We’re on this wonderful airship of the human life traveling back home, back to God. What maya, or illusion will do? She will send her hijackers, the six enemies—lust, envy, anger, pride, greed and delusion. These are our enemies and they’re living right within our hearts and it’s their duty to
somehow or other hijack the soul and bring this airplane of human life to the material conceptions of existence. Then the atmais like a hostage. Atma means the body, the mind and the soul. All three become hostages of maya, and they are imprisoned. Hostage means like a prisoner, we can’t get out and this is what happens when a spiritual practitioner is negligent: one becomes imprisoned by material desires, by lust, by anger, by pride, by greed, by illusion, by envy. And once we become like a hostage of maya’s forces, it’s practically impossible to escape.
– Radhanath Swami
In this world we are in dangerous situation, unless we take shelter of exalted souls like Radhanath Swami – hijackers live right in our heart!
All Glories To H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj
What an wonderful analogy. Lucidly put, it is self explanatory. Real Life Science made easy.
Hare Krishna
good dog, bad dog….the simple yet profound message. why won’t it sink into my thick head?……
It’s really amazing article and also good eye opener, Thank you so much Maharaj for enlighten us and taking care in each and every aspect.
WOW…………wonderful analogy……….beware of hijackers
A very nice analogy by Radhanath Swami.
In a hijack situation, only the Marines can help. We can’t help ourselves. Radhanath Swami is that Marine in my life.
And when the soul becomes a hostage, even the person who comes to rescue us looks like the wrong person. Thank you so much Radhanath Swami Maharaj for giving us this wonderful view.
What a splendid article !!! I am speechless. Such a perfect and convincing analogy !!! It is only saints like Radhanath Swami who are bringing us the practical wisdom of the Holy Books.
now we cane to know the real terrorists by HH Radhanath swami’s mercy. thank you
these enemies find much easy passage in our hearts when we are especially negligent towards the chanting of krsna’s holy names…. inattentive chanting is the main cause due to which these enemies grow stronger..
Really amazing!!! we are hunting for the terrorist outside and they are within us.