Knowing Krsna as He Is 57

only want to be placed as one of the atoms at Krgna’s
lotus feet to render service unto Him. Everyone is
praying to God with some interest, but even if we
pray to God, “Give me some money, give me some
relief, a nice house, a nice wife, or nice food,” that
is also good. Yet this is not to the standard of Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s prayer. Our only prayer
should be that the Lord enable us to serve Him
birth after birth. Our prayer should be, “‘Dear Lord,
You are so great that I want to engage in Your
service. I have been serving all these rascals, and I
am not satisfied. Now I have come to You. Please
engage me in Your service.” This is the last word in
prayer. Some people complain that when they pray
to God they do not feel His presence. We should
know that this is due to our incapacities, not God’s.
There are two conceptions of presence—the physical
conception and the vibrational conception. The
physical conception is temporary, whereas the
vibrational conception is eternal. When we enjoy or
relish the vibration of Krgna’s teachings in Bhagavad-
gita, or when we chant Hare Krsna, we should know
that by those vibrations He is immediately present.
He is absolute, and because of this His vibration is
just as important as His physical presence. When
we feel separation from Krsna or the spiritual
master, we should just try to remember their
words of instructions, and we will no longer
feel that separation. Such association with Krsna
and the spiritual master should be association by
vibration, not physical presence. That is real asso-
ciation. We put so much stress on seeing, but when
