Teachings of Queen Kunti | Chapter 20 — […] Because we are now in the material world, we do not see Krishna directly. Nonetheless, we can see Him indirectly. For example, if one sees the Pacific Ocean one can remember Krishna immediately, if one is advanced in spiritual life.
This is called meditation. One may think, “The Pacific Ocean is such a vast mass of water, with many large waves, but although I am standing only a few yards from it, I am confident that I am safe, however powerful this ocean may be and however fearful its waves. I am sure that it will not go beyond its limits.
How is this happening? By the order of Krishna. Krishna orders, `My dear Pacific Ocean, you may be very big and powerful, but you cannot come beyond this line’. In this way one can immediately remember Krishna, or God, who is so powerful that even the Pacific Ocean abides by His order. In this way one can think of Krishna, and that is Krishna consciousness.
Similarly, when one sees the sunrise one can immediately remember Krishna, for Krishna says in Bhagavad-gita (7.8), prabhasmi sasi-suryayoh: “I am the shining of the sun and the moon.” If one has learned how to see Krishna, one can see Him in the sunshine.
Our scientists have not created the sun, and although they may juggle words, it is beyond their ability to know what the sun actually is. But the Vedanta-sutra (1.1.3) says, sastra-yonitvat: one can know everything through the sastra, the Vedic literature. For example, if one studies the Vedic literature one can know what the sun is, for the sun is described in the Brahma-samhita (5.5.2):
yac-caksur esa savita sakala-grahanam
raja samasta-sura-murtir asesa-tejah
yasyajnaya bhramati sambhrta -kala-cakro
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
This verse describes the sun as the eye of all the planets, and if one meditates upon this one can understand that this is a fact, for at night, before the sun rises, one cannot see. The sun is also described as the eye of the Lord.
The sun is one of His eyes, and the moon is the other. In the Upanisads, therefore, it is said that only when Krishna sees can we see. The sun is also described as asesa-tejah, unlimitedly hot. And what is its function? Yasyajnaya bhramati sambhrta-kala-cakrah. The sun has its orbit. God has ordered the sun, “You just travel within this orbit, and not anywhere else.”
The scientists say that if the sun were to move a little to one side the whole universe would be ablaze, and if it moved to the other side the whole universe would freeze. But by the order of the Supreme it does not move even one ten-thousandth of an inch from where it should be. It always rises exactly at the correct time. Why?
There must be some discipline, some obedience, some order. The Brahma-samhita therefore says, yasyajnaya bhramati sambhrta-kala-cakro govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami: “I worship that original person, by whose order the sun moves in its orbit. It is He who gives direction even to the sun, the ocean, and the moon. Everything takes place under His order.”
So where is the difficulty in understanding God? There is no difficulty. Full Chapter
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