The greatest meeting of my life is not with someone outside me, but with the presence within that never leaves.
There was a time when my answer would have been very different.
If someone had asked me, “Whom do you want to meet?”, I could have given a long list. Global CEOs. Distinguished scientists. Spiritual teachers. Thought leaders. Influential people who stood at the peak of their fields.
Like many people, I was curious about greatness as it appeared in the world.
Today, my answer is much simpler.
I want to meet myself.
Not the everyday self that is swept away by circumstances, ambitions, fears, opinions, or ego.
I want to meet the part of me that is established in Krishna.
That is the person I most want to meet.
Not once.
Not someday.
Every moment.
Every day.
Every conversation.
Every breath.
Over the years, I have realised that whenever I am deeply connected to Krishna, I feel most aligned with myself. There is a quiet certainty. A clarity that needs no defence. A freedom that does not depend on circumstances.
And whenever I drift away from that remembrance, I feel the distance immediately.
The difference is not subtle.
One feels true.
The other feels incomplete.
For me, being established in Krishna is not about withdrawing from life. It is not an escape from the world. Quite the opposite.
It is what allows me to participate fully in life.
To work.
To create.
To serve.
To lead.
To coach.
To love.
To give.
To act boldly while remaining inwardly free.
When that connection is present, the inside and the outside stop feeling separate. Life becomes less about control and more about participation. Less about proving and more about expressing.
The deepest source of clarity I have ever known has come from this relationship.
Many people have asked me where my sense of conviction, purpose, and calm comes from.
The answer has always been the same.
It comes from Krishna.
Not from achievement.
Not from professional success.
Not from recognition.
Not from knowledge.
Not even from spiritual practices by themselves.
It comes from remembering.
Remembering who is truly guiding this life.
Remembering that I am never alone.
Remembering that I am held by something infinitely wiser than my own mind.
This remembrance has been one of the strongest foundations of my life.
It has supported me through success and failure.
Through certainty and confusion.
Through light and darkness.
Perhaps that is why I would never willingly let it go.
The more deeply I surrender, the more clearly I see that none of this is “my” accomplishment.
How can I claim ownership?
Even the desire to seek Him feels like His grace.
Even the ability to remember Him feels like His grace.
Even the love I feel towards Him feels like His grace.
Where then is the separate “me”?
The more I look, the harder it becomes to find.
There is simply life unfolding through His presence.
This is why my answer to the question has changed.
I no longer feel a compelling need to meet someone extraordinary.
I want to meet the self that remembers.
The self in which Krishna is present.
The self that acts from devotion rather than ego.
The self that remains anchored regardless of outer circumstances.
That is the meeting I seek.
Again and again.
Indian traditions express this beautifully.
Whether one connects with Krishna, Shiva, Devi, Rama, Narayana, or one’s Ishta Devata, the essence is the same. The name and form may vary, but the experience is universal.
When one becomes firmly established in that connection, a natural fearlessness begins to emerge.
A quiet joy.
A deep trust.
A feeling of being guided.
A sense that one’s life is not random but meaningful.
Not because everything goes according to plan.
But because one knows that nothing is outside the embrace of the Divine.
There is a bliss in that understanding.
A contentment that does not depend upon outcomes.
A freedom that cannot be purchased.
A peace that does not need to be defended.
And yet life continues.
Work continues.
Relationships continue.
Challenges continue.
The difference is that they are no longer carried alone.
Whenever darkness appears, there is light.
Not because the darkness disappears.
But because the light is remembered.
That remembrance changes everything.
So if you ask me today whom I most want to meet, my answer is clear.
I want to meet the Kranthi that contains Krishna.
I want to remain in the company of that presence.
I want to carry Him into every meeting, every conversation, every decision, every act of service.
And this is not something I am waiting to achieve in the future.
This is not a distant destination.
This is not a promise of one day.
It is already here.
The recognition is already present.
There is no seeker searching for Krishna.
There is Krishna speaking to Kranthi, and Kranthi speaking to Krishna.
There is remembrance.
There is companionship.
There is guidance.
There is grace.
Whenever I remember Him, I feel Him.
Whenever I carry Him, I feel carried.
Whenever I surrender, I discover that He was already present before the surrender began.
The joy is not in reaching this truth someday.
The joy is in living it.
The joy is in abiding in it.
The joy is in returning to it every moment until returning itself is no longer necessary.
My only aspiration now is to remain true to this recognition.
To stay anchored in Krishna consciousness.
To let His presence flow through my thoughts, my words, and my actions.
To offer myself in service to this beautiful creation of which I am only a participant.
To leave behind more kindness than I received.
To bring more understanding than judgement.
To bring more joy than suffering.
To see His presence everywhere because I carry His presence within.
This is the life I wish to live.
This is the truth I wish to honour.
This is the foundation I do not wish to abandon.
And this is the person I most want to meet.
Again.
And again.
And again.
The Kranthi in whom Krishna is present.
The Kranthi who remembers.
The Kranthi who belongs to Him.
And by His grace, may that meeting never end.