How is it the the absolute purity of a spiritual realm can be brought into the material energies and be interactive on a global scale . It’s like taking the colour white and mixing it with black , surely the results will only be different shades of grey. To some extent that’s true but grey is closer to white that black . However in the multidimensional spiritual world of Krishna, Srila Jiva Goswami has said Krishna can make the impossible possible, and within the shades of grey , there are particles of pure white . These particles remain uninfected by darkness and also have the abilities to shed the darkness enabling white pigments to be permanently insulated from the black , however much the greyness persists within surroundings .
In Vedic technical terms we can say .
As laid out by Gaudiya Vaishnava acharyas.
Antaranga Shakti (Internal / Spiritual Potency)
Also known as….Svarupa-shakti or Cit-shakti. This is the Lord’s internal, transcendental, and spiritual energy. This constitutes the spiritual world (like Vaikuntha and Goloka) and supports the Lord’s eternal pastimes.
Three components….
Sandhini (eternal existence/Sat)
Samvit (full knowledge/Cit)
Hladini (spiritual bliss/Ananda, personified by Srimati Radharani)
- Jiva Shakti (Marginal / Living Entity Potency) Tatastha-shakti (standing on the border or margin).the jiva has free will , spontaneous love may have to be learned, quite naturally, love is dynamic and not static .
Innumerable individual, infinitesimal spiritual souls (jivas or jivatmas).are expanded from Balarama, they are eternal because they come from the eternal Because “marginal,” is the word allocated , the jiva has free will and can choose to align with the spiritual world (Antaranga Shakti) or turn away toward the material world (Maya Shakti). It is simultaneously one with and different from the Supreme Lord. - Maya Shakti (External / Material Potency)
Also known as: Bahiranga-shakti.
It is the external, material energy emanating from Maha Visnu . It creates and maintains the temporary material universe (maya-jagat), including physical elements, the mind, intelligence, and false ego. It covers the true nature of the jiva in illusion (maya) when the soul forgets its relationship with the Supreme , chanting Hare Krishna maha-mantra brings the darkness to light
This verse is significant
CC Madhya 19.167
অন্যাভিলাষিতা-শূন্যং জ্ঞান-কর্মাদ্যনাবৃতম্ ।
আনুকূল্যেন কৃষ্ণানুশীলনং ভক্তিরুত্তমা ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ
jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam
ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu-
śīlanaṁ bhaktir uttama
Translation
“ ‘When first-class devotional service develops, one must be devoid of all material desires, knowledge obtained by monistic philosophy, and fruitive action. The devotee must constantly serve Kṛṣṇa favorably, as Kṛṣṇa desires
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