep what we see as good and get rid of what we see as bad. We seek peace while avoiding tension, and want to hold onto happiness while avoiding pain. This division of existence leads to conflict and suffering.
Krishna, however, represents embracing these contradictions. He shows that true wholeness comes from accepting opposing forces together. Those who choose one side over the other remain incomplete. The part they choose continues to deceive them, while the rejected part continues to haunt them. They can never truly rid themselves of what they reject and suppress.
In Krishna’s life, the idea of violence becomes meaningless. It’s just not possible for him. And where there’s no violence, non-violence doesn’t matter either. Non-violence only makes sense in relation to violence.
Spirituality or religion, at its core, accepts and wholeheartedly embraces all facets of life. It acknowledges the coexistence of attachment and detachment, relationships and differences, love and hatred, life and death as well as the practices of meditation and worldly diversions recognising the full spectrum of human experience.
These qualities are seen as inherent within each individual, making him whole and complete but when he fail to acknowledge the missing qualities inside him he tend to attract them from other people. People and circumstances are the mirrors showing us our own disowned qualities.
We have forgotten that the forces we’ve been fighting against are actually our own. So, when we oppose and battle these forces, we become their prisoners, making it impossible to break free. We can’t truly transform these forces if we treat them as enemies and resist them.
For example, if someone battles with their sexual desires, they’ll never achieve celibacy through conflict. The path to celibacy involves transforming the energy of sex itself. So, instead of fighting against sexual energy, we should understand it and cooperate with it. We need to befriend it rather than treating it as an enemy, as we’ve done for so long. The reality is that we can only change what we befriend; trying to change what we see as enemies doesn’t work. To understand something, it’s essential to approach it with friendliness.
What we often consider the lowest aspects of life are actually interconnected with the highest. The peak of a mountain and the valley around it aren’t separate; they are part of the same phenomenon. The deep valley exists because of the rising mountain, and vice versa. They cannot exist without each other. Linguistically, we might describe them as separate, but in reality, they are two sides of the same thing.
The wisdom of Lord Krishna lies in embracing life’s paradoxes. By transcending dualities and embracing totality, we unlock the potential for profound personal growth and transformation.
Invoke your Krishna and accept the duality
In your confusion find the clarity
Remain calm and poised in every adversity
Celebrate both birth and the mortality
Have serenity to deal with severity
In every complexity see the synchronicity
Make service and contribution a priority
Be comfortable with discomfort and disparity
Find the unity in every diversity
Seek contentment in every curiosity
In the journey of life find your tranquility
