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CHAPTER 13. KRISHNA GOES TO THE WEST
All of us are like Krishna, but there is a small difference. When Krishna is dancing as a wave he
is aware that he belongs to the ocean, he is the ocean itself. But as far as we are concerned we
know ourselves only as waves; we forget that we are the ocean. This is the difference between us
and Krishna. And since we know ourselves only as waves, we fail to understand the oceanic form
of Krishna.
Krishna’s physical body, his picture and statue can be used to come in contact with his soul. But it
is just a play that belongs to the world of appearances. And to understand it we have to approach it
from two or three sides.
Even today we can make contact with the oceanic form of Krishna – his soul. In the same way we
can come in contact with the souls of Mahavira and Bud&a. And to contact the essential Krishna we
can make use of his physical form as a medium, an instrument.
When statues of men like Krishna were first made, they were not meant for worship. In fact, these
statues came in the wake of an esoteric science which has become almost extinct. Before leaving
their physical forms, the awakened ones had given a promise and a technique to their lovers, their
disciples, that they could contact their oceanic life by meditating on unconscious mind that whenever
you repeat the process he will go into sleep, and then his unconscious mind will begin to operate on
him.
The power of our unconscious mind is enormous; what we cannot do in our conscious state we can
do with the help of the unconscious mind. Man’s unconscious mind is much more sensitive than his
conscious. What we cannot hear in the conscious state becomes audible to the unconscious. In
deep hypnotic sleep you can see things you can never see while awake. It is not the talisman, but
the post hypnotic suggestion associated with it that works.
If a person like Krishna, Buddha or Christ is about to leave this world and some of his close lovers
or disciples who have been in intimate contact with him, who have imbibed his vibes, request some
techniques to contact him after his departure, the master in his compassion can give them such
a technique. He can ask them to go into a state of meditation and then tell them that whenever
they will meditate on a particular form of his – through a statue or a picture – they will immediately
contact him even after his death. This is the esoteric science for which statues of Krishna, Buddha
and others like them were first made.
These statues and symbols were specially given to chosen disciples in a meditative state. So your
ordinary statues are not going to work, nor can ordinary seekers come in contact with them through
these statues. To establish contact with Krishna one will need to have a special symbol and an inner
suggestion given to him in his meditative state.
Before persons like Buddha, Mahavira and Krishna, depart from this earth, they leave such
techniques and instructions with their most trusted group of disciples; those who are worthy of it.
This generation of disciples takes full advantage of this special transmission. And if this generation
passes it on to a second generation of disciples, it can work their statues. It was for this purpose
that their statues were first made.
Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy 239 Osho