So,
what is the Lord teaching us? If He chose His birth
and He chose the course of His life on Earth, why did
He choose a life full of obstacles, turmoil, trials
and tribulations? Why, if He could have lived His
entire life as a king, why did He spend so many years
living in the jungle?
He
did this to show us that the real palace is the palace
of our heart – when the heart is full of God, then
we live constantly in the most beautiful Golden
Palace, regardless of where our bodies may be. He
chose this life to teach us that regardless of what
insults are hurled at us, or what obstacles we face,
we must remain immersed in Divine Connection
and we will not become depressed or frustrated. His
life teaches us that we cannot change what happens –
it happens for various reasons – but we CAN change
our reaction to it. The message of His life is
“adapt and adjust.” Move forward. We cannot stop
the wind from blowing, but we can change the direction
of our sails, so that instead of capsizing our boat,
we use the wind to take us to our destination.
Even
in Lord Krishna’s death – shot to death by an
arrow from a hunter’s bow, deep in the secluded
forest – He was full of divine light and compassion,
forgiving the guilt-ridden hunter. Never did He bemoan
the ending of His life, nor did He cry out for help
from His thousands of subjects and devotees… No. He
died alone in the jungle, miles and miles from the
glorious kingdom of Dwarka.
