27 March 2021|| Join us for a very special Krishna Bhava Samadhi Darshan! Link to Register and Join: events.kailaasa.org Living with Krishna! In the Vedic tradition, idol worship is a very big part of life. With a tradition that has thousands of Gods and Goddesses, each person has their own Ishta Devata, a worshipper’s favourite deity. However, there is a huge difference between worshiping an idol and worshiping through an idol. This incident in Nithyananda’s life explains that difference. Nithyananda was on his way to Somnath, one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva. In one of the nearby villages, an elderly woman invited him to stay with her. She was a great Krishna devotee and had a small Krishna idol. She would cook some food and offer it to the idol, and then eat some herself. She led a very simple life, with few possessions and little wealth, but was very content. She would bring food to Krishna every night and would even talk to him. She would sit by the idol casually and talk to it as if it was real. This was her daily routine, which went on for an hour, after which she would eat the food and go to sleep. After one week, Nithyananda started preparing to continue on his journey, and seeing this she began to cry. She promised him that she would never ask him to work, and that he could stay with her without any obligations. Yet, he had to decline, for he was a sadhu, an ascetic, and they were not supposed to stay in a place for more than a few days. Staying anywhere for too long can create attachments, so until they achieved enlightenment, they had to move from place to place. #BhavaSamadhi #Darshan #Nithyananda #NithyanandaSatsang #KAILASA #KAILAASA #bhavasamadhi #bhavasamadhidarshan #Krishna #superconscious #energy #thirdeyeawakening #yogicscience #spiritualawakening #thirdeyeopen #awakening #kundalini #shakti #darshan #bhakti #yogicommunity #shiva #kala #dimensions #hinduism #Hinduism #ahimsa #yoga #meditationchallenge