You have heard that Krishna is Murali-Madhava, and what exactly is the murali? You must be the murali (the flute). Let the breath of Krishna pass through you, making delightful music that melts the hearts. Surrender yourself to Him; become hollow, Vasana-less, egoless, desireless; then, He will Himself come and pick you up caressingly and apply you - the flute- to His Lips and blow His sweet breath through you. Allow Him to play whatever song He likes. (SSS Vol.3)

Be like the flute on Krishna s lips

If you have the capacity to draw the Lord to yourself, He will Himself come to you and be with you. Be like the flute, a hollow reed, straight, light, with no substance to hinder His breath. Then, He will come and pick you up from the ground; He will breathe Divine music through you, playing upon you with a delicate touch; He will stick the flute into His sash; He will press his lips on it. In His hand, the infinitesimal will be transmuted into the Infinite, the anu (light atom) will be transformed into the ghana (heavy solid).

One day, Krishna pretended to be fast asleep, with the flute carelessly thrown aside by His side when Radha approached the fortunate flute and asked it in plaintive terms, ‘O lucky Murali! Tell me how you earned this great good fortune. What was the vow you observed, the vigil you kept, the pilgrimage you accomplished? What was the mantra you recited, the idol you worshipped?’ The Flute got a Voice through His grace and said: ‘I rid myself of all sensual desire, of envy, greed, of ego, that is all. I had no feeling of ego left to obstruct the flow of His Prema through Me to all creation.’ Intensify the prema that is within you, as a sacred gift. Expand it so that all beings can share in it. (SSS Vol.4)