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“Beauty over power.”
Where does that come from?
It comes from Guru Mahārāj.
And if you read in the beginning of
The Search for Sri Krṣṇa.
Very beautiful.
I mean …
I got to place it there.
Why did it appear there?
Did I put it there?
Or was I used by some higher power
to place it there?
I would subscribe to the latter.
I do not know anything about Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
But Guru Mahārāj [does],
[and] offering ourselves in service to him
and his conception,
something appeared there.
So, if you look in the very beginning,
what does it say?
Beauty is the ultimate controlling principle.
It’s greater than power.
So thematically, Guru Mahārāj,
he has certain themes, seed concept themes,
that he revisits continuously.
One is: form versus substance,
or substance over form.
Beauty over power.
Mercy over justice.
Heart over intellect.
He has a consistent system.
So, talking about
Beauty over power, means:
which is a greater force?
Beauty or what we generally conceive of as power?
There are so many examples in history
of the most powerful man,
coming under the sway of a beautiful girl.
There are historic examples of this all over the world.
North, South, East and West.
The most powerful man
comes under the control
of the beauty of a young girl.
That’s an example of beauty over power.