Gopala Ma and Baby Krishna
[2nd President and Spiritual Head: the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa]
DAILY READINGS
From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji
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Gopala Ma [a direct disciple of Master's – Sri Ramakrishna] was a worshipper of Baby Krishna. She did not worship a married Krishna who had sixteen thousand and eight wives (sixteen thousand and eight means that he had a multitude of powers and controlled them).
When God takes the form of a child He has to behave like a child. He does not put his powers into operation. Therefore all-powerful was Gopala Ma.
Sometimes when baby Krishna was naughty she whacked him. Can you imagine whacking God's buttocks? Can you imagine when God is hungry you put Him to your breast and feed Him? What a gifted mother that is. Think about it. Think about the love. Think how when God is naughty you cry because you become powerless with his naughtiness.
Gopala Ma worshipped baby Krishna, she became the guardian. A mother who is a real mother is full of love tainted with extreme care. These two things Gopala Ma had. A real mother will give the child everything but she will take care that the child does not go wrong in any way or that somebody does not hurt the child. She will protect that child.
If your child, who is crawling, goes out of your sight for one second, where does your mind go? Your mind runs to the child. Thus by that kind of innocent concentration on God you can realise God. After all, what is meditation? Unbroken or continuous thought of God is called meditation and samadhi [superconsciousness]. When you do not think the thinking itself becomes continuous; and in continuous thought is samadhi. Thus Gopala Ma realised God by continuously taking care of God – as Baby Krishna – and serving him lovingly. It was not blind love but it was a caring love, a protective love, a serving love.
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