Chasing only material goals , unadvisable says Bhagavatam.

The Bhagavatam shows clearly how chasing down mere material goals ,  opulences of all kinds ,  material education , prestige , fame and recognition , etc etc , can become a great stumbling block to ones real self  interests , although anything done in connection with  Divinity  increases ones spiritual realisations . Duties  of all kinds that  are carried out in balanced ways and that lead  to a full and satisfying life with progressive spiritual steps and culture of knowledge should never be given up . Everyone has something to offer within the various social systems that are referred to in the Vedas as Varna Ashram social structures . Everything , including one’s very self , can be offered in a devotional sacrifice , in many number of ways , that boost one inner energies and well-being, bringing one ultimately to pure God consciousness. Many  directions are given in the Bhagavatam,  which links one to Divinity and please Divinity . When Divinity is pleased, one automatically becomes pleased , such is  the dealings of love .

Although modern societies currently teach satisfaction of our material mind and senses are the goal of life , and  helping others do the same , currently super liberalism is in vogue , it  teaches …what ever the mind and  senses demand , serve them immediately and without question. But  the  Bhagavatam  disagrees and  condemns such irrational, unregulated behaviour . it rather teaches such unregulated materialism is a great whirlpool of degradation and entrapments . Such entrapment actually operates ultimately under the full control of Divinity and is within the realms of the  given free will , along with  determinism , i.e., reactions within a  supreme justice system . The material world is a  prescribed rehabilitation centre . It’s a self-imposed  prison , instigated by an individuals own conscious actions  , and  engineered by Divinity . The Bhagavatam explains  how such  actions within matter are connected to the  universal order  automated in  both the macro and micro worlds . The  Vedas call this the great Maha Tattva , the great  universal form of Divinity consisting of millions of galaxies as well as  the 1000’s of nano machines working  in every cell of a body  coded with specific information .

THE 4TH CANTO CHAPTER 22 DESCRIBES THE ADVICE OF THE FOUR KUMARAS .TEXT 23 INDICATES AVOIDING OVERLY ATTACHED MONEY MEN AND AMBITIOUS MATERIALISTS ,INSTEAD ONE SHOULD TASTE THE NECTAR OF LOVE OF GOD .

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