man-manā bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru
mām evaiṣyasi yuktvaivam
ātmānaṁ mat-parāyaṇaḥ

“Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My devotee, offer obeisances to Me and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me.”
Bhagavad Gita . Lord Krishna .

The mind is the very means of trancendental communion with God .

Unless God presents Himeself to us how are we to think of Him ?

In love the mother always thinks of her child , or sometimes a secret lover always thinks of a lover .

One is encouraged in the Vedas to reestablish a relationship with Divinity the mind can go two ways , either in seeking Divinity and increasing our relationship with love or it is caught up in temporary illusory relationships than can be at most a reflection of the original beauty of a relationship with Divinity and His eternal associates . Ultimately, only through God’s associates can we connect with Divinity .The more we connect, the more a mind is drawn into the spiritual reality, leaving behind the temporary reflection of it

The Vedic social systems were such that the Brahminical intelligensia did not play any direct role in political affairs , their’s was a much broader remit .It was primarily based on educational matters of establishing sciences of theological cultures , philosophies of all kinds , and varieties of progressive social sciences that taught structures systematically of spiritual and social mobility that indicated to the whole of society how best to live , learn and advance their understanding of the purposes of the human experience based on its oneness and difference from Divinity.

The Vedic Culures gives great credit when love and effection is shown not only to family and friends but extended effection in those who are pure and wise is exhibited in multi cultural ways but also extends into the animal kingdom . Every partical of consciousness has great potential and deep purposes are situated in every beings heart .
However the Vedas also teach of the origins of love and effection and how temporary reflection are progressive and never lost in one sense , but still the powerhouse and the ever increasing bliss of Divinities effection should be sought .
In scientific comparisons ..

A reflected light wave does not carry the same potency (intensity or energy) as the original light wave. The potency of the reflected light is affected by factors such as the material of the reflecting surface and the angle of incidence.

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