A Game of Cricket with Realizations :)

Ahem!I begin again with another one!Hmm its been very long since i went to our terrace of our flats.Probably months ago,during the last rain to get drenched[:D] with my friends.So today is Ekadasi and i couldn't chant my rounds so well so i decided "Why not the terrace?"!And so with full enthusiasm i went to the terrace and started my Japa walk[:)] and from the terrace there was a beautiful view of the Hanuman ji Mandir.The temple dint open as yet.But something else attracted me.Two little boys playing cricket!They were playing in the temple compound itself.It gave me a very wonderful realization.The batsmen was pretty strong and the bowler was trying all his means to make him out.But how hard he tried he couldn't out the batsmen.So the batsmen was so strong,just like how a pure devotee of Krishna is strongly dependant on Krishna.The bowler was Maya[:P] and he was attacking each time,in different angles and he was trying his best to move the attention of the batsmen and make him out.But how hard he tried,he just could not.He dint even have a bat and it was just a log of wood.But his enthusiasm and determination was amazing.So it made me realize,how can we become a pure devotee?By chanting the 16 rounds of Hare Krishna Maha Mantra and following the regulative principles and also the instructions of Guru Maharaj.And by constantly and nicely following these instructions and surrendering to Krishna we win.So similar was the case with the batsmen.Whatever he did,he was fixed and focussed.But the bowler was trying every single moment to make him out,but he could not.Finally the batsmen ended with Victory.Gave me the intense feeling of joy,"Where there is Krishna,there is Victory" and yes as we surrender to Krishna,he showers all His mercy on us.Thats how Krishna is,he is just asking us to surrender.So i realized,Oh we have to get fixed like the batsmen.I took this on the positive aspect and even though Maya always attacks us,we should just depend on Krishna.And my chanting became ever blissful and the thought of not chanting well just went away and the chanting was amazing and ever blissful :) And i could chant many many rounds.Thanks to Hanuman ji and the boys for this realization.
Then the temple opened.The pujari opened the temple,but the worship was just a formality.Srila Prabhupada many times also stressed on deity worship and how our moods should be while worshiping the deity,in the mood of a servant,or a Das.The pujari opened the temple,lit an incense and just went away.He started counting the money he received."WHERE IS THE LOVE FOR THE DEITY'' He lit an incense and started doing some cleaning with some old cloth lying on the floor.They say Cleanliness is next to Godliness.Krishna should be given the best paraphernalia.But Hanuman ji is quite happy on the pujari's service[am just guessing] and this standing on the terrace,just made me realize how important our mood should be while serving the deity and in which mood we should chant and how importantly trinad api sunicena is necessary for us to chant the Holy Names of the Lord and without it how impossible it is for us to chant.How to offer respect to the deity and by offering our respects in the mood of a servant.How Srila Prabhupada predicted the world would be and how he asked each one of us to purify ourselves by chanting the Holy Name of the Lord and later worshiping the deity in the mood of the servant.I just pray to Srila Prabhupada and all the other Acaryas that i chant the Holy Names in the mood of humility and also serve my deity in awe and reverence.
Hanuman ji ki Jaya!
Japa walk realization ki Jaya!
Srila Prabhupada ki Jaya!
Gaura Premanande Hari Hari Bol!