Shortly after Sriman George Harrison left his body there was an article in BTG (Back to Godhead magazine), written by Shymasundar Prabhu , one of George’s friends. It reveals George’s “real” meaning of the song, “Something.”
Shymasundara Prabhu writes:
Picking up where we had last left off, in that roomful of rock-stars, promoters, and delirious fans, we huddled shut off from their puzzle and envy and yakked about the Absolute, who you knew to be a Person. "Yeah, yeah, and yeah", you said, "and who am I to be telling you that Krishna is the Supreme Person, the All-Attractive Person – attracts me like no other lover”. Later you told us that you had to say “she” or everyone would think you were a “poof.”
When asked if he believed in God, Albert Einstein replied:
"I'm not an atheist. I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. The problem involved is too vast for our limited minds. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God. We see the universe marvelously arranged and obeying certain laws but only dimly understand these laws."
"The fanatical atheists," he wrote in a letter, "are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who -- in their grudge against traditional religion as the 'opium of the masses' -- cannot hear the music of the spheres."
"Science can be created only by those who are thoroughly imbued with the aspiration toward truth and understanding," he said. "This source of feeling, however, springs from the sphere of religion."
Here in New Govardhana our presiding deities are Their Beautiful Lordships Sri Sri Radha-Govardhandhari, Krishna-Balarama and Gaura-Nitai. As a community we try to please them with our offerings of devotion and nearly everyone here feels as if they have a personal relationship with Them through service. Sometimes Their reciprocation is clearly demonstrated for all of us to see and thus increase our faith and love. Here is a little story that shows Their love for one devotee in our community.
Bhakta George has been a devotee of Krishna for most of his life. He was amongst the devotees in the 70's when Srila Prabhupada visited Australia and served as a bodyguard. There were some unfortunate incidents of hostility at some of our programs during this era in Australia, so George was advised by Madhudvisa Prabhu (who was then GBC) to keep his hair and plain clothes and accompany Srila Prabhupada when he went out in public. If you look at photos of Srila Prabhupada from this time of Ratha-yatra festivals and other public events you will often see Bhakta George's strong ksatriya presence in the background.
George Prabhu drove from nearly an hour away to see the deities and wash the pots after the Sunday Feast. He had timed it so that he would have Their darsan just before the curtain closed and Their Lordships were put to rest. When he came into the temple room he found that the curtains had closed fifteen minutes early. This made him so upset that, despite his rugged nature, he began to cry. You see, he was booked in for surgery today and he wanted to see the deities before he went. He really wanted just to have a moment with Them before he drove all the way back home and got ready to go into the hospital.
So George had to drive home upset. I guess we can image what it must have felt like to have a heavy heart filled with separation from Their Lordships.
George's service for all of the people who live in this area of Australia (devotees and non-devotees alike) is to capture poisonous snakes and pythons when they make threatening public appearances. He works on a donation basis as most folks can appreciate that there aren't many people willing to do this job. With 50 species of poisonous snakes in the area, several of which are on the top 10 list of deadly snakes, there is plenty of demand for his services.
About 2:30 in the afternoon Tamara Mataji sighted a huge Eastern Brown snake crossing the prasadam area and heading towards the temple. She informed Ajita Prabhu who called Bhakta Ian and, after a difficult struggle, they both managed to pin the snake to the ground as it attempted to escape under the bhoga room. Eastern Browns are the second most venomous snake in the world behind the Inland Tapian. One strike from the Eastern Brown contains enough venom to kill several human adults. For a snake this dangerous there was only one person they could call ... George the Snakeman. The video below is a live account of George's feat of bravery:
So if you are following this story you can see clearly that our wonderful Lordships called back their devotee George to the temple the next day. Its amazing for us to see how personal and real Sri Sri Radha-Govardhanadhari, Krishna Balarama and Gaura-Nitai are with us.
In Srimad-Bhagavatam (9.4.68), the Lord says:
sadhavo hridayam mahyam
sadhunam hridayam tv aham
mad-anyat te na jananti
naham tebhyo manag api
"The devotees are always in My heart, and I am always in the hearts of the devotees. The devotee does not know anything beyond Me, and I also cannot forget the devotee. There is a very intimate relationship between Me and the pure devotees. Pure devotees in full knowledge are never out of spiritual touch, and therefore they are very much dear to Me."
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