Spiritual life means living in a land of objective scientific truth , material life means living a life of subjective self deception , and to increase ones self deception by becoming totally absorbed in the self deception of others , who also consider their self deceptions as truth .A combined effort of denial and narratives.
Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has explained all in his Bhagavad Gita as it is.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Mahārāja extensively taught that material life is inherently a state of self-deception and illusion (māyā). According to his profound Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava philosophy, the fundamental misconception of the conditioned soul is the belief that one is an independent “enjoyer” of the material world, when in spiritual reality, every living entity is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa , who resides in the spiritual realms, but who also facilitates the cheating .
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī defined the material energy using its literal etymology: “miyate ānaya iti māyā — that which can be measured is called māyā“. The self-deception lies in the human mind’s constant effort to measure, categorize, and dominate within the material world. Using defective material senses they claim to profound truths .Because the soul is spiritual, trying to find ultimate satisfaction in measurable, temporary matter is an exercise in futility.Birth death old age and disease haunt the conditioned souls .
- A Society of Cheaters and the Cheated
Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja famously observed that human society operates as a combination of cheaters and the cheated.
The cheaters , those who claim they can find happiness, peace, or perfection through material adjustments or artificial spiritual advancements without genuine surrender. The cheated are those who naively follow these material promises, distracting themselves from their true spiritual identity.
He asserted that there is no true worldly scarcity except for a lack of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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