Spirit cannot touch matter , matter cannot touch Spirit.
What do we mean by matter .
In one sense, everything is spiritual it is God’s energies, this is confirmed by Srila Jiva Goswami in his Bhagavat Sandarbha. Superior, marginal, and inferia energies. God and His kingdom are from the superior energies. The living beings from the marginal potency and the so-called material energies are the inferia energies. Matter and its energies are transformed and never destroyed.
Maya , that which is not , mean the marginal energies are entangled in the inferia energies and consider themselves master of them , they forget they are part of the marginal energies, and in forgetting seem to touch matter .The pure devotees never touch the material energies in a forgetfulness, they know the position of the Inferia energies and know it as God’s energies and return the energies back to the owner, they do not seek to use it separately. Being in Maya means you appear to touch and own matter and have an impression you are a body . Such Maya bound souls can not touch Spirit as much as spiritual persons don’t really touch matter .
When Krishna comes he exhibits full dominion over His inferia energies and breaks all its rules , He remains covered by Yoga maya and so His Godhood is not understood , either by His pure devotees because of an expansion of their love , or non devotees because of their ungodly state
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Coming in from the cold or staying out in the heat ?

Complexities in geopolitical affairs in the Middle East surrounding the  Sunni, Shia, Christian, Jew are forever spinning in one direction or another, it seems . In general, the Sunni align with Western democracies and the Shia don’t .

In real terms, religion and politics should be mixed, but not mixed , the real purposes of both religion and political social affairs are only ever understood by the broad thinking and pure hearted intelligentsia and never  by political or religious fanatics who are intellectually inept and unable to grasp their purposes , or see clearly they are supposed to interlink and assist each other , this naturally brings social and spiritual mobility for all citizens based on objective sciences of all kinds . Practical social living has its all-important place but should not supercede or replace the all-important philosophically led consciousness developments  in society that are based on the sciences of body,  mind, and consciousness . Religions of all kinds serve the same purposes and according to cultures and peoples who take birth in particular countries by Divine arrangements ,  not by chance , the goal is to culture consciousness and bring it to perfection . Perfection begins with seeing the self manifest truth of the equality of all beings and perfection culminates in love of God . The purpose of our coming to the temporarily situated material energies ,is to learn of the sciences of consciousness.  Objective sciences always show truths , subjective speculations in any  sciences should be avoided when presenting as truth .Scientific materialism and Darwinian hypothesis are in that category. Politics of every kind serves the same purposes in reality they are to make practical arrangements for uniting communities, countries, and the world’s people . Pure politics works like that . The broad range of people that make up in society are supposed to unite and assist each other like the body does , the arms , legs , belly and head all play vital roles , one cannot really survive without the other .

So religion and political affairs are united on one level and also  separated . Using religion for political ends or using politics for religious ends is an abuse of both, and those that do should be avoided . They are fools and rascals.

Divinity Himself has clearly laid out the purpose of both and how they assist each other . When one assists the other in the broadest possible terms, there is  respect for everyone’s histories , cultures, and traditions, we will know the true intelligentsia are having influences in the world when this occurs. The Vedic literary contributions bring us this broad picture.  Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita to give this message, and Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada has brought this message all over the world and its slowly being heard , the intelligentsia will return.

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The electro magnetism originates from the sun and is fast flowing. It surrounds us at every moment .The sun is relatively unknown, as is the universe, the Vedas indicates this energy field is devolved and transformed from the Bramhajyoti, the trancendental higher planes of energies made up of antimatter .The material energies are places where the consciousness particles live separated from Divinity by their choices. They are within the responsive universe where laws of nature function along with ethereal subtle laws .

“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose effulgence is the source of the nondifferentiated Brahman mentioned in the Upaniṣads, being differentiated from the infinity of glories of the mundane universe appears as the indivisible, infinite, limitless, truth”
Richard Feynman described that the energies are everywhere and not within cables , which are mere carriers of energies.
“This perspective is a central theme in Richard Feynman’s teaching on electromagnetism, specifically in The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Feynman emphasized that the common understanding of electricity—electrons flowing inside wires carrying energy—is misleading.
Here is the breakdown of that concept:
Energy Flows Outside the Wires: Feynman explained that electromagnetic energy actually travels through the space around the wire, not through the wire itself.
Fields as Carriers: The energy propagates via electromagnetic fields (electric and magnetic fields) that exist in the surrounding space.
Cables as Guides: Rather than transporting the energy directly, wires and cables act as guides or conduits that “harness” and direct these fields to the load (like a lightbulb or appliance).
Poynting Vector: This energy flow is described by the Poynting vector, which points perpendicular to the conductor, delivering energy from the field into the wire to be consumed by the resistive load.
Speed of Energy: The energy fields travel at near light speed, whereas the electrons inside the conductor move very slowly. “
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When we enter knowledge of the higher spiritual planes spiritually as well as  scientifically, when we say scientifically we refer to acceptance of objective sciences. When we do this the Vedas refer this type of devotion as Jnana Sunya Bhakti , knowledge of Divinity and the workings and acceptance of inconceivably manifested laws of nature ,but also the subtle ethereal laws , which are the workings of a responsive universe .

Those with a poor fund of knowledge but who think themselves learned are referred to in the Bhagavad Gita as “maya prakrita jnana persons” .This means their so-called knowledge covers them further in illusion. These types of persons often choose to dismiss any ethereal or subtle energies and they consider a responsive universe as fantasy land . Although their own scientifically speculative hypothesis is a fantasy land with not a scrape of objective observation in them .

So, the new scientific spiritual connections are made, and their connections with the lesser energies of Divinity referred to as quantum and classical physics currently.  Those who study Sankya and Jnana Sunya Bhakti become very familiar with the workings of consciousness and karmic synchronicities as well as the changes both of the Prarabdha and Aprarabdha karmic destinations. The law giver can at anytime grant mercy above justice or immediately bring inspiration and insights to see clearly.  Truth seekers always find truth along with understandings and realisations.

Divinity is the guide, and he is nowhere but everywhere,  inside and outside , smaller than the smallest and greater than the greatest and importantly He is the well wisher of all .

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What do you mean by God ..

….what do you mean by God , unless you can say , how do you know God does not exist.
For example,  if you were to examine Amazon .com and its  external workings, which are worldwide and quite complex with sophisticated computer driven systems from top to bottom. Would you conclude Jeff was a figment of customers imagination…that no personality was behind it ?
First, understand Jeff and his inner workings and motivations, and then you might be able to connect to his projects and to the person and his personality and why he does what he does .
It’s a very unscientific approach to say God does not exist without understanding the sciences of mind , matter, and consciousness. We should begin to  understand consciousness, which means personality and personality mean energies and expressions , and purpose .

Without understanding the purpose behind the universe, one will , like an animal, stare into space with blank thoughts . Animals can not understand perfect math symmetry and dna codes , all the obvious symptoms of order , order means order supplier.
Thus, Einstein said.
Science without religion is lame.
His point is valid for many, many reasons.
Nyaya logic says ..
If you see smoke in distant hills and conclude there is no fire , you would be calculating irrationally.
Similarly if you conclude information and informational exchanges taking place when living  body parts are assembled , and to high grade engineering precision , and that  information of this caliber should never be thought of as an intelligent arrangement , that is atheistic sentiments and illogical and totally unscientific
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Let’s not let libertines destroy valuable, theologically based cultures that have values far beyond the comprehension of the Darwinian or those who teach scientific materialism as fact based sciences.

Dualim means the understanding of and the cultivation of consciousness in the highest possible ways,  the self-evident truth of the equality of all beings can and is realised by cultivation of family,  traditional, and scientifically based theological cultures. Modern law is derived from theological cultures as well as good sense , sacrifice, and the austerity of learning for the greater good . Liberalisation ultimately means encroachments, a discarding of  long-held preserved and presevered family traditions and cultures , the whole of liberalisation new culture is based on Darwinian hypothesis and scientific materialism as well as a deliberately instagated and willfully imposed ignorance of the consciousness within the body by an educational system. Knowing its past , its present or future is not discussed or thought about in a serious educational or scientific way . Rather, the life of a sophisticated animal is the libertines goal . Following minds and senses anywhere and everywhere and using drink , drugs  and sex and unrestricted eating habits , that drive global industries and commerce to help get over the inevitable miseries that come along with being a sophisticated animal , an animal with no care for or knowledge of consciousness the very driving force of the body . It’s the consciousness that stays from childhood to youth to old age . The libertines say forget the most important element in existence. Just enjoy your body any way you want , it’s your life. it’s your freedom . In reality, it is a freedom that binds , and those who have restrictions become free in ever increasing ways . Every theological culture to degrees understands something of consciousness, but it’s true to say the Vedas defines it scientifically and delves into its mysterious states more than any other cultures.

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The following of the ten commandments are like the Sadhana bhakti process for the Christian,  attending church services,  singing hymns,  studying the Bible are equally important for progressive Christians.  In Vedic cultures and Gaudia Vaisnava traditions the proccesses of Sadhana lead to more spontaneously felt devotion and this is accompanied by hearing , chanting and remembrances of Lila pastimes of Krishna or any of  His various incarnations . Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu bringing the pinnacle of spontaneously felt devotion , He instructed his devotees to teach this process,  and the six Goswami’s of Vrndavana have done so . Worship of the representatives of God and their devotion towards God is essential.  The Vedas say we must learn to prey and act the way they do , that leads to further personal revelations of God .

The Christian who acts perfectly in practice of the commandments,  the study of the scriptures, in singing and glorifying God and in worship of Jesus as the pure representative of God , would obviously succeed in spiritual life if strictly adhered to , and  going through Jesus and learning from Him and his devotional spirit they will learn and  will be situated correctly , as Jesus said “I am at the seat of my father “

Every theological culture has its similarities,  there is one God , who expands unlimitedly and accordingly accepts different moods of worship , as much as we relate to people differently or in accordance as to how they relate to us .

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Astrological quacks ….
If you rely on astrological quacks, you’ll get nowhere in spiritual life , clap your hands before the deity, the lines change …
Of course, where were they all before Covid or the recent wars or the changes from the unipolar world to a multipolar world….they were nowhere.

Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita, “Surrender unto me I will protect you from your sinful reactions ” could it not be clearer . Vedic atonement sacrifices are also mentioned , along with good fortune being removed due to offensive behaviour in different ways . All in all, unless one is being guided by a pure representative who is empowered and who understands every calculation , including Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati planetary calculations one is in the hands of quacks .

Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja has great criticism for Astrological quacks are their understanding of the planets movements and their failure to understand the influences of Bhakti Prarabdha and Aprarabdha karmic synchronicities are not understood by quacks .
Here is an overview of his views .
“He frequently criticized mainstream astrologers of his time for utilizing inaccurate calculation methods. While he himself was an expert in astrology—and even published traditional texts like Surya Siddhanta—he viewed many popular practitioners as incompetent and superficial, preferring the rigorous, traditional sidereal calculations over inaccurate, modern methods.
Key points regarding his criticism of astrologers due to miscalculation include:
Critique of Inaccurate Methods: He regarded the calculations of many contemporary astrologers as mere “speculation” or “nonsense,” highlighting that if the foundational calculations of planetary positions are inaccurate, the resulting predictions are worthless.
Emphasis on Precise Science: Although Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada was proficient in astrology, he emphasized that it is a karmic science meant only for materialistic individuals. He believed that relying on inaccurate forecasts instead of surrendered devotion was a waste of time, stating that astrology cannot save a person at the time of death.
Advocacy of Surya Siddhanta: He strongly favoured the methods of the Surya Siddhanta, which provides the technical, mathematical means for calculating the precise positions of planets, including the effects of planetary modes and attraction”

Any insecurities anyone may have psychologically or otherwise should be fixed by taking a secure position in reality, the reality is spoken of by Lord Krishna in His Bhagavad Gita , Krishna is the supreme amongst councillors , a secure position has been awaiting for everyone , just take it says Krishna ,” I will give you all protection ” Those that take shelter of instabilities and build a house of crumbling cliffs are described by Krishna Himself in the Bhagavad Gita .

Ultimately theological and spiritual life means to be understanding of the facts that calculations are not based on “its all good or its all bad ” heaven and hell preachers are clueless of spiritual and material calculations and are totally unscientific in their approach to spirituality.

The reality is black , white, and shades of grey both in the beginning , middle, and the conclusions of spiritual practices.
This is very clearly defined by Lord Krishna in His Bhagavad Gita as Karma yoga , niskarma karma yoga, jnana yoga, astanga yoga each of these processes will automatically lead to developing knowledge and increasingly devotion develops . Ultimately leading to greater devotion and a semblance of Bhakti yoga , first in Sadhana , practice, and then Bhakti in spontaneous love, which is ever increasing and is directly connected to the param para acaryas..
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Deep sleep …..

The mysterious conditions of wakefulness, dreaming, and deep sleep can not be understood by those following scientific materialism or Darwinian hypothesis , they have, in reality, nothing at all to offer on the subject .….guessing is all they can do , unless dualism is understood, nothing is understood of universal affairs, ignoring consciousness is no solution to scientific affairs , but we can safely say that is the modern approach to science,  its a pitiful state of affairs in real terms.
However, the Vedas enlightenments very easily tackle every scientific issue directly or indirectly.  Srila Jiva Goswami in his Tattva Sandarbha examines  all three conditions of consciousness,  wakefulness,  dreaming, and deep sleep , and explains them .
Wakefulness, in reality, is the artificial state of the  consciousness enclosed in a surreal material body . Dreaming is the artificial state of the mental and subtle  surreal body where karmas are played out on a different level , other mysterious circumstances can come about with messages being exchanged on different levels. Deep sleep is where both other states of consciousness are absent , however,  on awakening, one thinks I experienced a very good deep sleep .
There is a certain peaceful experience in deep sleep that people hanker for and enjoy. Srila Jiva Goswami  compares this state as a reflection of merging in the impersonal light of Divinity, where relief from material existence is experienced. A Oneness without the botheration of stressful relationships and stressful material conditions.
In deep sleep, the living being is merely consciousness, having been temporarily removed from the gross and subtle body, which brings them considerable difficulty.
Thus, God, in His mercy, gives us a break from karmic synchronicities.

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nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya
yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ
mūḍho ’yaṁ nābhijānāti
loko mām ajam avyayam

Synonyms
na — nor; aham — I; prakāśaḥ — manifest; sarvasya — to everyone; yoga-māyā — by internal potency; samāvṛtaḥ — covered; mūḍhaḥ — foolish; ayam — these; na — not; abhijānāti — can understand; lokaḥ — persons; mām — Me; ajam — unborn; avyayam — inexhaustible.

Translation
I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them, I am covered by my internal potency, and therefore, they do not know that I am unborn and infallible.
The universal form of Divinity is spoken of in the second Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, and the work of sciences helps us understand this universal form.When it is clear and a scientific fact that perfect math and symmetry as well as complex codes within the genome with specified information that leads to the rna carrying that information to the assembly processes which are forming the different species, this assists the truth seeker in his approach of the universal form of Divinity who is non different that Visnu or Lord Krishna.
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