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A devotee should always, every moment, remember his soul relationship with Radha Krishn and feel affinity. The more you will remember, the closer you will feel with Them. This remembrance is like the life force of all other aspects of devotion, so it is of first importance. If a person meditates on the form of Radha Krishn with the intention of receiving His vision and love, his meditation will be called remembrance, divine-love consciousness or raganuga bhakti. Meditation in raganuga bhakti is not a physical disciplinary act of concentration in the brain area. Meditation means feeling the Divine presence of Radha Krishn or your Master near you. You can also feel Their touch or the perfume of Their body or the perfume of the garland They are wearing. You should try to visualize in your imagination any leela of Braj or Vrindaban or Barsana where you are either an observer or participant in that leela. You can be very close to Radha Rani or Krishn in the leela or be in the crowd, as you prefer.

If a devotee likes he can also take the help of a decorated Deity for remembrance which he should worship with true reverence. He should try to form a lively mental image of the form of Radha Krishn, which he should consider as Divine.

Remembrance of any of the names, leelas, virtues, abodes, and the associates of Radha Krishn can be done singly or collectively. Some devotees stress more on the name of Radha Krishn, some on the form, some on the leelas, some on the virtues, some on the abode, and some on the form of their Spiritual Master; but every devotee meditates on all of them, although his main attraction may remain confined to one or two.

The name of Radha is Radha Herself and so is Krishn Himself. So, while doing the chanting or while listening to a chant or while remembering a chant in your mind you should feel the synonymity of Blissful sweetness of Radha Krishn with the name, and, at the same time, think of any leela, or feel and imagine the presence of Radha Krishn near you. Radha name is as sweet as Radha. Feel an affinity with the name along with Radha Krishn. (Concentration or meditation in any part of the forehead area is yogic technique, and meditation in the heart is related to the methodical forms of worship and devotion called vaidhi bhakti or anusthan. It is not done in this path.) While remembering Radha Krishn bring yourself down to your heart area, feel love, affinity and longing for Radha Krishn or Both in your heart, and then feel Their presence near you. While thinking of Their form think of Their full youthful form.

During chanting it is easier to pay full attention to meditation and engross oneself in divine love feelings. The rhythm of chant helps to develop emotional feelings, and the sound of the music protects the devotee from outer disturbances. But during chanting one should not simply swing his head with the rhythm of the music and enjoy the song, he must do emotional meditation on the form or the leelas of Radha Krishn, otherwise chanting will not be considered as devotion, it will simply be a pleasurable pastime.

Bhakti is the selfless remembrance of Radha Krishn. It is accompanied by the feeling of affinity and a desire to increase longing. Such a devotion purifies the heart of the devotee and qualifies it to receive the Grace of Krishn.

The practical and best way of Krishn devotion to increase the longing for the vision of Radha Krishn is to remember the Divine relationship and to meditate on the form and the leelas of Radha Krishn affectionately. This meditation should be followed either by the continuous remembrance of the name of Radha Krishn in the heart or the chanting, whatever one prefers or whatever suits one’s nature.

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