Something Bigger

I always wanted to be in the pursuit of something bigger than life itself. As a kid I used to be fascinated by tv series of hanuman , mahabharat….. etc(even though I was unable to understand what the characters were saying). These TV shows always portrayed people bigger than life. Feeling inspired by their devotion and service to humanity was so magical. Its been said that when hanuman was asked to prove his love for Ram in front of the whole court ,he tore open his chest . People in the court could see a beautiful picture of Ram and Sita in his chest. This has always been a benchmark for devotion for me atlest(considering we can quantify devotion). Yesterday I heard an amazing story in satsang about Sage Narada. It goes like…………
“The Bhagavata Purana describes the story of Narad's spiritual enlightenment: In his previous birth Narad was a gandharva (angelic being) who had been cursed to be born on an earthly planet due to some offense. He was born as the son of a maid-servant of some particularly saintly priests (brahmins). The priests, being pleased with both his and his mother's service blessed him by allowing him to eat some of their food (prasad) previously offered to their lord, Vishnu.
Gradually Narad received further blessings from these sages and heard them talking about many spiritual topics. When his mother died from a snake's bite, taking this as an act of God (Vishnu), he decided to roam the forest in search of enlightenment in understanding the 'Supreme Absolute Truth'.
Reaching a tranquil forest location, he, after quenching his thirst from a nearby stream, sat under a tree in meditation (yoga), concentrating on the paramatma form of Vishnu within his heart as he had been taught of by the priests he had served. After some time Narad experienced a vision wherein Narayan (Vishnu) appeared before him, smiling, and spoke "that despite having the blessing of seeing him at that very moment, Narad would not be able to see his (Vishnu's) divine form again until he died". Narayan further explained that the reason he had been given a chance to see his form was because his beauty and love would be a source of inspiration and would fuel his dormant desire to be with the lord again. After instructing Narad in this manner, Vishnu then disappeared from his sight. The boy awoke from his meditation both thrilled and disappointed.
For the rest of his life Narad focused on his devotion, meditation upon and worship to Vishnu. After his death Vishnu then blessed him with the spiritual form of "Narad" as he eventually became known. In many Hindu scriptures Narad is considered a saktyavesa-avatara or partial-manifestation (avatar) of God, empowered to perform miraculous tasks on Vishnu's behalf.”

Lets together be in pursuit for that bliss ,that enlightment ……..that bhramin. Lets us leave the small things behind and work towards something biggerand lager thatn life. I pray that you …
See only that is auspicious,
Think only that is auspicious,
Feel only that is auspicious,
Taste and speak only that is auspicious.
JGD
Love KRISHNA