Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita.

daivi hy esa guna-mayi
mama maya duratyaya
mam eva ye prapadyante
mayam etam taranti te
TRANSLATION

This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.

The modern Western societies proposal is that we regulate ourselves we should be given all freedom and all choices , theological cultures should not interfere with the independence of the modern Western citizens.

Today we have unregulated 24 drinking , open prostitution and pornography , the use of  many drugs becoming legal , easy divorces , extra marital affairs openly available on line , and broken families common place , the list goes on and is increasing.

Modern Western Darwinians see no benefits in regulating their lives , they have no idea of the meaning of the regulative principles of freedom.  They have no idea of the concept of freedom of the misery of the body and mind , freedom from material nature , or freedom from inflicted pain of other living beings .

But traditional theological cultures and the philosophy of science knows it well .

They conclude better our leaders protect us from all kinds of harm . After all would you think it a good idea to have a infant nursery on a cliff edge , and give all the children a chance to express themselves,  without knowledge of the danger of getting too close to the edge ?

A C Bhaktivedanta Swami writes

“The Supreme Personality of Godhead has innumerable energies, and all these energies are divine. Although the living entities are part of His energies and are therefore divine, due to contact with material energy, their original superior power is covered. Being thus covered by material energy, one can not possibly overcome its influence.

Another meaning of guna is rope; it is to be understood that the conditioned soul is tightly tied by the ropes of illusion. A man bound by the hands and feet can not free himself-he must be helped by a person who is unbound. Because the bound can not help the bound, the rescuer must be liberated. Therefore, only Lord Krsna, or His bona fide representative, the spiritual master, can release the conditioned soul. Without such superior help, one can not be freed from the bondage of material nature “

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