Why we are losing mental peace in kaliyuga? How to regain it?
A girl devotee asked like this (Name hidden):
“Hare Krishna. I am always facing problems. I don’t feel peace. Please suggest me ways to be peaceful mind. I am 26 now.”
REPLY:
You are talking about mental peace even in the age of 26. Anyway, let us see some basic details.
There are two solutions for getting mental peace:
(1) As an immediate solution, Get connected to Krishna in this body itself.
(2) As a permanent solution, Get Krishna by going to His world.
There is a basic reason for why we are losing mental peace in kaliyuga.
(Why our problems continue even after initiation if guru accepts our karma? READ HERE!)
Until we remain in this material world without getting connected to Krishna, we have no mental peace.
Actually, as athmas, we are expected to remain blissful thinking of our master Krishna. It is our real nature.
Why we lost our peace?
Because, we took bodies in material world as wished by us. Maya, the controller of this material world, has spread her wings of attractions everywhere in this material world. Whatever we see, we like to own them. No end for this. Therefore, we always expect something in our day to day life and are developing attachments. In case, it does not materialize, we become disturbed. Hence, no peace.
When will we stop expectations?
Only when we get the most attractive and valuable one.
Among the owner of the house and a tenant, who will be more powerful?
The owner of that house will be more powerful.
(How Chanting protects us from material problems? READ HERE!)
Similarly, who will be the most powerful and attractive in this world?
Only the owner of all creations.
Who is the owner of all these creations?
Krishna.
Since Krishna is the owner of all creations/attractions, He will be the most attractive person.
Now what should you do?
You should WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND SINCERELY capture Krishna. You should dedicate your life and thoughts and actions for Krishna alone.
To always keep Krishna in mind, you should spend remarkable time every day for reading about Him, chanting His holy name, getting more association of the devotees of Krishna, etc.
All these devotional practices have been recommended to keep Krishna always in our mind.
In other words, we use Vaidhi Bhakti (following devotional practices) with utmost dedication to gradually go to the Krishna Prema Stage.
If you do that, Only Krishna will attract you. And, He will never disappoint you.
But, transformation from the Vaidhi bhakti stage to further stages will take some remarkable time because we have to come out of our contamination of attachments that will take some time.
While following the recommended devotional sadhanas (practices), our anarthas, ie, contaminations came thru attachments will gradually come down.
At a particular stage, you would have get rid of unwanted attachments in your life.
When there are no contaminations, we regain the real bliss that a pure soul (athma) had once.
(How athma loses its real bliss and how to make athma blissful again? READ HERE!)
When we have purified the athma, we can dedicate fully for Krishna and we can see Krishna everywhere and everything. So, we will love everyone and we will not have hatred feelings within us.
This is the Krishna Prema stage.
Now, no mental disturbance. Only mental peace. Only Krishna everywhere.
You will always remain mentally peaceful.
Since we have not yet developed that Prema on Krishna, we are still disturbed by maya’s temporary attractions. Hence we have no peace.
Review the above stages and suggestions and take steps to follow Vaidhi bhakti first. In due course of time, you will come to the purified stage with Krishna Prema.
It is just a gradual evolutionary process achievable for everyone.
Hope you have understood why we are losing mental peace in kaliyuga and How to regain it.
(How Devotional Service or Bhakti relieves from karma & material distress? READ HERE!)