Everyone has free will , but their general choices are immensely different. This the Vedas indicates is due to karma. We don’t all have the choice to compose a piece of classical music or turn over a million pounds in business in one day , or have the opportunity to associate with a very beautiful person, so many examples can be given . The animal , bird, and insect world are similar, but the choices are less defined.
In the human form of life, though, choices and freedoms of some of the most important aspects of life are readily and equally available for anyone in any status of life , no matter karmic synchronicities and its effects. We mean the path of choosing philosophically inclined thinking and choosing to understand ourselves, this world, and the myriad of theological teachings along with their applications . It is the arrangement of Divinity that if anyone takes the slightest steps towards Him, He makes many more steps towards us . Every person can immediately take such steps , everyone has that choice, there is no bias , no discrimination , but rather there is mercy above justice. Thus in Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna says think of Me become My devotee I will protect you from all reactions.
Within the material world many many complexities are entanglements are present our mind and senses drag us everywhere, so Krishna says I will protect you from your own conditioned life , I will give you the intelligence to show you reality, as it is .
That which is replicated by all individual learning , that which by knowing all people become completely knowledgeable,that which makes direct perception and other methods become pure with the highest knowledge . That which is self accomplished , without beginning which is the root of all traditional pure learning and knowledge, should be accepted as sabdha ,trancendental knowledge. That sabdha is bone fide scripture ,knowledge means Veda . Sabdha is knowledge which is eternal as the Vedas is, and it’s realised by one honesty seeking truth .
Srila Jiva Goswami tattva Sandarbha brings us insights into pure knowledge free from self-motivated mental speculations based on sense gratification or impersonal liberalisation in his statement from his Tattva Sandarbha which we have paraphrased above
When one actually comes in touch with the absolute truth, all truths are understood and are put into perspective, both absolute and relative truth . Nothing stands outside of the truth. The truth is all-inclusive and can be understood and accepted by anyone. The truth remains truth for all time, for all beings ,and in all places . Truthful persons from every culture throughout history , or indeed any part of this universe, will be able to fully realise and relate to and understand truth happily together .
A person of truth includes everyone in their realisations of truth it is shown in their effection and in their care for all beings . Friends and enemies are conditioned consciousness expressions in absolute terms . Indeed , in the Vedas it says from Lord Bramha the engineer of this universe down to the tiny insects are all parts and parcels of the Supreme absolute truth who has expanded Himself into many but has not diminished in the slightest degree in any way . The purpose of His expansions is to increase His pleasure and share His sense of trancendental joy . Realising the truth lies in reciprocating and recognising the absolute truth in appreciation and love and understanding His purpose. When one can with a proper attitude along with knowledge reciprocate with the absolute truth, every relative truth will automatically be understood . Everything living can be properly respected and harmonized . Nothing will be veiwed as separate from truth , everything having a connection with truth . We also will feel a connection to everything that has the same connection. Even the absence of truth is connected with the absolute truth , the Vedas call it maya the world of selfish deceit and illusions , it is one of the energies of truth , one who knows truth remains free from its influences.
“A fundamental principle of magnetism: like poles repel (north repels north, south repels south) while unlike poles attract (north attracts south), driven by the energy in their invisible magnetic fields, a behavior similar to electric charges..”
We could say spiritual truths in their highest calculations. the same principle is lived out .. Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has revealed this topmost of truths in his revelation of the inconceivabe and simultaneously oneness and differences of all the living beings with Divinity This means we are not only one with God , being expansions of Him , or parts and parcels , but we are different or ” opposites ” Some living beings in a liberated state have a goal to become one with Him and lose their individuality . The Vedas states that after a long time in the one impersonal spiritual light, the individual living being again comes to the material atmosphere. Why? , because ultimately, the differences or the “unlikeness ” of ourselves to Divinity ( oneness and difference) attract Divinity , and of course, Divinity Himself is extremely attractive with unlimited personal qualities , He likes to exchange love with us and we are inwardly searching for a perfect and eternally satisfying loving relationship , so , because of disappointment in relationships some spiritual seekers turn to the impersonal side to Divinity , His spiritual charisma which is purely spiritual and which is peaceful but there is no variety of loving exchanges increasing in Ananda or Rasa , the Rasa of individual blissful relationships. Ultimately, that is what the individual soul is deeply hankering for ..Differences create beauty and love, and in the spiritual planes, everything is harmonized in increasing bliss in relationships with even discord harmonized
In the world of Ai algorithms, robotics, and augmented realities, it should not be too difficult for us to comprehend devolved existences . A devolved existence stemming from the originally intended home of homes , that everyone in their heart of hearts is searching for , one could say paradise lost perhaps. The independent mind that’s driven by free will , the Vedas say , is the cause of the material world and the 8,400,000 augmented life forms that interact with the atoms , elements and compounds that our conditioned senses call reality. Srila Jiva Goswami in his Bhagavata Sandarbha says the cause of this world is not God per se, but rather the living beings that God is providing the augmented reality for ” artificial life ” forms are all explained throughout the Vedas from their beginnings to the universal annihilation and it cyclic cycles. The sincere , honest, and inquisitive person has every question answered in regards to the various life forms and their purposes and importantly why a particular particle of consciousness finds itself in a particular body . The Vedas also pertinently describes how every form of life originates from one original life form , the original form , that being the supreme engineer Himself the master of the genome and Dna codes that are spread throughout the universes in their multidimensional existence or planes of existence, the senses of one plane unable to veiw or understand another .Such are the intelligent arrangements of Divinity Himself , the evidence of His intelligence is detected in the creation . The original spiritual existence is experienced with bodies full of varigatedness and unlimited quality. There are no deteriorating states such as changing conditions caused by time that accompany atoms , elements, or compounds . These machine like bodies of this world accompanied by prolific speciation, are the Ai and algorithmic augmented systems of Divinity , so perfectly complete and inconceivably engineered, that the ” robots ” produce other” robots ” by sexual union . To support “robotic ” human life comes other varieties of tweaked designs , the other species . The Vedas say, same engineer different engineering. These life forms within species are intertwined within complex living systems that are all dependent on each other . Each of the life forms have similar goals of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending territories or possessions , they are all enjoying and suffering in the world of dualism.
The third Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, as well as the first Canto, describe Maha Visnu as a portion of a portion of the Original personality of Godhead who lies down in a mysterious sleeping condition and in his spiritually surcharged ” dreamlike state ” using the “original patterns ” from His own trancendental form and existence, so life is a reflection from a reality. Maha Visnu manifests not just one planet with forms of life but millions situated within the fourteen planetary systems of the universe. Our senses limit us , but existence is not limited by our limited senses , for instance, at night, you can not see so well as the cat .
There is no such thing as nothing , that there has never been a time that consciousness did not exist, and that all energies have sprung from one single energetic source and are all interrelated and one and different from each other , one can say that truely a person has understand the complete sciences of mind , matter and consciousness as well as the explanations for their unlimited nature and complexities. Once one thing is known everything is known.
It seems democracies have hidden elements that we should be aware of . King Prithu, in the fourth Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, speaks of leaders . One who supports and votes for a good King will benefit from what he does because the person voting for the king , the king himself , or persons supporting him in his government also reap good benefits . However, if one votes or supports a bad leader , one will also be somewhat liable and reap the negative energies if bad leaders act against Dharma , namely, ethical and moral principles based on theological cultures and traditions .
So better stand up and say ” Not in my name ” if something against Dharma is taking place. Thus, if you’re going to have democracies better, be sure who you cast your vote for because subtle implications affecting your own Karmic synchronicities are at play . The Krishna consciousness movement is educating everyone to know who is acting within Dharma and who is not . Obviously, in the present age, concessions are in place , for instance, an educated man receives many more severe reactions than an uneducated man within Karmic calculations . In current times, the majority are ignorant of these types of consciousness sciences , but that does not excuse anyone , you cannot break the law and say to the judge ” I didn’t know the law ” we should know good from bad , and theological sciences teach laws of nature , the current laws of the land are derived from them http://www.thevedicspectator.com
Complexities in geopolitical affairs in the Middle East surrounding the Sunni, Shia, Christian, Jew are forever spinning in one direction or another, it seems . In general, the Sunni align with Western democracies and the Shia don’t .
In real terms, religion and politics should be mixed but not mixed , their real purposes are only understood by the broad thinking and pure hearted intelligentsia and not by political or religious fanatics who are not intellectually able to grasp the purpose of either religion or politics or see how they are supposed to interlink and assist each other . Practical living has its place but should not supercede the all-important philosophically led consciousness development in society that should be based on the sciences of body, mind, and consciousness. Religions of all kinds serve the same purposes, which is to understand our own individual consciousness , the Supreme consciousness of Divinity, and the purpose of our coming to the temporarily situated material energies , sciences of every kind are designed to be the tools to understand, objective sciences always shows truths , subjective speculations in sciences should be avoided when presenting as truth .Politics of every kind serves the same purposes to make practical arrangements for uniting communities, countries, and the world’s people .The broad range of people that make up in society are supposed to unite and assist each other like the body does ,the arms , legs ,belly and head all play vital roles , one cannot really survive without the other .
So religion and political affairs are united and separated , they are one and different. Using religion for political ends or using politics for religious ends is an abuse of both, and those that do should be avoided .
Divinity Himself has clearly laid out the purpose of both and how they assist each other . When one assists the other in the broadest possible terms along with respect of everyone’s histories , cultures, and traditions, we will know the true intelligentsia are having influences in the world .The Vedic literary contributions brings us this broad picture. Lord Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita to give this message, and Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada has brought this message all over the world and its slowly being heard , the intelligentsia will return.
An introduction to Srimad Bhagavatam and its contents..
The Srimad Bhagavatam is highly beneficial to all those living in the material world primarily because it brings everyone gradually or quickly to the path of Bhakti . It has the power to destroy every kind of ignorance and delivers an all-inclusive loving attitude within the heart . This is so because when one learns how to love God automatically, everyone will be loved because every being is a part of God. The Vedic ontology and the epistemological methods are discussed fully within its pages .
The Bhagavatam can respond very strongly as God might do at times but also a little less so , like a close family member , or even less so , like a friend . The same messages but as a person a can understand
Many devotees of Lord Krishna write of His glorious activities , thus ,many further elaborations of the Srimad Bhagavatam in the form of the Smriti are recorded by the Gaudia Vaisnava param para devotees . Srila Rupa Goswami, Srila Ragganatha das Goswami and Sanantana, and Jiva Goswami’s have all written extensive Smriti and they are as good as the Sruti , the formal texts . His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada presented the Srimad Bhagavatam to the Western societies for the first time in the late 60s and 70s . AC Bhaktivedanta Swami is most expert at presenting these topics in practical ways to the modern world . In our films, we are surveying highly those esteemed and trancendental works .The Bhagavatam is recognized by leading scholars in every university. ISKCON itself has developed a specialist Oxford branch that introduces Gaudia Vaisnavism to various departments in universities . Previously to this only Sankacarya’s impersonal philosophy of Hinduism had been predominantly taught .
In current times, the word WHY is said to be the most popular word on Google , unlimited keyboards regularly type it . Indeed, the Bhagavatam indicates that unless a human asks , “Who am I ? why do I exist? ” and “What is the purpose of life , and how did this universe begin ?” So unless one asks, the full potential of humanity can not be achieved . Animals obviously don’t have facilities of rational and logical enquiries , although they all possess consciousness like you and I , but we should not become sophisticated animals.
Examples of philosophers and thinkers throughout history can be found . William Paley intelligently concluded that someone finding a watch whilst walking in the long grass in 1850 , although never having seen one before , on examination, would naturally assume the fine engineering and design are certainly the work of a superbly creative person and exceptional intelligence . Isaac Newton thought that each individual thumbprint of human beings was clear evidence for individual engineered design . The teleological argument , that design permeates everything within nature and our universe remains as strong as it ever did and becomes stronger as scientific research progresses . Recent studies of the entropy of the cell show the cell has low entropy, meaning it’s highly organised in its centre of workings , but at the same time, there are incredibly high energy levels operating . Such high levels would lead one to expect high exposive entropy . Low entropy indicates deliberate controlled systems and , in our experience, controlled means a controller. The fine tuning of the universe , the so-called goldilocks phenomena , is on view to everyone. Everything is perfect , not too much heat , or too cold , a perfect gravitational force is present , but its certainly a puzzle why gravity is weak close to earths surface but strong enough to influence the tides from space . There is a perfect mix of gases that produce oxygen. All on show , objective evidence for deliberate order and engineering in anyone’s calculations.
Certainly, the opening pages of the Srimad Bhagavatam confirm this observation. The famous opening sloka declares that Divinity is directly and indirectly conscious of every aspect of creation , a creation that emnates from consciousness . Life comes from life… Molecules don’t move towards life , something brings them together . The Vedas say Krishna is within and outside of His material energies , as much as within a modern business global empire, the boss is outside, but his intelligence permeates the whole affair. The Srimad Bhagavatam itself is a series of one to one conversations through time frames , there are dialogue partners , and these constantly weave in and out of space time and over billions of years with no specific chronological orders . There are references to appropriate histories, and crucial lessons are taught . Either from Divinity Himself or His devotees . They are defined as factual events relating to Krishna and His devotees or illustrative stories , bringing home key and important philosophical points .
The Bhagavatam appears and dissappears in the long course of 311 trillion years , a set time of this universe . As much as the sun rises and sets and appears to appear and disappear so does the Vedic Bhagavatam. The creator god Lord Bramha has 4.5 billion of our years as his 12 hours , and its recorded in the Bhagavatam as he sleeps , a partial shut down of our universe begins lasting 4.5 billion years begins , before being rebooted once again. Although our total universe is trillions of years old , parts are temporarily shut down , and the highest planetary systems remain unaffected.
Lord Krishna Himself comes to reestablish forgotten Dharma or principles of religion , but most importantly ,to attract His devotees to His personality and pastimes. 5000 years ago He did just that, and when He left this universe after completing His purposes, the question arose what happens to Dharma or principles of religion and truth . Dharma is a living thing through the desires and orders of Krishna , it has a supervisory system , which means , if one acts within Dharma, ones life is reasonably fulfilled and progressive and elevation of progressive consciousness will take place . But if one acts against Dharma, one automatically degrades one’s own consciousness, and one becomes further and helplessly entangled in reactions and sufferings within material conditioning .The key to understanding the Bhagavatam is to gain positive scientific objective knowledge of our universe , seeing its set motions at play and its intelligent design and by so doing increase faith in the Divinity. Learning of the eternal occupation of the soul , the symptom of the soul is consciousness .
Ultimately by following such Dharma, one is taken to a place where consciousness can thrive , where it is surrounded by pure intelligence and pure consciousness, the spiritual energy . One will leave the deteriating and fluctuating matter made of atomic particals far behind …….The sages who questioned Sukadeva Goswami in the Bhagavatam, were told that when Krishna leaves this world , Dharma, with all its directions take shape in the form of the Srimad Bhagavatam Everything for mankind is contained within its pages , and the expert person Bhagavat , who is realised and has understood the Bhagavatam, can extract and understand its mysteries , applying them to given times , places or circumstances . No matter who we are or what we are , progressive steps are chalked out for every section of society within the Bhagavatam and through those who understand it . It is said that one who does wrong or suffers wrong is wrong , but Lord Krishna always favours wise council to bring justice to all proceedings in administrations . In its absence, there is turmoil in society ,most definitely that is reflected in the current times . We see unnecessary suffering deliberate misguidance brought about by rouge leaders , democracy can mean fools voting in fools . One who studies the Srimad Bhagavatam brings great security and wisdom to himself and his family . Objective history , objective science, and non cheating religions are all essential ingredients to the development of real knowledge . Mistaken ideas lead to great misfortunes , who is a friend and guide must be understood Wherever there is Krishna, there is always great fortune and victory. Krishna lies within all the pages of the Bhagavatam directly or indirectly.
Racism is condemned by all good thinking persons , bone fide religious teaching naturally teach of the soul the body is the machine that carries the soul .An external machine has no real bearing when it comes to understanding spiritual consciousness . The equality of all persons was clearly understood by the original founding fathers of the USA , at least academically, who wrote in their constitution that this equality is a self-evident truth , and indeed it is to sensibly situated and balanced educated persons , incidentally those persons should be leaders , not peddlers of hate and division.
The questions come regarding freedoms, just how far do you want to take liberal democracy , and the rights of freedom of expression and lifestyle. Does it mean if the majority of unthinking persons can become convinced by a small minority of other unthinking persons who have the means to promote a message that something that was thought harmful is actually good for everyone , and that such messages should be openly broadcast in the name of freedom.
What are the measuring tools for the levels of liberalism if any , who is able to give references , what is the source, and why should it be accepted
Scientific knowledge of the workings of the body , mind and consciousness will be required in order to make sure that human existence is utilised for the greatest benefits of individuals and communities and nations . Naturally the Vedas says there are always an intelligentsia within societal stuctures , there always has been snd always will be , Divinity has the responsibility to guide societal affairs and He does so by favouring the Brahminical classes , they are the essential elements in society, and they spontaneously have a heart for all living beings and through their applications of theological studies are scientifically in tune with nature , phycological matters ,spiritual matters and social sciences of every kind . They can explain in detail what is good and why its good and what is bad and why its bad . They can set practical programs to bring the attached to the gradual path of detachment . Addicted to the bad , people need the path out to experience the higher tastes of the good . Goodness , passion, and ignorance all need a thorough understanding, and the Brahminical classes know these topics well . Further developments of the human condition need understanding, and the psychological journeys both good and bad should be taken into account . Real human brings and real leaders are aware of these sensitivities , but not animal like leaders , who do not take advice from an intelligentsia but rather ignore them , and they promote harmful animalistic freedoms, this is the real problem society is facing, fools have voted in fools , the results are clear . The science of consciousness and rasa are given in the Vedas , the full understanding of exchanges and the potential of love are given and as well self imposed degradation of consciousness causing the original pure love to decend to the lower depths of unlimited lust , with bodies of many many types to facilitate that , spontaneously delivered by the material energies within 8,400,000 species of life . What is the cause of all causes , Richard Feynman admitted was a difficult topic , but there is always a cause of everything , nothing happens by chance , everything has a scientific explanation , and this supreme science is discussed in the Srimad Bhagavatam third canto. THE fundamental principles of material nature.
When the mind is fixed upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His external feature made of the material modes of nature — the gross universal form — it is brought to the platform of pure goodness. In that transcendental position, one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, who in His subtler form is self-effulgent and beyond the modes of nature. O my lord, please describe vividly how that form, which covers the entire universe, is perceived.
This Verse from Srimad Bhagavatam 5.16.3. indicates that by seeing the universe as it is , meaning as its objectively observed scientifically . Its a place where inexplicable precise laws of nature are present as constants , if they were not, nothing would be able to be maintained . These are gravity, electromagnetism, a strong nuclear force, and the weak nuclear forces that are the basis of all interactions in the universe and operate within all the species , at different scales. It’s also a place where unlimited information within the genome, i.e., dna codes that are responsible for body assemblies of every single species of life with precise and fine engineering beyond the comprehension of our greatest engineers or computer modellers could ever conceive of .
“The number of possible DNA combinations within a species is so extraordinarily large that it is effectively considered
innumerable or near-infinite in practical terms, even though the total number of theoretically possible sequences is finite.
Here is a breakdown of the possibilities:
Human Example: The human genome has approximately 3 billion base pairs. Since there are four possible nucleotide bases (A, T, C, G) at each position, the raw mathematical possibilities for a single genome is
43,000,000,0004 raised to the 3 comma 000 comma 000 comma 000 power43,000,000,000, a number that far exceeds the estimated number of atoms in the known universe.”
Richard Dawkins, Lee Cronin and many scientists who follow scientific materialism admit to this information and obvious precision within the universe from macro universes to the microbial world and their advice is , ignore the impression of design and order , Nyaya logic and common sense tells us , if we see smoke in distant hills we know there is fire , if we see information we know it originates from consciousness, a personality.
So part of the process for advancing in God consciousness is to see God in nature and to meditate and reflect upon this aspect of Divinity, His universal form . From those types of meditations and appreciations, greater understanding and insights towards Divinity will come about . The Vedas call this further progression Paramatma realisation, and then through further appreciation and acceptance of Divinity and his innumerable energies and forms , The Supreme Personality of Godhead can begin to be approached , everything centres around appreciation and devotion and ends in pure love as relationships begin to fructify .Is that not how life works?
The Srimad Bhagavatam brings us the full range of observed sciences of God in numerous ways , as well as the psychology of devotion from its very beginnings to its pure states called Bhava and Prema Bhakti .
Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami has introduced this Srimad Bhagavatam to the whole world under the order of his spiritual master Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja an exceptional scholar in his own right . Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami also set up the Bhaktivedanta Institute , a scientific wing of ISKCON.
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