Lord Krishna is the charming and happy stream in all of us. When there is no irritability, worries, or desires in the mind, only we can achieve deep relaxation. Only in deep relaxation can Krishna awake. The greatest enemy of the ego is happiness. Where there is happiness and love, the ego cannot stand. When faced with love, simplicity and cheerfulness, the ego inevitably subdues. Lord Krishna is the epitome of happiness, the simple essence and the source of joy and love in all circumstances we pass through in life. The contrary of it is called fear.
Swadhisthana chakra is the stream of emotions running inside us. They can dance in bliss or withdraw in fear. The joyful energies of Lord Krishna have a profound effect on these emotions uplifting our mood and ensuring we walk our path with awareness and a positive mind and emotions, protected from negative influences and all kinds of fears and anxieties. Lord Krishna’s energy entirely resonates with the flow of thoughts and emotions of the Sacral chakra when it is balanced. Thus, He blesses the persons with wellbeing and fearlessness safeguarding a healthy functioning of this energy vortex which is fundamental for our overall happiness.
Lord Krishna’s qualities are Ananda Lahari, Prema Lahari and Soundarya Lahari. Lahari means waves and his presence is like waves of Ananda or joy; waves of Prema or love and waves of Soundarya or beauty because He represents elegance in perfection, elegance in every peace of this marvelous creation in where we live our Leela. A person living in that state creates an oorjha – an energy field. Such energy field of Lord Krishna is aakarshanam, which means ‘that which attracts’. When we invoke the state of consciousness of Lord Krishna, we only can feel joy. And, when the emotional waves of the Sacral chakra are filled with joy, we can only experience life with tears of compassion, pleasure and contentment.
He is the 8th Avatar of Lord Vishnu and is depicted playing the flute surrounded by milkmaids. As long as the milkmaids loves Krishna unconditionally, he will multiply himself and dance with everyone, making everyone feel completely and completely loved. But when they became possessive and refused to share him with others, Krishna disappeared, filling these women with despair. When realizing the dawn and they begged for forgiveness, Lord Krishna returned to dance the dance of love. The Maha-raas takes place outside the village, in the forest, at night, far away from familiar surroundings. Nevertheless the women feel safe. They feel unthreatened by the law of the jungle. They have faith in Krishna and no fear.
When Krishna played the flute in the jungle, love rather than force prevailed. The weakest, the least suitable, were not afraid. They can sing, dance and thrive in joyful indulgence. And all this is surrounded by waves of love and beauty. Lord Krishna attracts our minds and helps us in times of crisis. He changed our world from a battlefield to a garden. He takes us to Madhuvan. There, we find Krishna, the charming cowherd, who attracted our hearts and awakened the desire for celebration. The senses are excited, the heart rejoices with love, the mind is full of wisdom, and we naively obey his music and take a place in his Maha-raas.
The flute He plays attracts the cows and the milkmaids, there is no force here, no tension or obligation, just gentle seduction. The milkmaids adore the flautist, they follow him enchanted by the flute. This is a beautiful representation of all what it is about Swadhisthana chakra when it is operating in a balanced way. We start to resonate with the seat of our Selves and elevate beyond mundane affairs, letting our unique identity blossom in the whole picture of our life’s path without being negatively disturbed by it. Lord Krishna nurtures our inner child and clears away emotional hindrances from our path, so this inner child can blossom to his or her full potential until achieving what he or she was born for in this lifetime.