What if I am feeling family God more than Krishna in life & dreams?
Actual Question by a girl devotee (Name hidden):
“Hare Krishna Prabhuji; Pranam; just need one suggestion; as you know I am devotee of Lord Krishna/ Vishnu; but of late I keep feeling family god Goddess Kali Ma and I take her pictures everywhere I go; Yesterday I even saw her in my dreams; Please tell me what I need to do to stay with Krishna?”
REPLY:
Your feeling is just an external feeling and It is an unwanted worry that other gods can dominate Krishna because Krishna is the Supreme Lord who can’t be dominated by anyone else.
If a girl thinks of Krishna and a boy simultaneously and sincerely, even that boy may seem to be her first priority temporarily till she come out of that attraction. We forget Krishna temporaily.
If we have some attachment with Krishna and also much attachment with the Pizza, even that pizza will seem like a priority till you take it. We forget Krishna temporaily.
However, I have been writing in my posts that both material as well as spiritual attachments can’t dominate simultaneously.
(Though they have advanced knowledge of God, why many Indians violate the disciplinary rules in public places? READ HERE!)
If we become more spiritual, we naturally will not care the materials.
A wise person will treat those materials as tools to serve the Lord Krishna. This is the right mindset.
Durga, Kali Devi, Sarasvati, etc are connected to the material planets and they take some responsibilities related to the maintenance and affairs of the material worlds.
If you need material benefits, they can provide them, that too after the approval of Krishna, because, Krishna is the owner of all the wealth.
And, if you pray to them to get Krishna, they can help by giving their blessings. Their blessings can fasten our devotional advancement.
Since you have more attachment with other gods including Kali devi, in addition to Krishna, they will also dominate your thoughts and consciousness and hence they too will be coming in your dreams.
They may call you to engage you more in material affairs as it is their duty to promote material attachment.
It is your responsibility to decide whether you need elevation to Krishna’s abode or to continue to suffer in these material planets.
(Demigods help faster than Krishna and my friends got promoted while I am not yet. Why? READ HERE!)
If your desire is to get elevated, your attachment should be with Krishna, while respecting other gods. This is important.
Chant Krishna’s names with taste; Love Krishna from heart; Fill your heart with Krishna.
Then, there will be no room for any other thoughts.
Now your mind will be clear. Therefore, no other gods or persons will dominate you and come in your dream.
I never say not to worship any other deities.
I just advise you to approach other gods to get their blessings to ghet Krishna faster.
(Why In India many gods are worshiped contrary to other countries? READ HERE!)
In India, every family will have a family god acquired through generations that is called family deity. Scriptures say that everyone should regularly care his family god.
My family god is Durga devi. My father was the fond reciter of Vishnu Sahasra Nama. ISKCON did not exist or did not come to India those days .
I give much respects and honours to my family God Durga. Every person should respect his family god that comes through generations as said by the scriptures.
However, Krishna, being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna Consciousness was easily adopted by me after the expansion of ISKCON in India during my period. But, Just because accepting Krishna as Supreme Lord, I never gave up honouring my family god because I treat her like my mother.
I am giving sufficient honours to her as a Krishna devotee has no aversion and hatred.
However, when I go to the temple of my family God, I start chanting Krishna’s names there also.
(Two Views on Krishna’s devotee worshiping Other Gods? Which to follow? READ HETRE!)
Why?
Because, I pray for my advancement in the devotion to Krishna from my family god also.
Since Durga devi is the sister of Krishna, she becomes double happy.
You may be aware, every sister loves her brother like anyone else.
The brother-sister relation is sweet one. Do you agree?
Everyone comes to Durga praying for some benefits for them.
But, Krishna’s devotees pray to her to give her brother Krishna to us.
Therefore, she must like us and our genuine and topmost desire – a spiritual desire to get Service to Krishna.
(SHOULD A KRISHNA DEVOTEE WORSHIP OTHER GODS (DEMIGODS) AND CHANT ALL THEIR MANTHRAS? READ HERE!)
She too will be recommending to Krishna for us who prayed her to bless for advancement in the devotion to Krishna.
This is what called balancing everything in our life.
If I reject and forget my family god Durga for performing Krishna Consciousness, I will be a child in devotional life.
Instead, we should even use the worship of Durga to Get Krishna.
Similarly, if you like Kali devi, pray to her to give more and more Krishna bhakti to you.
Also follow all the practices for Krishna. Love Krishna as supreme Lord as the ONLY SUPREME LORD with no parallels.
Now, Krishna will dominate you and come in your dreams. Other gods will not call you, but, will push you towards Krishna.
Hope you are now clear about whether other gods get angry if one accepts Krishna.
(Can we offer Krishna Prasadam to other gods and accept the Prasadam of other gods? READ HERE!)