AN OCEAN OF BLISS

     AN OCEAN OF BLISS

     Sankirtan of Lord Chaitanya means chanting and dancing. Going out to chant and dance for glorification of the Lord in public is the recommended process of devotional service for this time we live in. It becomes more and more blissful the more we do it. I was practicing at home in this video. We just have to get over feeling embarrassed.  It's like going swimming, at first the water might seem a little cold. But once we are in for a little while it's fine. Blissful,and great fun.

      Dancing for the Lord is so blissful. I was out yesterday in front of the supermarket, chanting something like this. it was incredible. I've gone there before but mostly stood still and chanted. But with the dancing it's a whole new level of ecstasy. The people like it. They smile. And seems like they almost want to join in. One young man stopped and told me how this lifted his spirit. He became so happy to hear Hare Krishna and to see the dancing. The chanting and dancing were effortless. Like floating in a current that was already there, all I had to do was get in. The people were also being pulled in. I can see how Lord Chaitanya's sankirtan movement will inundate the world, everyone will be pulled in, as is said...some will swim, some will drown, some will float... It is the taste we are looking for. Like Prabhupada told us, chant and dance and take prasadam... Prasadam is the mercy of the Lord and it comes in many forms, not just vegetables and grains, etc... Like Jesus said, Man does not live by bread alone. Prasadam can be the remnants of offerings of praise and glorification of great devotees. Chant, dance and relish the remnants of offerings of the great devotees.