Free will or free won’t,  the neurological Michael Egnore once wrote after conducting experiments that detected neurological effects of someone resisting what a brain was initially prompting them to do .

Thus, the yoga system is explained  , Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita, ” Wherever the mind wonders due to its flickering and unsteady nature bring it back under the control of the self “

The conditioned consciousness is impelled to act because of a responsive universe that is responding to previous lives and previous likes as well as issuing reactions to either harm or good we previously inacted

But the Srimad Bhagavatam verses above explains how we can take control of our mind and senses and scientifically come to realisations of this world,  our consciousness and what shapes everything and everybody. We can come to know the originators of the system and why its ultimately in place , and how long we have been subjected to it

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Don’t let the astrologers box you in. It’s a free, open, and responsive universe.                     Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.19     As soon as irrevocable loving service is established in the heart, the effects of nature’s modes of passion and ignorance, such as lust, desire and hankering, disappear from the heart. Then the devotee is established in goodness, and he becomes completely happy.      Srimad Bhagavatam. 1.2.20.                               Thus established in the mode of unalloyed goodness, the man whose mind has been enlivened by contact with devotional service to the Lord gains positive scientific knowledge of the Personality of Godhead in the stage of liberation from all material association.

Kindly consider the crookedness of the Western governments

They are racking up huge debt for future generations at levels that are unsustainable. The USA is 38 trillion in debt , and European and many other countries are in financial problems . They borrow money from the wealthy and pay them back with healthy interest rates , those that finance political parties it appears encourage governments to spend exclusively on projects they want , and not on things that might improve society like social housing or quality social services,  once governments overspend on unnecessary projects, their wealthy friends benefit,  because their government bond interests increase.

The international order and financial centres., have a light touch governance and little compliance, when it comes to governments printing money , they are more than willing to save banks. But never to build social housing or social infrastructure , and hospitals or education for young people

They claim they are taking care of people …but its at the cost of future generations , or bankruptcy and widespread poverty , its practically impossible to trace out . Who , what , why , are the questions when it comes to global finance, but no honest answer offered.

The business men who unfortunately at present run the world,  don’t care …its all for one and hardly much for all …..

Best find saintly persons and learned intellectuals who are wise to guide and understand and establish Vedic economics,  which has the emphasis on local communities and national projects,  with some international trading and exports , in a truely cooperative spirit and care for other countries , not as we see now massive global exploitative methods  in third world countries causing misery and wars , time to  ditch our  currupt political classes , wake up and find honest true leaders , and educate ourselves as to what their qualities might be , that’s the Vedic way

Ever increasing debt

TEXT 10

mayadhyaksena prakrtih
suyate sa-caracaram
hetunanena kaunteya
jagad viparivartate

SYNONYMS

mayä—by Me; adhyakñeëa—by superintendence; prakåtiù—material nature; süyate—manifest; sa—with; caräcaram—moving and nonmoving; hetunä—for this reason; anena—this; kaunteya—O son of Kunté; jagat—the cosmic manifestation; viparivartate—is working.

TRANSLATION

This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunté, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.

Endless possibilities are being programmed and reacted upon automatically & eternally as material minds & senses traverse matter , outcomes played out, within 8,400,000 species , tailor made circumstances compatible with endless tastes . Perfect designs

Endless taste

AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder oc ISKCON

“Practically, we see the United Nations, they are trying to come to oneness of all nations, but they have, instead of being united, only  increased  their  flags.

I am trying for united nations. That is the real attempt, not this United Nations, all rogues and thieves and cheaters, barking dogs. I am trying for real United Nations. Let us cooperate together.

The nations of the world had sought unity through the League of Nations, and recently through the United Nations. The League had failed, and so would the United Nations, unless it recognized the true, spiritual unity ”

End of quote .

The common spiritual , and actually scientific theme of the United Nations should be  ,we are not the body , but the person in the body..ie the consciousness , the symptom of the soul is consciousness , if we  were to base the United  nations on truly scientific knowledge,  we would not only unit all people of all nations,  but also the creatures that live within them and we would seek to protect and maintain  every one of  various environments they live in .

The founding fathers of the USA .said the equality of man is a SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH…so this is not something new. Even to the founders , it’s based on theologically scientific texts that can easily be corroborated by modern objective scientific methods .

The Darwinian continues to cloud the issues and say there is no God , but if we ask them what do you mean by God , they have a vague answer,  if they say a creator , we would say , if there were a creator,  would the creator leave within the creation some clues that a creator has been at work.

And the unbiased scientific thinker , without following the words of Richard Dawkins,  who declared if you see signs of design and intelligence in creation , you should ignore it , would naturally observe perfect math , codes , information, we see  the physicists marvel at the constants within the laws of nature , and they  puzzle why gravity in our universe,  is both a strong force , but but is easily overcome by electromagnetic energy.

Dawkins subjectivity has run riot within his speculative meanderings , but Bhagavad Gita indicates that after many lives of such meanderings, he will surrender

SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH…..

Dream on if you think an industrial world can go on producing unlimited goods in an ever expanding commercial market with ever increasing number of consumers from limited resources and think they’ll be peace and good living in the world for everyone.
Simple living and high thinking is a good motto to contemplate and cultivate worldwide, a balanced life with balanced needs cultivating not exploitative , but rather a purer consciousness , Thus appropriately sourcing and developing trade and services mostly locally but with an ACTUAL fair trade policy. ( NOT THAT AFRICA PAYS 10 TIMES MORE INTEREST ON LOANS THAN THE USA ) as is now our leaders policy .
Leaders are only as good as a good majority, bad leaders make people bad .
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Dream on ……

The key to spiritual life is to develop” ashrayaship” and give up  “vishiyaship .”
Love , in absolute terms , means to relish the super excellent qualities of Divinity and His associates , Divinity has the Supreme Goddess of fortune who  is the Supreme relisher of His superexcellent qualities , as  She experiences His qualities and relishes them  , her trancendental pleasure is experienced millions of times more than Krishna experiences,  thus He develops a greed to relish love , the way Radharani does , such is the power of love . …when She sees Divinity happy , She becomes happier when He sees Her happy He becomes happier, thus the ever increasing bliss of love and exchanges of consciousness is permanently taking place within a spiritual plane. Where Anuraga , ever new enthusiasm , is exhibited , well beyond, and outside of the perimeters of matter and its subtle conditioning.
To understand or have a glimpse of this trancendental realm, selfishness and envy have to be cleansed through association and instruction in a regulated life of dedication and devotion .
Anyone who achieves great things  in this life  works hard , spiritual dedication may be as Srila Sridhar Swami put it ” all risk no gain ”

Relishing unlimitedly

Like Hidergard Von Bingen or Catherine of Bologna , we should all desire to spiritually evolve and transition through any of the yogic processes , including prayer , to the highest spiritual plane , where beauty in its every conceivable form is on full display , nothing of the varieties that we see or feel in this world is absent , indeed the beauty and experiences of any of the highest planetary systems are just but a minute taste when compared to the ever increasing bliss of loving exchanges in spiritual bodies where waves of ecstatic spiritual emotions rise and fall eternally….

Ever increasing…

I really am surprised that the UK government and USA administration are not hanging their heads in shame , after supporting the Israeli government with anything they want , that enables them to anhialate their neighbours , whilst that Blinkin idiot marches around the world saying ” let’s not kill women and children in any other country other than Gaza ” in a ploy to prevent further local conflict….the man’s a fool.

In the Bhagavatam its shown in Vedic histories there are always boundaries and borders to be respected.
Nato encroachment , ( look at history and listen to John Mearsheimer or Jonathan Sachs ) and Israeli encroachment , with USA and UK backing ….is a problem…any encroachment will be and is the cause of war …..
Live and let live ..under the  shelter of an intelligent class of men and women , not political leaders who are puppies of the global business leaders , who have no real insights into harmony , mostly they are Darwinian thinkers who actually believe in survival of the fittest.

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Blinkin idiot.

Richard Feynman is an interesting fellow and gives many  honest appraisals on scientific matters

He knows very well there are laws that govern how physics , chemistry, biology , and countless other aspects of nature are clearly in place within the universe . Quantum physics, he says, for example,  remains a mystery , the observer effect,  for instance,  FEYNMAN says if anyone thinks they understand quantum mechanics , they don’t know.

Another amusing film clip is Feynman speaking on YouTube..

Richard Feynman,  on the question,  why?

You’ll get an insight into his thinking , if you go to YouTube , and listen to him explain,  the endless why ? why,? why ?, to a simple situation, the questions revolve around this event …..Granny slipped on the ice and was taken to hospital , why was she taken to hospital , why did her bone crack , why did her shoes cause her to slip , why does water freeze , why is ice slippery ,why among liquids ice is slippery,  why does the air cool etc etc .

What does the vedas  say regarding the why’s and wherefores and a cause of all causes.

Śrī brahma-saṁhitā 5.1

īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ
anādir ādir govindaḥ
sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam

Synonyms

īśvaraḥ — the controller; paramaḥ — supreme; kṛṣṇaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; sat — comprising eternal existence; cit — absolute knowledge; ānanda — and absolute bliss; vigrahaḥ — whose form; anādiḥ — without beginning; ādiḥ — the origin; govindaḥ — Lord Govinda; sarva–kāraṇa–kāraṇam — the cause of all causes.

Translation

Kṛṣṇa who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes.

AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada said famously as he was ending his preaching mission in 1977 .

” Everything is happening by the Supreme desire of Krishna. This consciousness is Krishna consciousness.

Why’s and wherefores , and a cause of all causes..

What is  absolute truth ?

An absolute truth remains a  truth at all times. It relates to all things at all times and to all persons at all times , in every circumstance at all times , it also  interelates with unlimited relative truths .  It  always remains a fact  that can never  be changed, at any time in the past,  present, and a future.

In todays social media society , it becomes more and more difficult to find  any objective truths , and everyone is being  bombarded with subjective relative , often presented as objective facts , the BBC are also being dishonest when John Simpson , their foreign affairs editor proudly says the BBC never spin anything , that very statement is spin .  What’s good for the goose, maybe not so good for the gander .

Truth is infinite and unlimited the limited may know something of the unlimited by the unlimited mercy of the unlimited on the limited .

Krishna says if you want to know the truth , one must  approach a bone fide spiritual master , who has insight into absolute truth ,  the Vedic cultures always recognise the trancendental Gurus , whose lives are dedicated to Divinity and who are able speak purely and directly from the Scripture and can  give insights to all its aspects.

Political truths and philosophical truths maybe another matter , but if they are actually truths , and expounded by those who live in the mode of goodness , then they will ring true to the truthful.

Those who want to be cheated will always find cheaters .

A .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada would say this world is for the cheaters and the cheated .

Ultimately, if one takes shelter of absolute truth, one is going to instinctively know when truth is before you , Divinity within the heart directly inspires , and the truth can be corroborated , by other saints as well as the theological texts passed down from any of the four sampradayas and their disciplic successions .

How do you know and identify absolute truth