DEVOTIONAL SERVICE THATS MY INSURANCE

I was at the train station as usual waiting for the track number to be displayed on the TV where my train comes, and suddenly I came across my neighbor who waved at me. He is a nice person always trying to advise me on diet and children. He is a Vegan and he often invites me and my wife to advocate us about being Vegan and once he showed us a 3 hour documentary on BEING VEGAN. Slowly he started discussing about politics and asked my opinion about whom do I think will be the next president of USA and what are the pros and cons of each of them being presidents.

Usually I try to read a book or fall asleep during my daily commute to office and home but I showed genuine interest in his talk as I do not want to offend him in any way. Moreover he shows concern for me in his talks and advises me in various aspects in how to live in America as he has been in the US for over a decade. So slowly our discussion went to health concern and what food to be taken and where to go to buy organic groceries. And he advised me on Life insurance, he himself is not an insurance agent but he expressed his concern for his family as he being a father of two daughters that what would happen if suddenly he passes away.

He told he has taken a life insurance cover for 30 years for a coverage of 1 million dollars. The premium is just $50- $60 a month based on your health condition and age. That really made me to think what is my situation. What would happen to my family if I encounter an early demise. I have a life insurance back in India but that’s not the point. The joke is Insurance is something that we pay hat keeps us poor all our life so we can die rich as the actual benefit comes to our family only after our demise. 

All of a sudden I started thinking about me and my family. So what about my personal insurance. What is premium  that I need to pay in order to have a risk free life after death, these are the questions that provoked my mind after the discussion. Recently I have seen couple of my close relatives’  sudden demise which came as an utter shock to the spouse and the children. After coming home at 8:30 I had a conference call with my fellow devotees that we usually have for 30 minutes to discuss on a verse from BHAGAVAD GITA. Once of the devotee asked why do we consider only LORD KRISHNA as the supreme personality of Godhead why not other expansions of the Lord like NARAYANA, VISHNU, RAMA, NARASIMHA etc. 

Devotees have given their perspectives according to the Shastra and I too am very convinced by the discussion. Suddenly my mind drove me to look at the deities of Lord Jagannath, Lord Baladaev and Subhadra in my home. We never consider them as Idols but as babies who has to be taken care very nicely with love , devotion and respect. Then I flipped through the Bhagavad Gita in front of me and randomly remembered some verses and started reading their purports. My perception of my life gave a new dimension.

 Yes!! Devotional Service that is the premium I am paying for me to have a risk free life after death. Even my wife and kid are also trying to serve the Lord sincerely, so they too are paying their premiums. So I thought of going through the Terms and Conditions manual  of this insurance policy which was given in the book called BHAGAVAD GITA, coming directly from the CEO of this company. 

But I thought I need some guarantee that I will be taken care if I lead my life according to the  Terms and Conditions of the Policy.

Although it has 700 clauses,  3 clauses caught my eye. Please find them below:

Chapter 2 Clause 27  : For one who has taken his birth, death is certain; and for one who is dead, birth is certain. Therefore, in the unavoidable discharge of your duty, you should not lament.

jatasya hi dhruvo mrtyur
dhruvam janma mrtasya ca
tasmad apariharye 'rthe
na tvam socitum arhasi

Chapter 9 Clause 22: But those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My transcendental form-to them I carry what they lack and preserve what they have.

ananyas cintayanto mam
ye janah paryupasate
tesam nityabhiyuktanam
yoga-ksemam vahamy aham

Chapter 18 Clause 65:  Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.

man-mana bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yaji mam namaskuru
mam evaisyasi satyam te
pratijane priyo 'si me

The premium that I need to pay is clearly mentioned in the above clause. All I need to do is sincerely offer devotional service and to add to my good fortune I have a mentor my spiritual master to help me to pay my premiums regularly without fail. 

YES!!! I HAVE THE WORLDS’ BEST INSURANCE POLICY.

Zindagi Ke Saath Bhi, Zindagi Ke Baad Bhi J J J