A great and important philosophical question posed by Vrajanatha in Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur’s Jiva Dharma, the occupation of the soul .

We are manifest from Lord  Balarama, the first expansion of Krishna,  and because the soul is part of Him , and Krishna always been, so have we , within Krishna are the unlimited expansions,  thus the simultaneous one and difference can be looked at in this way , or as Jiva Goswami says , Krishna makes the impossible possible , by manifesting totally separate entities with free will .

We also have to understand the expression ,  “time immemorial ,”   we can not fathom its beginnings.

When Balarama brings forth the  ” dormant ”  Jivas , it is because He wants to increase Krishna’s pleasure. We are not dead stones or downloads of Balarama , but have free will . The more we use our free will for its intended purpose , the more freedom we can experience  . On our being “manifest ” , just as a good father tells us all about  a proper way to conduct life for our greatest benefits , similarly Balarama , our original father ,  shows and brings  freedom of expression,  love and attraction , spontaneously the living beings reveal their consciousness by their attractions , love is always voluntary and can never be forced . The complete and full  existence of Divinity is only ever understood by love.  

In revealing their state of consciousness , the Jiva is connected automatically either to Maha maya or Yoga maya ,ie the spiritual or material energies , according to their  free spirit , it appears our consciousness , having this  free spirit,  connected itself to Maha maya .   Balarama , could detect such independence of  desires and arrangements were made , automatically through ethereal planes in the multidimensional unlimited space time  , initially with relatively exalted consciousness,  but  Mahamaya has the function of providing an  illusion of artificial lordship and thus temps one to enjoy and further entanglements begin , such is Her nature .

Some people say God knows everything,  but does He know when you will turn in Love towards Him , and how you will love Him and the intensity ?

In conditioned consciousness, one is firmly in His energy,  as the high court judge knows the destination of the criminal, so a harmful soul is under grips , with predicable consequences,  but not a pure soul , he has his full freedom and is  unpredictable and every increasing in loving exchanges with the master of love Divinity or Krishna