Radhanath Swami’s Article on Freeing Our Heart of Darkness

Radhanath Swami on Freeing our heart of darkness

Radhanath Swami on Freeing our heart of darkness

When the big dark cloud of ignorance enters into our lives and covers the full moon of God’s presence in our hearts, it leaves our entire life and the whole world in darkness. What is within reflects in everything without. A person’s consciousness within is manifested everywhere through his or her eyes, ears, and all of the senses. If we see the beauty of God within our own lives, we see the beauty of God everywhere through our senses. But if there is darkness in our hearts, if we are forgetful of God, then we will see only darkness everywhere. This is a beautiful lesson to be learnt. When our hearts are free of the clouds of our ignorant ways of thinking, we perceive everything as it is like a clear visible autumn night. Let the moon of God come into our hearts to dispel all darkness and fear. Let our mind be like the skies clear from these clouds. When we perceive that all the living beings are like brilliant illuminant stars and God as the full moon, then there is actual beauty and love in our lives.

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117 comments

  1. So very truly said… It is our own heart that reflects in whatevery we see outside. Thanx to Radhnath Swami..

  2. Thank you Radhanath Swami for giving such beautiful analogies in explaining God’s mercy and love.

  3. Whenever we are in the midst of God’s pure devotees like Radhanath Swami, darkness cannot pervade our hearts & mind, provided we follow the spiritual instructions with sincerity & devotion.

  4. Radhanath Swami’s spiritual teachings help in illuminating our hearts & minds with true knowledge & love of God.

  5. Radhanath Swami has given an amazing analogy of star vs the moon bringing clarity toall doubts spiritual seeker could have

  6. Radhanath Swami’s words of wisdom have helped in dispelling so many confusions & contradictions that I had in my mind regarding spirituality & the various holy scriptures.

  7. So true If we are ignorant what is within is reflected in what is without…Hope the moon of God come into our hearts to dispel all darkness and fear,and make out life bright and shinning. Thanks Maharaj for such a wonderful aticle.

  8. I hope and pray that by the blessings of Radhanath swami my darkend heart may receive some light from many of His stars and the Moon.

  9. Maharajah explained so nicely that
    “If we see the beauty of God within our own lives, we see the beauty of God everywhere through our senses”. Following his teaching sincerely is our only hope.

  10. The spiritual teachings of Radhanath Swami can disple all darkness, all contaminations from our hearts & minds.

  11. If we render devotional service under the spiritual guidance of Radhanath Swami, then we will be able to get rid of all the anarthas within our hearts & minds and love for God will then fill up the space.

  12. Thank you Radhanath Swami Maharaj, for explaining so nicely how to percieve things around us in proper way. Without loving God, we can not really love anybody truly.

  13. Such a wounderful teachings which will free one from all anxiety and bestow spiritual knowledge.

  14. Radhanath swami goes to the root of the disease, not the symptoms. If the heart is dark, everything will be dark for us. Therefore saintly people like Radhanth Swami are more concerned with cleaning the internal environment along with the external. Thank you Radhanath Swami Maharaj.

  15. The darkness in our heart is basically because of the absence of spiritual knowledge. Radhanath Swami wants us to fill up our hearts & mind with Vedic principles so that we can dispel all contaminations within our minds & hearts and thus experience the true love of God.

  16. Wherever there is vibration of the holy names, there will be purity of consciousness. So if we sincerely hear the spiritual discourses given by Radhanath Swami, then the dormant love for God will awaken within our hearts & mind and it will be free from any dark thoughts or desires.

  17. Amazing article by Radhanath swami. When we bring God in our lives then there is no question of darkness. The lucid explanation by Radhanath Swami enlightens every soul and brings in supreme light in their lives.

  18. Darkness is nothing but absence of light. Radhanth Swami is very expert to bring light to any one’s heart. Automatically there is no darkness then. Out of compassion Radhanath swami is ready to bring light to anyone who follows him. All glories to Radhanath Swami.

  19. Maharaj is that great soul who can dispel the darkness and spread the lamp of knowledge in our life and make our life beautiful..within and without…

  20. Radhanath Swami’s elaboration on the clean heart filled with love tempts me to have one.

  21. Associating & hearing regularly from bonafide saints like Radhanath Swami can iiluminate our mind & heart with good thoughts, love & compassion. This will then help us to progress on the spiritual path & develop the real love for God.

  22. Let the moon of God come into our hearts to dispel all darkness and fear.This is wonderful point by H H Radhanath Swami.

  23. All glories to HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj

    Very important lesson. Reminded me of a saying “A Person suffering from yellow Jaundice , for him the whole world appears with a tinge of yellow”

  24. A mind devoid of God-consciousness would become a devil’s workshop. That is why we need to associate with pure devotees like Radhanath Swami who live their life in the service of God.

  25. Let the moon of God come into our hearts to dispel all darkness and fear- H H Radhnath Swami

  26. A dark mind & a dark heart can only think evil. We need to illuminate these with the spiritual instructions of saints such as Radhanath Swami who teach us humility, compassion & love for God

  27. With people like Radhanath Swami’s association, our darkness of heart will go far away from us and brings closer to Knowledge and so closer to GOD.

  28. With a little faith in scriptures we can enlighten our hearts with the knowledge of the Supreme.When the darkness of ignorance in our hearts is dispelled by this enlightenment, we can percieve God in our hearts and we can see ourselves as part and parcel of Him.Thus we can experience love and beauty in our lives.Nice article by Radhanath Swami.

  29. The instruction “What is within reflects in everything without” is very beautifully explained by Radhanath Swami. Very meaningful instructions have been given here….

  30. Hearing spiritual discourses Radhanath Swami can dispel all the ignorance & baser desires from our heart and purify our consciousness

  31. Thank you for this instruction! We can only pray in addition to the moon of GOD entering and enlightening our hearts. Let the moon of Radhanath Swami’s mercy pervade our hearts and thoughts and fill it with Love of GOD and devotional service

  32. “But, if there is darkness in our hearts, if we are forgetful of God, then we will see only darkness everywhere”. This is the great message from Radhanath Swami. Thank you Radhanath Swami for the same.

  33. His Holiness Radhanath Swami has so wonderfully explained how all darkness in our lives will be dispelled when we lead a God centered life.

  34. Words of Vedic wisdom if heard from pure devotees of God such as Radhanath Swami can help in removing the contaminations from our heart & mind and help us progress in our spiritual life.

  35. Radhanath Swami is showing how to be positive in life by bringing devotion to the Lord

  36. Thank you very much HH Radhanath Swami Maharaja for bringing light of Bhakti in our life.

  37. Its true. implementation of this will surely make our lives enlightened even materially also.

  38. We all have good desires in our heart as well as bad ones. Radhanath Swami wants us to act upon the good ones so that we can attract God to manifest within our hearts.

  39. Radhanath swami once explained that if you want to spread happiness in this world, we must have internal happiness first in ourselves, because we cannot give what we do not have

  40. This is such a powerful teaching by Radhanath Swami. He is asking us to remove our coloured glasses while looking at others.

  41. Radhanath Swami Maharaj’s emphasis on the darkness in our heart is so true as what is with in our heart that we see outside too.

  42. The analogy suits the point so well. It becomes so clear when Radhanth Swami explains it with such simple examples.

  43. Our heart can be free of all contaminations if we associate with saintly people like Radhanath Swami & sincerely follow their instructions on how to serve God. Only then can we develop the real love for God.

  44. “Let the moon of God come into our hearts to dispel all darkness and fear”. Very well said. Thank you Radhanath Swami.

  45. radhanath swami’s instructions are like cleaning the windows of our own house(personal life) rather than finding out the dust of others house windows(others life)

  46. This is the clear instruction from Radhanath Swami. Thank you Radhanath Swami for driving away our ignorance with a torch of Your transcendental knowledge.

  47. While listening to Radhanath Swami Maharaj lectures, I feel that covering of illussion is eradicating. His teachings gives such a sharp sword like knowledge.

  48. If we see the beauty of God within our own lives, we see the beauty of God everywhere through our senses- Radhanath Swami – i liked this form this article

  49. Radhanath Swami is true to the title guru who brings us out of the material darkness to spiritual light.

  50. Maharaj’s lectures always have instructions for his disciples. This is a beautiful message from Maharaj and is so applicable to all our lives in this KaliYuga. Hari Bol!

  51. Very nice analogies by Radhanath swami. Thanks for sharing such nectarine instructions of Radhanath Swami 🙂

  52. Thank You Radhanath Swami! I would humbly request you to drive away my ignorance through the torch of your knowledge and shade of your mercy

  53. Radhanath Maharaj – If I learn this lesson seriously, it is sure that I can be out of darkness. Thank you

  54. Great instructions on dispelling the darkness by letting the Moon of God appear in our hearts. Thank you so much Radhanath Swami Maharaj for this wonderful article.

  55. How the whole present world is fallen in fark well of ignorace. Only Krishna Holy name can dispel this darkness.

  56. All GLories To H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj

    This ingnorace though may be stubborn and trouble us on every point of our life but our constant endeavour to dispel this ingnorance will onle help us see the bright moon one day.

    Hare Krishna

  57. This is possible only through the grace of Guru and the grace of Lord, we can only pray sincererly to remove this cloud of ignorance that is covering the heart.

  58. very nice article. we have to cleanse the mirror of our heart to let the moon shine bright n reflect this light out in others also . jai gurudev.

  59. Radhanath Swami basically is exhorting us to free our mind of all sinful desires & baser instincts such as envy, pride, arrogance, anger etc. Only then can we experience true love for God. Only then can we feel true bliss while chanting the holy names of the Supreme Lord.

  60. Thank you Radhanath swami for tellijg us how to come out of ignorance by remebering the Lord always.

  61. If we see the beauty of God within our own lives, we see the beauty of God everywhere through our senses.Jai Gurudev!!!

  62. We have a very few rare Spiritual teachers on this planet like Radhanath Swami who are always connected to the Spiritual plane (can perceive the presence of Lord within and without) and dedicating their life to teach others this science.

    Without help of such great Spiritual masters how can we ever find out about these subtle aspects as explained above? Without such help, we all define our own path on Spiritual life and reach a very different destination than the Supreme Absolute Truth.

  63. Radhanath Swami Maharaj truly brings out the shining Supreme truth so that our eyes blinded by ignorance are opened.

  64. Radhanath swami is so eloquent, as in giving the message with minimum words… the moon of God’s presence in our heart is such an important phrase… that means without it is simply all darkness. that means full of confusion and uncertainty

  65. Wonderful Article. Krishna is like sun and ignorance is darkness. Where there is sun there can be no darkness. Likewise where there is Krishna there can be no ignorance. If we lovingly acknowledge presence of Krishna within us, we will see Krishna all around us.

  66. Very beautiful article. Maharaj is speaking his heart. He wants everyone to be aware of the Supreme and be free of troubles.There is also a promise that he would help us realize the spiritual path. We must seek his shelter submissively.

  67. Radhanath Swami Maharaj points out to us that what is within will be reflected without. so the process is to start from our own internal cleansing and then it will be useful. thank you for this article,.

  68. Radhanath Swami is showing us how to go from darkness to light, from ignorance to knowledge and from death to eternity.

  69. “Let the moon of God come into our hearts to dispel all darkness and fear”
    Maharaj also suggesting the way to get God’s love is to serve.

  70. God is within our hearts but we are blinded with ignorance and so are covered with our own sinful desires which is like smoke which covers the pure nature of the heart. By this process of devotion we can clean the heart and thus see the lord face to face. yes face to face. This is the promise given by SRila Prabhupada. We should have faith. Just stick to the process.

  71. Basically God is the reservoir of all good qualities. Therefore Radhanath Swami says that if we are Godless(atheist), then we will be bereft of good qualities. And it will then be our natural tendency to see everyone similarly.

  72. The Absolute Truth simply tells us that accepting God’s presence in our hearts and lives IS real knowledge and it dispels ignorance, while the so-called educational institutions would have us believe that there is no place for God in our lives.

  73. Nice lesson remembering GOD will remove all our ignorance and we will see things in right spirit, thank you Radhanath swami.

  74. Radhanath Swami Maharaj makes us go for the highest aspirations in life. I truly wish to be fully enlightened from within.

  75. Radhanath Swami makes a profound statement here “What is within reflects in everything without”. We have to become God conscious otherwise we will remain helpless and hopeless.

  76. If we actually want to spread the love throughout the world, following words from HH Radhanath Swami maharaj are indispensable. “Let our mind be like the skies clear from these clouds. When we perceive that all the living beings like brilliant illuminant stars and God as the full moon, then there is actual beauty and love in our lives.”

  77. The instruction “What is within reflects in everything without” is very beautifully explained by Radhanath Swami. Very meaningful instructions have been given here….

  78. Radhanath Swami explaims even complex philosophical points with such easy example that it touches the heart of the listener

  79. Radhanath Swami has given an amazing analogy of star vs the moon bringing clarity toall doubts spiritual seeker could have

  80. Srila Radhanath Swami makes a very deep and profound statement – whatever is our consciousness within, will be manifested everywhere. The only way to remove the darkness from our hearts is by letting the moon of God rise within our hearts. This is possible only by the mercy of a pure devotee of the Lord, like Srila Radhanath Swami Maharaj.

  81. Radhanath Swami is clearly emphasizing the importance of cleansing our consciousness and developing God Consciousness, Krishna Consciousness to actually appreciate the World around us which is nothing else but the energy of the Lord. If we can’t appreciate what is near us, where is the question of appreciating the all beautiful Supreme Person who is more beautiful and sweet than the most beautiful thing of this world…

  82. Radhanath Swami Maharaj mentions: What is within reflects in everything without. Thanks for the beautiful elaboration on this. We hope to completely illuminate our hearts some day, through the loving guidance of Radhanath Swami Maharaj.

  83. So true. Also what you have that you can give. If you have no love, you can’t give love…

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