Tattva , Rasa ,  means knowledge and  love . Are our  relationships in decline, or are they  relationships in  positive developments ? There is a true science of relationships, and we can  try to measure up to examine the criteria needed to understand how and if  we are progressing with our material and, ultimately, spiritual lives . In one sense, love and knowledge can’t be measured, but in another formal sense, it can .

Srila Rupa Goswami, under the tutelage of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has very nicely defined this science of relationships in his writings .

Srila Ramananda Raya had taken these trancendental concepts of relationships to the highest of high in his conversations with Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu ,  and AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has indeed bestowed upon humanity the greatest of benedictions by translating these teachings and brought them into all the world languages with the help of his students.

Many other renowned Vaisnava scholars are also bringing this treasure of relationships to the attention of the world.

Love ultimately is an action word. What can I do for you in love? How can I please you , and it culminates in the highest of circles with a competition of  love between living beings.

Such is the supremely pure and selfless nature of  Sri Sri Radha Krishna , who are forever astounded by the quality of love and attraction that each give each other , friends and maidservants  of Radha Krishna are relishing this competition of love just as much in their own ways .

This paints a picture of the spiritual worlds , a reflection of these dealings can be found in this world at times ,  however mostly we see the stark contrast and complete opposite of it , we see  lust , anger , greed envy and wicked violence towards each other . We are all most unfortunate,  but with the good fortune of having access to freedoms and expressions of progressive love , when we associate with God’s pure representatives, everything is clear .

We should all find the origins of love  and be developing a service and love for  Radha Krishna and not be in the  relationships   of decline or fast deterioration that takes us to the animal kingdom.

When it comes to understanding spiritual love or Rasa , it is always built on the foundations of Tattva or knowledge of Divinity in details , without which devotional life crumbles.

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Aprarabdha , recent karma and prarabdha karma , those that are  connected to deeper states of consciousness are all  removed ..by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s movement.

The very deepest  states of a mind and its working  stem from deep impressions and attitudes   from long, long ago , from previous lives, and they are not easily given up , a material mind can be a minefield of unpredictability.  Recently accumulated impressions and actions called  aprarabdha karma fluctuate  more regularly in the conditioned  consciousness but are  also intertwined with deeper  long-lasting impressions caused by events  good or bad  in many  earlier previous lives  .

These deeper states of the mind are called  Prarabdha karmas . As before said they are either  connected to some  previous spiritual searchings  or a  deeper cultural searchings or they can   be troublesome reactions and attachments connected to self-centred ignorance that we previously developed ,  i.e.,  previous negativity we have inflicted on others .

The Gaudia Vaisnava movement under the direction of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His leading  followers Srila Rupa Goswami and Srila Ragganatha das Goswami have uniquely given  remedies to remove both types of Karma in all its  subtle makeup that inevitably would lead to either gross attachments to the material world or the  striving for impersonal liberation or mystic powers. Mahaprabhu has immediately granted the  Suddha Satva pure Krishna consciousness state that cleanses the heart of all the dust and dirt of countless lives .Thus, one can become quickly free from all types of  karma as well as all  types of speculations or  desire for mystic powers , caused by previous deep-seated independence from God .

By engaging positively in Bhakti Yoga everything of the aprarabdha karma is quickly removed , those  recently produced karmic synchronicities.  And by engaging in  much deeper meditation and Bhajan ,  Chanting the Holy names and crucially studying and reading the books of the Rasika acaryas , along with their descriptions of Radha Krishna Nitya Lila , that throughly removes  all the much deeper previous  karmic impressions .

The regular Hindu followers do not understand these prarabdha and aprarabdha  aspects of karmic reactions that Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu movement is eradicating . This  is the full  glory of Mahaprabhu’s teachings and the unique benediction offered . The potency and magnanimity  of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is  His special mercy , which is causeless and is offered to one and all . Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada explains very extensively in his books all these points.

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Secret of all secrets and the glorious ever new

Our Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas reveal through their writings and through their  exemplary  lives a life of service to  Srimati Radharani and Lord Krishna, the secret of all secrets . The confidentiality of a spiritual realm.

In Bhagavad Gita Krishna says .

Chapter 9: The Most Confidential Knowledge

TEXT 2

raja-vidya raja-guhyam
pavitram idam uttamam
pratyaksavagamam dharmyam
su-sukham kartum avyayam
TRANSLATION

This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed.

Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has revealed an ultimate  pinnacle of Bhakti in love , He reveals something of the pranaya the oneness of love between Radharani and Krishna.  He is teaching us all  through  His teachings to the Goswami’s of Vrndavana  , a process of how to receive the  special benedictions granted in kali yuga and in revelations experience  the ever new and fresh playfulness of Goloka Vrndavana.

Actually, Krishna is the most merciful of persons who likes to see the good in everything  . He even awarded the position as a mother to a demon witch who came to murder him she  offered her breastmilk to Him in His infant pastimes , and her breast was smeared with poison . Krishna mercifully took the mothering aspect of the deed and appreciated her “motherly ways “

Likewise , to understand anything of Radha Krishna Nitya lila,  we must have the mercy of Radha Krishna and Their devotees , only  then, we might begin to  understand.  Spiritual life is a decending process, and it’s handed down by grace .

Srimati Radharani and Her associates are experiencing the ever new , ever enthusiastic and ever increasing love for Krishna,  because they have not a tinge of selfish desires , they only want Krishna’s happiness.

If we make calculations for our own benefit we can never experience the enthusiasm of love , even in this material world this reflection of truth is present.

Everything present in this world can be taken as a great learning process. And we must pray to understand Radha Krishna and Their exalted and super excellences, which are exhibited in Goloka Vrndavana, which is high above the material plane of self-centred and motivated action . We must seek those who know of this plane and hear from them , enquire from them, and absorb ourselves in the litratures of the Gaudia Vaisnava param para.

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Spiritual …..Material……a land of love or a land of lust .

Spiritual life means soul to soul , ever new , relationships , absent are , atoms , elements,  compounds , self centred lust , anger , greed ,envy madness in all its forms and illusions in all their forms . The movements of time causing the material gross and suble energy to break do not operate in the higher spiritual realms,  where varigatedness,  beauty , bliss and artistry is fully exhibited . Love and unlimited attractions play out beyond matter , which gives a flickering selfish experience of the reality of existence. The spiritual emotions and their reactions on the spiritual senses are deliniated by Srila Rupa and Ragganatha Goswami , and Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited them throughout His life . The fundermental nature of spontaneous love is depicted in the Srimad Bhagavatam ,the nature of the soul , or pure consciousness in association with God is shown. The supreme Goddess of Fortune Srimati Radharani astounds Krishna with the unlimited depths and attractions She feels for Him , this is a mystery even for God Himself. Krishna is waiting for us to turn our attraction exclusively to Him , in that sense, love is extreme.

Material life means a temporary competition based on anger , greed and envy , either of possessions , of speculative exploitative minds or proud intellects. A sham of friendship and service with only dressed up concerns and compassions , that is localised as family , friends , commmunity country and nations . There is really no deep or profound service or love, and it’s based around so-called family and friends that can and will change at any time .
Thus, Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita
” I am your only friend,”
What does He mean ?
You should know ..

It is the intrinsic nature of the living beings to feel love and effection. The most cultured feel it for every living being , the less so a family or friend.
No question of evolution.
Consciousness evolves and devolves according to how one acts .
Theological cultures understand the best of the lovers of consciousness is Divinity Himself

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Life is made up fundermentally of service

Fundermental service is  inherently within us all .

Life is made as such that rendering service is a fundermental and underlying principle , indirectly or directly practically all beings are serving somebody , or unknowingly playing a part in the harmonious and interconnected activities of nature . Thd 60s songwriter Bob Dylan saw that, among other things, and wrote his song ‘ everyone has to serve someone ‘. Of course, pure loving services rendered to someone who deserves it and who can properly reciprocate can not be compared to a crooked motivated politician who claims he is serving the people . In spiritual and philosophical terms, better be a servant in a  superior realm that a master in an inferior one

It’s a universal law , according to the Vedas that if anybody takes a  service from someone , and this applies throughout the whole of the  material universes , or if they use somebody in any particular way a debt is owed , you can’t get something for nothing.

Ultimately, all kinds of  debts are building up  in our Karmic systems, which are carried with us and remain with us  throughout our  universal journey of fruitive work . For those that don’t properly reciprocate a service rendered , debts build up and need paying back   . That is technically called karma, and the  karmic synchronicities of life play out in the unpredictability of our lives , of long forgotten debts , like twigs floating in a  fast flowing river  debts and debtors are brought together then parted , never to meet again .

The ultimate service rendered to everyone is  by Divinity Himself , as the supersoul or Holy Ghost , in everyone’s heart He facilitates the individual being , giving them   remberance and  forgetfulness and  reminding them life after life of  what they once desired  as well as  encouraging everyone to aquire  the real wisdom and knowledge .He is always showing in many ways how best  to escape the plane of the karmic self-centred word , with the  temporary lives of material debtors . The greatest service is to show  everyone what their  best interests are and how that can be achieved , God is always rendering that service, and so are His pure representatives .  He  remains in the hearts of all beings whilst they wonder all over the universe in different situations looking for happiness and patiently waits for everyone  to see sense and return back home back to Godhead

Ultimately ,  because by His own example  of how He renders the greatest of all services , never forgetting any of the living beings ,we should  reciprocate with Him and hear from Him of  how we might  reciprocate  with  Love , and render some  services  bringing   happiness to Him along with His associates. The greatest of all service is rendered by  the Supreme Goddess of Fortune Srimati Radharani and the Gopies and Manjaris , her confidants, they are  residents of Vrndavana.

This is carefully described by Sukadeva Goswami in the 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam and elaborated upon in the commentaries of the Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas  in their writings .

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From pain and difficulty to bliss.

Child bearing means the  pain of childbirth , but the pain and difficulties bring the sweetness of a loving child ..

The Vraja Gopies of Vrndavana create a festival of happiness in the heart of Krishna, who displays His unlimited pastimes . He exhibits these pastimes to demonstrate  the wonderful qualities  of ever increasing love and attraction in the highest  of spiritual  realms  , that of pure  spontaneous unmotivated  spiritual love , a competition of love . Perverted reflections and hints of pure love are seen here in this earthly plane , but we should learn of its origins and the  selfless beauty of Krishna’s spiritual planes along with the science and nature of spiritual senses . Krishna attracts  His devotees and those pious souls who have properly cultivated higher  consciousness and practice high culture  by His activities , the all attractive Krishna becomes especially attractive to such persons.

The  trancendental method Krishna employs when  wishing to attract the Vraja Gopies is to send personified messages through His flute music . Music takes on much greater dimensions  in the super subjective plane of a  varigated spiritual world.  Having heard the call of the personified Cupid ,  a call  that enters the depths of the Gopies hearts , they  abandoned their sobriety,  fear , shyness, and any  sense of discrimination, and immediately answered the call .

Complete sacrifice is required in the ultimate plane of love , and nothing short of that will suffice.

The  Catholic order of the  bride’s of Christ , or  Nuns living in convents , or monks living in monasteries,  perhaps could understand.

Krishna is our greatest friend , master , lover, and relative .  The sound of His flute is calling   everyone to service .  God is calling us all He is always enthusiastic and all inclusive , and  His Vraja Gopi friends all  dance  and  play music at the dead of night in a artistic festival beyond comprehension , with the sixty four excellences of trancendance on display ,  a trancendental festival that lasted millions of years , the  time dimensions are  adjusted by Krishna , from our 12 hours to the 12 hours of Lord Bramha,  lasting 4.5 billion years . As Einstein said,  time is relative,  its also interchangeable, it seems .

Currently the flute sound has been transformed into the   Nama Sankirtana , the chanting of Gods names , this chanting is calling us all to the service of Mahaprabhu and through Him the service of the residents of Vraja headed by Vrsabhanu Nandini Srimati Radharani . Anyone hearing or vibrating God’s names can transport themselves to the spiritual world.

Srila Prabhupada, wonderful Godbrother and great friend of Prabhupada once gave that comparison , H.H. Srila Sridhar Swami , he is a brilliant scholar and deep thinker .

On arrival ,to the dancing ground,  having responded to the call to come to the  forests of Vraja , Krishna tested the Gopies love and determination by externally appearing to ask them to return to their family lives and duties , He appeared to reject their services.

Srila Kavi karnapura in his Ananda Vrndavana Campa indicates to us all that Krishna sometimes appears very harsh . It’s very difficult to overcome all difficulties of a body and mind to properly develop unalloyed devotion toward Him . This harshness and the  external difficulties experienced by us are the workings of His external energies , they are like the outside of the coconut . Krishna is very very sweet by nature ,and any difficulties we maybe experiencing are gradually cracking the shell of our conditioned nature ,  and they serve a purpose in helping us aquire hearts of sweetness , like  the inside of the coconut .  Dedication and devotion towards His eternal service need cultivating, and that means at times difficulties,  but in difficulties by determination, we can aquire the characteristics of pure devotees that are  impeccable, to  say the least .  Through the service of such residents of Vrndavana ,  the pure devotees , who Krishna dearly loves  , we get the good fortune of assisting  as they serve the emaculate senses of Dhira Lalita Krishna,  or  His devotees in Mathura or Dwarka ..

So, austerities and hardships cause pain in many ways even in material life , but in Krishna consciousness, it opens up a spiritual heart and brings the sweetest of all hearts .

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Stages of progression.

Suspicion

Doubt

Knowledge

Faith

It’s natural to be suspicious of things and the motivation of people , that is a good use of intelligence. As suspicion subside,  still doubt remains , so further applications of intelligence is needed ,  enquiring and further understanding are most essential .

As those doubts clear, further understanding of knowledge and its practical applications develop , the beginnings of faith . Faith begins to increase , faith of the beginner,  faith of the intermediate, and faith of the advanced spiritualist takes place by services and enquiries and progressive intelligent submission.

At no stage is intelligence given up , nor do we give up  referring to Sri Guru in his forms as Siksa or Diksa ,  or the established Sadhu’s , current and past and always  always the Sastra . Scriptures in the form of the  Sruti and Smrit can never be ignored and must always be a reference point as checks and balance is never given up .

Faith carries one a long long way , and ultimately to unreserved faith , without any reservation , in matters of Bhava and Prema

ŚB 1.2.20

एवं प्रसन्नमनसो भगवद्भक्तियोगत: ।
भगवत्तत्त्वविज्ञानं मुक्तसङ्गस्य जायते ॥ २० ॥

evaṁ prasanna-manaso
bhagavad-bhakti-yogataḥ
bhagavat-tattva-vijñānaṁ
mukta-saṅgasya jāyate

Synonyms

evam — thus; prasanna — enlivened; manasaḥ — of the mind; bhagavat–bhakti — the devotional service of the Lord; yogataḥ — by contact of; bhagavat — regarding the Personality of Godhead; tattva — knowledge; vijñānam — scientific; mukta — liberated; saṅgasya — of the association; jāyate — becomes effective.

Translation

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.

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The real problem of the global world is that one man wants to snatch all the trade for himself, making promises that everyone and every country will benefit . it’s the nature of a businessman to lie .
Having gotten all the trade, through dubious and underhand methods, he becomes unimaginably wealthy , but he does not know how to use his wealth beneficially. Thus, he makes a bad situation worse . The Vedas indicates free market economics , but one should not encroach on others’ territories. A balance is struck .
Only the pure intelligensia knows how to benefit from wealth.
Thus, the Vedas condemn the global conglomerates who exploit Mother Earth and its people and recommend much more simple living , higher thinking, and local economies for local people with only essential imports and exports .
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Einstein v Bohr

Its not that they were that far apart.

“Religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame.”
Einstein .

Bohr accepted both classical and quantum physics.
As the Vedas do .
The world is real but temporary.
The consciousness and the universe are linked together by the interests and desires of the consciousness.
When the consciousness understands that he or she is something different than the universe , ie . being freed from scientific materialism and coming to clearly understand dualism. Intelligently,  one should question why the living beings have  become subjected to the laws of the universe , if they so  do, they gradually acquire knowledge and detachment from universal connections and that is  the beginning of  liberation . Gradually, by understanding and by engaging in devotional activities, to  the cause of all causes , a  purified living being can enter a plane where consciousness and the energy surrounding it are of the same nature . The Vedas say the spiritual symptoms of that realm are that things are eternally situated and fully blissful  without any neglect or ignorance of Divinity .Rather, a relationship with Him is acted out in full .
Once Edward Teller had tea with Neils Bohr, and he said to Bohr, ” You have changed everything in the way we view the world, and in the future, everyone will see the world much differently..”
After a long pause, Bohr said, ” Are you saying this world is not real but like a dream?”
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Qualities of the Supreme reflected in His expansions ,

We see  many wonderful qualities in mankind , actually , we see wonderful qualities in the whole of the creation and here we refer to just one planet  look at the night sky  the mind boggles at the inconceivable nature of this one galaxy with its system of planets . This is one small part of the universe, and the Vedas confirms millions of universes  are in existence ,  as the  string theorists postulate.

What’s even more inconceivable is that each planet has a purpose and is inhabited , the Vedas tell us  , Lisa Randall, the Harvard of theoretical physics, quite rightly points out the obvious implications of  multidimensional space , our senses are limited to three dimensions . This means each of us has limited senses , and we see  things only in  three dimensions . She points out why there  could well  be more dimensions “out there” and also refers to dark space and dark energies as unknown energies.

The Vedas indicates God is full of multiple energies and how  He expands His energies in multitudes of ways. This includes His expansions of  internal energies, which are the conscious beings scattered within the material and spiritual planetary systems. The Vedas broadly categorise His internal,  marginal, and external energies and give explicit details to each .

So, as God is full of unlimited wonderful qualities , the living beings naturally reflect a minute portion of those qualities, as does everything in creation , He is a supreme scientist and engineer but also someone overflowing with love for all beings.

There is systematic supervisory management in place. The right type of action brings forth particular superior and inherent qualities, and the wrong actions suppress the flow, causing entanglements . In the familiar language of many, one can say one’s good or bad karma . Freedoms  and progressions can be tapped into  at any time,  and in no time at all, one can reestablish all of one’s inherent  spiritual qualities that stem from and are reflected from Divinity.

The Bhagavad Gita tells us how in detail and many prescribed methods are outlined.

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