Sun-God, Sun-God, Ra, Ra, Ra!

I just completed reading chap.`11 of the BGAI--the terrible Universal Form of the Lord, the Form of Time, who has come to devour all things and all beings, "Even the great personalities are vanquishesd by the influence of Time", so it was no wonder that Arjuna was frightened by this Form, 'Arjuna had no idea that his friend, Krishna, could manifest such a Form!

Some people with a poor fund of knowledge think that Krishna is merely a "Sungod" and that Arjuna is 'John, the disciple Jesus loved", but, plainly Krsna is much more than that--many Sungods come to see him, and His Pastimes are much more than that of a Sungod--Krsna is always the Master, always the Enjoyer--he never falls into the hands of the masses, or gets crucified like our most prominent Sungod/Savior does--that would be completely absurd.

If we read the Pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna impartially and without a personal agenda, we can understand that these are the pastimes of the Supreme Lord--of "God the Father" not of another "God the Son" or "God the SUN". Of course, the devotees do not so much like the idea of 'God the Father", because it is the occupation of the sons and daughters to ask of the father, and it is the father's business to give to the sons and daughters--the devotees would rather be in a position to give to God, say, when He becomes our son, rather than we become his sons--so that is not one of the eternal rasas with the Godhead.

And looking at it Quabalistically, even an antichristrian has to go through Tipareth, and the stories of every Sun-god, but what he will find there of Krishna is only the Supersoul--Krishna Himself is far above in Kether, and even far above Kether, in the Personal Godhead above the concealing 3 veils of the Unmanifest. Crowley did not like the Personal Godhead but he never saw it--if he had, his story would have had a different outcome.

There are three stages to self-realization: the first is Brahman, the impersonal absolute; the second is paramatma, God in the Heart; the third is Bhagavan, the personal Lord. As Guru Nanak says, "gur prasadi"--these realizations are the gift, or mercy, of the Guru, which is not baffling.

What or who is Guru is a subject for another post--suffice it any of the great personalities, Jesus Christ, Guru Nanak, Prophet Muhammed (pbuh), Nityananda Prabhu, etc. etc. are fit to fulfil this dimension for us, or Srila Prabhupada--he is eternal. Prabhupada said, "to say "Sri Guru" is impersonal-you should immediate give his name"so I will say that these meandering are conducted under the guidance of His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, my Guru Maharaj life after life.