The churning separates the butter from the milk. In the same manner, through cosmic processes and upheavals of heat and cold, the five fundamental elements - earth, water, fire, air and space were separated and Earth, this Ball of Butter, emerged as the product of the churning.
As long as you have attachment to the body and attachment to objects, fear and suffering will be with you. Therefore Krishna told Arjuna to develop his discrimination and rid himself of body consciousness. Only then he would be able to develop integral vision.
Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the real you sleeping in your heart.
When the road ends, and the goal is gained, the pilgrim finds that he has travelled only from himself to himself.
When there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.
Now you worship His Form, you repeat His name; ignoring His orders. Without practicing the discipline laid down by Rama to purify the mind, all else is mere show, empty rituals.
I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added lustre.
All religions exhort us to cleanse the heart of malice, greed, hate and anger. All religions hold out the gift of Grace as the prize for success in this cleaning process.
