I practiced many other austerities. After much penance, I was uprooted and cut, and had to suffer more pain. Then, I was pierced — not once, but seven times. I bore all this silently. Hollow and empty, the flute does not produce any sound of her own. The Lord breathes life into her and in accordance with His wishes, the musical notes stream forth from her. Of her own accord, not a single new note does she produce.
She surrenders herself completely. Such is her glory. We typically have a variety of likes, dislikes, desires, anger and such attributes. So, even if the Lord took us with Him, we would just continue to sing our own tunes, according to our own preferences and attachments.
Just as unwanted notes sometimes originate on their own, when we sit to play the harmonium, so also, in life unwanted egocentric tunes sometimes come forth on their own. This is not good. Similarly, the sound of Bhagavan playing His flute, is His call to devotees to gather around Him.
The sound of the sweet music from His flute was the signal for every resident of Vrindavan to immediately drop everything and run to Him, that very instant. I do not belong to a high caste or family. I possess neither knowledge, nor rasa. I am full of knots, and have no life or voice of my own.
I am totally empty. That is why indeed the Great Krishna, filling me up with his own life, expresses his voice and music through me. We need to empty ourselves like the flute, only then will Krishna's music reverberate through us, no matter how many faults we may possess. Free Shipping. Delivered by to all international destinations within 3 to 5 days, fully insured. Free shipping to all destinations worldwide. Sign in Contact us FAQ. Wishlist Past Orders Cart.
Please wait. Sign in. Audio Video. Best Deals. Home Sculptures Hindu Krishna. Krishna is the ideal of divine love, the God of love. And the divine love expresses itself by entering into man and filling his whole being.
Therefore the flute is the human heart, and a heart which is made hollow will become a flute for the God of love to play upon. When the heart is not empty, in other words, when there is not scope in the heart, there is no place for love.
Rumi, the great poet of Persia, explains this idea more clearly. He says the pains and sorrows the soul experiences through life, are like holes made in a reed flute, and it is by making these holes that a player makes the flute out of a reed. This means that the heart of man is first a reed, and the sufferings and pains it goes through make it a flute, which can then be used by God as the instrument for the music that He constantly wishes to produce.
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