Nick Afanasiev…..what do you mean by God , unless you can say , how do you know God does not exist.
If you were to examine Amazon .com external workings would you conclude Jeff was a figment of customers imagination…
First, understand Jeff and his inner workings and motivations, and then you might be able to connect his projects to him the person and his personality to his projects.
It’s a very unscientific approach to say God does not exist without understanding the sciences of mind ,matter, and consciousness. We should understand consciousness, which means personality and personality means energies and expression, and purpose .
Thus, Einstein said.
Science without religion is lame.
His point is valid for many, many reasons.
Nyaya logic says ..
If you see smoke in distant hills and conclude there is no fire , you would be calculating irrationally.
Similarly if you conclude information and informational exchanges taking place when living body parts are assembled and to high grade engineering precision and then conclude information of this caliber should never be thought of as an intelligent arrangement , again these are atheistic sentiments and illogical.
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Every theologically driven culture has its first class , second class, and third class followers , its obviously important leaders of religions are of the first class categories , unfortunately its often the case they are not which leads to conflict and even wars .The Vedas call them Uttama , Madhyama and Kanishtha devotees.
First class means someone has exalted faith , they are extremely well versed in their particular theological texts, and they can expertly apply them in every situation and give current meaning to timeless texts . They also see parallels within every religion in all circumstances . Especially the sciences of the world are easily identified within their theological realisations , they know full well science without religion is lame and religion without science is blind. They are friendly to everyone and see everyone situated within Divinity .
Second class means they have unflinching faith , but they are not so well versed in theological texts or applications they also have respect for other religious thinkers but discriminate for preaching purposes as to who is or who in not situated correctly within Divinity
Third class means their faith is weak , they are not well read in scripture and understanding of them and cannot make correct applications . They only see God in their own particular religions , often seeing others as anti-religious, and they do not properly respect followers of God in their own religion or other religions .
But by association of the second and first class devotees, the third class improve and can themselves be first class . By humility and respect for others, anything can be achieved in any walk of life .More on this later ..
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A very important point that should not be overlooked from Nityananda prabhu’s appearance day is His informal dealings and extraordinary spontaneous outbursts that are centred around pure love . Getting beyond the caged formal human condition is important . Intelligence , sobriety, and formality have a place in theological circles, but formality is ultimately broken out of when it comes to spontaneous exchanges of love .Spiritual life in not an intellectual pursuit , but should be linked to aspects of Sastra that display beauty and love , this is Krishna pastime lila .This type of informality is particularly shown by Nityananda prabhu and brings our attention to the extraordinary informal behaviours in Vraja with every type of traditional convention put to one side , the shackles of formality.
This should be carefully approached one cannot be artificial in spiritual love . If one is in pure consciousness spontaneously, it flows , as Nityananda prabhu teaches , but fools rush in where angels dare to tread .
The great Vaisnava H.H. Tripurari brings us a very wonderful class on some of these topics and more .
2021 Nityananda prabhu Trayodasi with Swami Tripuari .you tube ..
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When Nityananda prabhu came to Navadvipa , Mahaprabhu had Srivasa prabhu take care of Him in His house . Mahaprabhu wanted to test the love of Srivasa for Nityananda ,so he said, ” How can you keep this fellow in your house? He is an avaduta and unpredictable in behaviour. You don’t know his family heritage or background.
Srivasa prabhu told Mahaprabhu that “even if a meat-eating prostitute who steals and abuses catches hold of Nityananda prabhu , still I will never stop loving Nityananda prabhu. Srivasa declared this three times to Mahāprabhu. Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very, very pleased by the unflinching love that Srivasa had for Nityananda prabhu.
In dealing with Vaisnavas of all sorts, we should also be careful not to judge or condemn them even if they may appear a certain way or fall a little from the path , we should remain positive, caring and helpful towards them and help with any rehabilitation or adjustments needed , Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur indicates if a devotee is prepared to go to hell for sins , but will never give up being a devotee of Krishna he should be regarded with a generous spirit and shown love and care appropriately.
At times, unsavoury characters may attach themselves to the Vaisnavas for the wrong reasons and seek to steal or do harm, as was the case once when some theives and their leader wanted to steal the jewellery of Nityananda prabhu . The chief of the theives sent a spy to see when the theft could best begin . The spy witnessed the ecstatic chanting and dancing of Nityananda prabhu and His companions . The theives then assembled, ready to steal, waiting for the dancing to stop so during sleep time the robbery could happen. Unfortunately for the theives, Maya devi arranged for the theives to quickly fall asleep by a blanket of ignorance whilst waiting , and their opportunity was lost .
The theives argued with each other, blaming each other for falling asleep. They, however, concluded thing went wrong because they had not offered sacrifice to Goddess Durga , they agreed that night they would do the theft after offering sacrifice to Goddess Durga.
When the thieves returned that night, they found mysterious and powerful tall guards surrounding Nityananda’s house . The guards were all loudly chanting Hare Krishna, and they had so many wonderful weapons , the theives were bemused as to how this had come about . The theives had to retreat , who can bring obstacles within the Sankirtana movement of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityananda prabhu, remembering this lila anyone who comes to disturb the Sankirtana movement will be defeated and divine arrangements will be made to remove obstacles or persons doing harm .
The chief of the theives was a fallen Brahman, and they tried numerous times to steal from Nityananda , but any contact with Nityananda brings purification so ultimately all the thieves came to their senses, gained trancendental knowledge and perfected their lives , Nityananda prabhu made the conditions no more , no more sinful life , walk on the path of religion and spiritual life , Nityananda said and perfect your life and save others who are sinful .This is the unlimited mercy of Nityananda prabhu.
Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada once told a leader in ISKCON who wanted to throw another devotee out of the movement, “You do not understand the extent of the mercy of Nityananda prabhu
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Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Nityananda prabhu to extensively preach Nama Sankirtana to one and all . He would go door to door, requesting everyone to take up Krishna consciousness. The most fallen of persons can receive His blessings if he simply lends an ear and attentively listens. If Nityananda prabhu accepts one , Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu will also . Sri Guru, in all his or her forms, is the representative of Nityananda prabhu , Nityananda prabhu is none other than Lord Balarama the first expansion of Krishna and the origins of the Jiva . Being accepted by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His all merciful mood is the special benediction in current times and that broad acceptance reflects the elegance kindness and nature of Srimati Radharani, entrance to the trancendental land of Vraj is guaranteed if the Supreme Goddess of fortune accepts us .
Anyone who assists Nityananda prabhu in assisting Him in His continued work of giving knowledge of Krishna consciousness throughout any part of the world is guaranteed to be accepted by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu their path to perfection is sure .
Many sincere devotees assist Nityananda prabhu in his campaign of rescue, and of those devotees who extensively spread Krishna consciousness AC Bhaktivedanta Swami has made a unique contribution by the wholesale distribution worldwide of Krishna consciousness through his ISKCON society . What he did with his early followers is astounding, and ISKCON is increasing its activity hour by hour , there is no stopping it . The storehouse of love of God has been truly broken open, and its treasure is scattered in every direction as Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu desired and Nityananda prabhu carries out and still to this day , Nityananda prabhu empowers His representatives.How to be Harmonized …It is summarised as follows .
All living things are inconceivably and simultaneously one and different from their origins ,who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead , He is the cause of all causes . By accepting Nityananda prabhu and His mercy, an exchange of trancendental bliss erupts within both the origin and the parts and parcels .
These exchanges of pure love and attraction take place in higher spiritual planes , the super subjective plane , and in the highest degrees in Goloka Vrndavana amongst the cowherd damsels of Vraj, everyone in Vrndavana are in one way of another supportive of these trancendental pastimes.
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In the seventh Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, the powers of Divinity are discussed.
If the Lord were everywhere, everything and everyone should be omniscient. Srila Jiva Goswami gives the answer that His powers are also appropriately covered by Maha Maya , so He remains everywhere and nowhere. Actually, though, He is very obvious to the truthful, honest, and thoughtful person who is able to be a little freed from some of the influences of Maya, and as such can observe honestly and objectively science for what it really is , intelligently designed for specific purposes for specific living beings.
For instance the flight of the bird , a tiny finch that can fly so incredibly fast and for long periods , with such small hearts and breathing capacities , flying is a mysterious process itself, its an exhibition of Divinity who is everywhere but nowhere , and flying remains a puzzle even mechanistically to the best of engineers
Many extraordinary examples within nature show incalculable complexities that appear to automatically take place . So, indeed, God is everywhere and He is personally conscious of every individual and listening to their thoughts and desires , the Christians call this portion of God the Holy Ghost, the Vedas refer to Him as Paramatma.
God is Father, son ,and Holy Ghost. In Vedic terms, God is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is also expanded in everyone’s heart and within every atom , and He has expanded Himself as seperated expansions as the living beings .
God within the material world is not so difficult to understand, commune with, or approach even while in His own personal abode .Whilst being here in this so-called material world , we can be simultaneously in the spiritual realms . Everything is the energy of God, including matter , which is eternally situated , after all energies transform but are never destroyed. Electromagnetic energies within the atom akin to light that originates from the Brahmajyoti , the spiritual light in the higher realms of light frequencies
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The universal affairs from the orbits of the celestial planets and the movements of the solar winds down to the supervision of the life needs , in all its details, of one tiny insect in our gardens are carried out perfectly by the supreme intelligence of Divinity and His agencies, they are carried out so perfectly and so far beyond the comprehension of the greatest of scientists that leaders in scientific feilds like Richard Dawkins or Lea Cronin say although the impression of design and order is within everything you should ignore it , if you don’t you are not being scientific.
The intelligent design in everything is the hint of the presence of God . Why does God not personally appear before us ? God lives in the realms of pure consciousness untouched by the self seeking material modes that cause degrees of material lust ,anger ,envy madness, and illusions .Vyasadeva in his meditation saw God Himself Krishna, and behind him Vyasadeva saw the material energies .
First , purity of consciousness is required, and the processes of Karma yoga , niskarma karma yoga, leading to jnana yoga, and pure Bhakti yoga are outlined in the Bhagavad Gita. The therapeutic processes of using the very energies that bind one to liberate one are employed by the expert spiritual physician. In full knowledge of Divinity one will see that everything is happening by the order and desire of Krishna this consciousness is Krishna consciousness, design and facilitating of the macro and micro worlds is taking place .The envious never like to see quality that they don’t possess , but by purified consciousness even the envious can be filled with love and appreciation, thus within the governance and compliance systems are purificatory programmes situated within every culture deliberately , a prisoner needs reformed thinking and rehabilitation.
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Those chains that bind you …
Having fallen into a dark well, how will you climb out ? The sides are wet and smooth and slippery.
The Vedas says that in this age, four things are needed .
The holy names…the rope that has no limits.
Those who throw the rope are Sri Guru and the saints.
The scriptures, both in the form of written words and spoken words, are the pulling mechanism..
Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami has made provisions for the entire world, and Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has Garlanded the whole world with those Holy names , Nityananda prabhu is orchestrating everything very nicely , conducting the relief work .The chains .
I want to control the environment and not serve the environment. This consciousness means one enters into the material energies, Maya .
The land of misconceptions of every kind starting with the smallest living being to a national consciousness and vicious wars of one kind or another .
The harmonized consciousness is a recognition of one’s absolute position as a particle of consciousness free from the influences of the false identity, that of being a material body , a controller , enjoyer and false master of all that one surveys . Automatically, this knowledge of consciousness frees one from Maya, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead begins to be revealed. Sri Guru is the representative of Nityananda prabhu. It’s Nityananda prabhu’s causeless mercy that is the cause of the ocean of trancendental bliss to increase and exponentially expand in all directions
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All you need is love .
“Pure love for Kṛṣṇa is eternally established in the hearts of the living entities. It is not something to be gained from another source. When the heart is purified by hearing and chanting, this love naturally awakens.”
Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, in his writing, says love is everywhere. Even in other species, you will find love and protection . In the rainy season, an ant picks up its eggs and moves them to a safer place .
Krishna is in the hearts of all beings. All beings are one and different from Krishna .Thus, God is intimately united with us , we have forgotten Him , but He never forgets or neglects.
Love me, love my dog .
The question is, what type of love? There are different types and different degrees .
The love of the parent for the child , the love of the nephew for the uncle, the love of the student for the teacher , the love of the friend for his friend , the love of the husband and wife .
So, no doubt love is situated in the heart. Its perfection comes through , in our case, learning to love , and ultimately, learning to love God , that is the theological and philosophical messages of great cultures.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu recently came to teach how to love God ,He gave a practical example how to love God and what love of God means , its not just a part time sentiment. In this particular time period, he has bestowed upon all beings the highest degree of love on the most undeserving , something bestowed on those who need it most.
The inner chambers of the heart of the Supreme Goddess of Fortune are being revealed. How do you obtain this greatest of good fortune? By associating and hearing from someone who has had the good fortune to have received it , and it’s open to one and all .
Srila Gour Govinda Swami is very expert at elaborating and explaining the details and the complete process of Bhakti , the yoga of love .This has to be understood carefully . Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja also said one should follow the heart .. but as well , the progressive and systematic process of the sciences of Bhakti given by Srila Rupa Goswami. From Madhva Acarya to Ramanuja Acarya to Srila Visnu Swami to Srila Nimbarkacarya , Srila Bhaktisiddanta Goswami Maharaja has carefully incorperated all their teachings .
Ultimately , Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja brought us progressively to the teaching of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu . Mahaprabhu’s conversation with Ramananda Raya also explains the systemic paths of devotion as does , karma yoga , jnana yoga , niskarma yoga , astanga yoga and Bhakti yoga .
It’s also to be considered that pure devotees have specific Rasa and relationships with Krishna. Thus, they each elaborate on Bhakti rasa in different ways ..
Through the param para, initially, one is bestowed freedoms , in love, there are unlimited freedoms
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The world has many purposes because there are inculcabable living entities within it each with particular purposes to fulfil or to enjoy or suffer the results of and we thought the algorithmic tracking of billions of internet users and simultaneously so was quite a feat . The Vedas gives an insight to all the goings on within the universe and also tells of what everyone is looking for .
Every living being has rights, and any encroachments into another territory or consciousness which impacts in one way or another brings entanglements. One is duty bound one way or another and will have to be paid or pay. Harmonized and fair society is based on respect, respect implies knowledge , and no respect implies ignorance. The originally intended leaders by Vedic calculations, the actual intelligentsia, are those who execute moral and ethical justice systems within societal affairs and within the judiciary as a whole .
The leaders must have proper reference points. The absolute universal principles are well known by the wise who understand fully scientific dualism , mind , matter, and consciousness.
The first class persons who act with dignity and are knowledgeable of such universal principles both locally, nationally and internationally and especially in their own personal lives are those we should look to , those who are devoid of such qualities should be avoided and no question of such persons leading societies…….but they do …….whats going on ?
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