When Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited His trancendental lila and the Six Goswami’s were preparing the world for Krishna consciousness philosophically based teachings and life-style, the progressive steps from sadhana bhakti to the spontaneously felt mellows of devotion , India was under the rule of the Islamic rulers, although they were somewhat flexible and like the British who came later , the Islamic leaders worked alongside Hindu cultures . Similarly, when Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaj were beginning to formulate plans to establish the teachings of Lord Caitanya worldwide, the country of India was under British rule . So it behoves trancendental thinkers not to get too caught up in external events of world geopolitical ambitions of certain illusioned leaders who seek to dominate and Lord it over others . However, culture and traditions and family values are important and should be carefully valued . The battlefield of Kurukshetra were about preservation of cultures and establishing the correct intelligentsia who could guide society.
So, a balanced view of spiritual consciousness and cultures should be made , the material world are full of conditioned souls who are clueless of the sciences of self realisation or of even objective sciences that points to precision engineering, perfect math and symmetry within nature , that obviously should get people thinking, who or what and when caused this highly organised universe to appear and be maintained so precisely. The sun’s temperature is pretty constant, how can that be , neuclar fusion is not the answer..
Anyhow, the current geopolitical situation is becoming critical….and our leaders are mostly emotional unthinking fools ….but keep on with the higher ideals of trancendental affairs, as Mahaprabhu showed that example, as did Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaj.
The pretence that Nato , in its European version ,along with its ideals, libertine cultures , and conglomerate financial backing , is not already at war with Russia , and daily assisting in organising attacks directly into Russia with intelligence sources and military experts will unravel very soon , the consequences could be shocking…cultures need preservation, .as one way of another things will be settled .
In 1997, 50 prominent foreign policy experts, including former senators, military leaders, and diplomats, sent an open letter to then-President Bill Clinton outlining their opposition to NATO expansion. “It is a policy error of historic proportions,” they wrote.
Conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan wrote in his 1999 book ‘A Republic, Not an Empire’, “By moving NATO onto Russia’s front porch, we have scheduled a twenty-first-century confrontation.”
The current director of the CIA, William Burns, said in 2008 that for Russia, accession to NATO is the brightest of all red lines.”
“I have not yet found anyone who would consider Ukraine in NATO as something other than a direct challenge to Russia’s interests,” he said.