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Spiritual Emotion

By Nikhil Gohil
April 12, 2019
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At this week’s Mind Body Soul session at Bhaktivedanta Manor, Bhakti Vijnana Goswami gave a wonderful talk on the life of Lord Rama, who was the embodiment of virtue, integrity and morality.

The first point that he made was that, like us, God is a person. He then explained that many people find it difficult to comprehend this fact – in this material world, people have faults and make mistakes, so they reason that since the Supreme is perfect, He cannot be a person. But the scriptures of the bhakti tradition emphatically proclaim that God is a person, and that He therefore feels emotions.

However, as our speaker went on to explain, His emotions are nothing like the emotions of this material world, which always result in disappointment and suffering. Rather, He experiences spiritual emotions, which are always blissful. To put it simply, spiritual emotions are the natural emotions experienced by the Supreme Soul and all other souls (that includes you and me).

This material world is characterised by lust, and thus the general mentality is that happiness has to be taken by force. The great demon Ravana was very attracted to Sita, the beautiful wife of Lord Rama, and believed that she could satisfy his desires, so he kidnapped her. Rather than bringing him happiness, however, this act led to his destruction.

As Ravana discovered, all attempts to obtain happiness from external things inevitably result in disappointment. When this happens repeatedly, some people become fed up with life and decide to suppress their emotions to prevent further disappointment. They may decide to escape to some solitary place and perform meditation, but even if they are motionless, they cannot become emotionless; emotions are a natural and unavoidable part of life.

Practitioners of the bhakti tradition understand that spiritual emotions are the only thing that can give us the happiness that we are searching for. But such emotions are completely pure – they are not contaminated by lust, envy, and other vices. This means that if we want to experience them, we also need to be pure.

As souls, we are already pure entities, but we have forgotten this fact due to our belief that we are the body. Thankfully, there is a way to reawaken our natural purity – we simply have to hear regularly about the incredible purity of personalities like Lord Rama, and meditate on their wonderful qualities.

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Nikhil Gohil

Nikhil has spent most of his life trying to figure out his purpose. After graduating from university in 2012 with a degree in Accounting and Finance, he worked at his local council for a few years, but always felt that something was missing. After studying an in-depth course on spirituality at Bhaktivedanta Manor, however, he felt that he had found what he was looking for. Desiring to share spiritual wisdom with others, he adopted the life of a full-time monk in 2018. He has a passion for creative and reflective writing, poetry, art, singing, and playing the piano and harmonium.

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  1. Vicky Rochford 13 April, 2019 at 08:50 Reply

    Another fine piece of writing from you Nikil. I wont pretend i understand everything as sometimes it is a lot to take in. In essence we need to be pure of body and mind and to live a moral life, free of lust and temptation. Sometimes we are more aware of these qualities as we age, realising our past behaviour was not how we see our future. I live to be a better person.
    Thank you for giving me the thoughts to recognise that. Hare krishna

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