shaadi bhagvaan se?

hey guys, just wanted to get your opinions on something what did you guys think about meera?

you're on a roll!
I can't keep up with all of your threads, but I still wanna put my two cents in. Very Very interesting topic, I was actually reading a book a while back and basically it talks about this one shlok from Geets. can't recall the shlok. ughh. Basically, it talks about all these qualities. You need to inculcate these qualities into yourself. It basically talks about how if you consider God to be your husband then you would consider this world as your own and all of the creations as your own because god has created everything.

It goes really into a lot of details talking about each quality can't really remember how many there are. But I can PM you the details of it...if you're interested.

What you're talking about Jhanvi comes under, how do I put, the various, let's say....'bhav' you have towards god.

Great question!👏

@anchal: lol..when it comes to bhakti..i think the topics are endless! yes, do send me a pm :)

I agree..its the certain feeling you have towards the lord which makes your tapasya different from anyone else's.. good point

hmm.. i don't know about worshipping  your husband (woh aur bhi upar urdega rofl) ..no but i do feel respecting and udnerstanding your spouse is highly imp. like i admire my nana-nani for this thing..my nani got married when she was 14 *thats called child trafficing in america rofl* and my nanaji was 18ish? ..well my nani always told me that my nanaji was a bit of the serious type so they started out their relationship by just understanding each others needs/habits then became friends then husband-wife..then at the very late ages became friends again..

i feel being i guess.. dil se pyar do kissiko then w/o fail they'll feel it..

same goes w/ bhakti..if you dil se pooj bhagvaan w/o fail they'll aknowledge it..

Lolz @ hubby ko aur upar udaana 😆

I think that if the bhaav of loving God as a husband is as practical today as it was when Meera dwelled in it, as long as it's as pure as hers was. As per the Bhagavat Puraan and the various bhakti texts derived from it (Bhakti Sandharba, Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu, Preeti Sandharba, etc.), devotion to God in one of those most intimate relationships - considering him your own lover (madhurya ras) or your child (vaatsalya ras) is devotion at its best. The problem arises when that feeling is tainted with possessiveness and jealousy and egotism, and those exist in quite a surplus nowadays. Blame it on the paapi serials, I guess 😆 j/k... but yeah - having that shortcoming in your loving feeling towards God makes you unable to "share Him" with the rest of the world, even though he IS the rest of the world.  If you start going, God is MY husband dammit, he can't help you with your troubles! He's only MINE!", then your feelings are not going to allow you to be a well functioning human being 😳 Like, say, Shurpnakha - she got attracted to Ram and wanted him as her husband, but her feelings were totally selfish and impure and egotistical in every way - she thought she was the only one pretty enough to deserve him, that her powerful family background just had to mean she was entitled to him, etc.  If within yourself you consider God your husband and love him with that single-mindedness and that depth, you can do that in any era. But if you - like those elitist "pandits" who bar "lower castes" and "foreigners" from entering their temples because God is only yours and only you are good enough for him, what kind of a bhakt are you, really.... I think I didn't answer the question at all but was continuing to get my dil ki bhadaas out after having heard about yet another one of these elitist temples so... just bear with me 😆

Interesting topic. Well I think that Meerabai was an exceptional bhakt and she was totally in love with Krishna as to give up her enter world for him. If one is that in love with God, and are unselfish enough to maintain that, then there is nothing wrong with them marrying that deity. I mean, we talk about concepts like soul mates and stuff in the modern world. But really, Krishna is our only soul mate, not anyone else, he IS Paramatma and we are Jivatmas! So who else would be as perfect for everyone? Everyone loves him in different ways, whether it be as a son, a father, a friend, a brother, a teacher, or a husband.