Love/Fear
The verse
which I spoke on today for the morning class, from Canto 9 of Srimad
Bhagavatam, goes like this:
“The
attraction between man and woman, or male and female, always exists everywhere,
making everyone always fearful. Such feelings are present even among the
controllers like Brahma and Shiva, and is a cause of fear for them, what to
speak of others who are attached to household life in this material world.”
I was just
intrigued how scripture delivers many elements to do with human psychology. In
this particular context when we contemplate the pastimes of the great Ram and
consort, Sita, their deep, profound love for each other carried an aspect of
fear. It appears that the fear factor is present in divine love affairs just as
much as we find it on the mundane platform. Such is the case for the love pangs
felt by Brahma, the god of creation, and Shiva, the god of destruction.
Fear arises
from many directions. There’s the fear that certain personnel will not approve
of the loving relationship. There’s also the fear that whatever bondage is
established in a loving rapture, may at one point be broken. And also there’s
some anxiety that lingers between two persons involved in the relationship,
that in the future they may hurt one another.
In the case
of mundane love, there’s always some anguish. On the highest plane, such as the
divine love between Ram and Sita, tension was encountered when they were
separated. A simple conclusion here is that where there is love, there is also
fear.
May the
Source be with you!
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