HH Mahavishnu Swami has recently changed his web-address and is also asking devotees if they can compose/write articles for it.

The web-address is as follows: http://www.mahavishnuswami.net/

Here is a small though I had but the stream or thought applies to how we view all our spiritual masters:

Pondering and thinking of the importance of our ever well wishers and the changes they make in our lives making us balance the fine line between material needs of the body and the more important spiritual needs of the soul, something many of us manage to get wrong with almost fatalistic regularity.

I was reading the other day how Krishna does not accept food made in an untidy kitchen, an unclean kitchen or house reflects the deeper spiritual understanding truly cleanliness in next to godliness

It reminded me of the first time HH Mahavishnu Swami stayed at my home an event I was recently recalling to a senior devotee.

Although I had recently also had some of his senior disciples stay as most visitors they could see some faults but out of respect and social rules said nothing (we don’t want to offend do we?)

But this is the mercy of the spiritual master they overlook what could be seen as social rules not because they are ignorant of them but to help us progress, make corrections and expand further in devotional life.

So I was recalling how on the visit of HH Mahavishnu Swami he immediately started not only to pick up on the faults in my home, but also the way I did certain things; and yes it wasn’t long before I became a little fried by this. The false ego says “who is this guy how ungrateful, in fact how dare he come here and say such things it truly isn’t that bad” but the spirit soul the spirit soul is rejoicing as it listens to how it can reconnect more with Krishna.

But it also shows the mercy of the spiritual master for it is out of love that these things are highlighted with a simple explanation given how even subtile changes brings the spirit soul closer to Krishna and how even on the material plain we benefit; the balance is fine and the spiritual master sees this.

As the visit progressed the benefits of the changes being asked to be made by HH Mahavishnu Swami from Kitchen standards to even the deity dress really made a big difference; only the spiritual master is aware of the true subtitles one very small change can make a big difference what to say of a big change?

But it also shows that uniqueness of the relationship are we willing to listen to follow even if our own ego’s may be smashed or our feeling temporarily hurt?

For this is the biggest mercy to destroy our false ego, our pride and the false identification of self and help us reconnect with our spirit souls.

There are few spiritual masters who like HH Mahavishnu Swami visits and stays with devotees, living with them for a few days rather than stopping in temples or a few senior devotee homes; a unique mercy especially those like me that live in outlying areas away from the big towns and who get little devotee association.

The fact that he took time to stay and showed love in correcting, means also that I have to be willing to listen to this instruction, follow it, and then true spiritual progress can be made. Serving our spiritual master and opening up our homes is a unique and special mercy the question is do we truly appreciate this?