1, How long might it take to complete a journey or a specific task .
2, A game or any activity has a beginning, a middle, and an end ..( including life and relationships)
3, The definition and probably the most important one is the action of physical laws that cause atoms , elements, and compounds to break down, destroying everything, including the universe.
4, Phycological time means that in time experiences become stale and some new thrill is hankered for , an avoidance of boredom.
5. It’s relative to circumstances, a mayfly has a full life ,and feels it so , Redwood tree a time difference but little difference. 4.5 billion years is equivalent to our twelve hours , for the chief engineer of this universe, Lord Bramha
In the spiritual kingdoms , measured time occurs as does a beginning, middle, and end. The difference is that the measured time is eternally measured, and the beginnings , middles, and ends also continue on eternally. The spiritual consciousness , which is removed from a material covering and conditioning , expands into a spiritual form that is increasingly and blissfully experiencing ever new thrilling circumstances , enthusiasm knows no end . The unlimited ever new , termed as Ananda buddhi Vardanam in the Vedas is symptomatic of spiritual life .,” Schools out.” forever , have you seen the excitement and enthusiasm for life of the adolescent, a magic time … A pure ” child like ” spiritual consciousness leaves a conditioned contaminated consciousness far behind .
When people speak of God , who are they speaking about ? The Supreme Personality of Godhead has unlimited aspects to His unlimited Personality that are exhibited appropriately and perfectly in numerous circumstances , throughout space time , although they are all eternal . The Supreme Personality of Godhead only ever exhibits his unlimited Personality in very personal and appropriate ways .These forms can also be referred to as Dhira datta , dhira lalita ,dhira prasanta, and dhira dhiroddhata forms , technically. This subject matter is discused in both the Sruti and Smriti , in the all encompasing Vedic conclusions of relative and absolute truth , Sabdha , not subject to imperfect senses , cheating ,illusions or riddled with speculative mistakes . 99.9999% of the world’s population’s are clueless and waste their lives bickering or chasing the will of the wisp.
Nobody wants to feel suppressed , but at the same time, people need guidance. The great balancing act of freedoms and restrictions is the human condition. The Vedas bring the correct balance and appropriate applications to the various prescribed governance and compliance recommendations that are linked scientifically to the correct psychological reckonings according to a particular type of member in society . Although all men are equal because they all possess consciousness and have equal rights to live , still persons are not equal, that’s self evident. The Vedic social systems are always based on social and spiritual mobility. Everyone must have inspirational teachers along with correct psychological guidance and as well , help and encouragement. It’s up to those who can offer help to others and benefit others to do so , but not whimsically or in speculative sentimental ways , thus, traditions and cultures should be preserved . Ultimately, because the Vedic societies are founded on the real sciences of body mind and consciousness , naturally, the in’s and out’s of the variable specifications of those sciences were taught , dualism is the Vedic way . There are facilities and lifestyles for everyone, so at set pace, everyone can learn essential truths . Society as well as varieties of countries were naturally made up of all varieties of persons . So, although there was no suppression of anyone , there were rather regulatory facilities available and accepted. But those who wanted to live overly sensual lives, very much like sophisticated animals, had their place, but not in leading or imposing influences society that were overly sensual and binding .
So all kinds of things for all kinds of people but not the same things for all the people, that’s quite natural. As the Russian leader Putin said, we have nothing against those that are Gay , what people do in their private lives is one thing, but he said …but don’t teach this in junior schools. ..
..I think this is the correct balance. In their own time, children can make choices on all kinds of things, but only after hearing from the wise . Children can make choices after hearing from the wise , those who understand consciousness and its entanglements and its states of liberation. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
We can admit that relying on our limited senses perfect knowledge may not be arrived out …
In Nyaya the world Bhrama..means thinking something is something else .. For instance when the Darwinian see and understands that codes and informational exchanges take place in the building of bodies , they conclude they are not really codes per say originating from a coded system originally from a code maker .
Vipralipsa is another part of the imperfection, it means the desire to cheat . The Atheistic Darwinian know very well the implications of codes , an order and design, they also know those are all prevalent in nature , but they tell their students they have to ignore design, if they want to study science.
Karanapatava means the limited nature of our senses .
This means sometimes we may concentrate with the mind and intellect, but still, we are unable to understand what it is that we are trying to understand. The consciousness could be said like that .The Darwinian has mistakingly given up dualism and replaced it with scientific materialism due to their failure to understand or accept the obvious consciousness for what it is ….. Another example… Arthapatti means to infere a cause because of a result. The example given , that someone is overweight , but during the day, you never see them eat , so one concludes at night they must over eat . In the Darwinian case, just because an ape has some features of humans , that they are our nearest ancestors. But intelligence is the most important part of a human , and various skills of many kinds . The brain of the octopus or the dolphin or whale, along with their complex communications, are far more advanced than apes .. So why assume something like Einstein brain has come from a chimp ?.
” Ontology and epistemology are both branches of philosophy that study different aspects of reality:
Ontology
The study of being, or the nature of existence and what is real. Ontology is concerned with what exists and what is true or real. It covers a wide range of entities, including everyday objects, living beings, and ideas.
Epistemology
The study of knowledge, or how we can know things. Epistemology is concerned with how we can know about the existence of things and how we can separate true ideas from false ideas. It also studies theories of knowledge, such as how knowledge is derived and how reliable it is. “
The Vedic perspective…..
The Vedas bring everyone on a journey of knowledge , no matter where they might currently be , the journey is an eternal one in one sense . The Vedas offer appropriate wisdom and systematic learning for children , the youth, and older folks . It also offers a study programme for the doubtful, an initial sign of intelligence is to be doubtful after all . According to where ones life journey ended from a previous one , automatically, again one picks up the mantel of learning and sets off on the journey again . Specifics of learning obviously vary in many ways , but onwards and upwards is the prescription for all . Ultimately, if we want to gain knowledge of Divinity along with His sciences, there are correct and recognised epistemological processes that are accompanied by purificatory processes within the different varnas and ashrams . The first thing is to become pure in consciousness by following particular standards alloted according to one’s current situation , they are of many types. Only by the acceptance of due process will any understanding of the Supreme pure and His personality be developed and perfected. The original Vedas have been summarised into short codes and aphorisms . The Srimad Bhagavatam is the natural commentary of these codes , called the Vedanta-sutra.
Within the Srimad Bhagavatam, Jiva Goswami says are the epistemological systems of the Sruti , Smriti , Puranas, and Tantras , so everything complete .This is so because the Vedas as a complete unit is very difficult to understand in a comprehensive way . Srila Jiva Goswami says that in this in his Tattva Sandarbha.
ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ
Translation
“ ‘Therefore material senses cannot appreciate Kṛṣṇa’s holy name, form, qualities and pastimes. When a conditioned soul is awakened to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and renders service by using his tongue to chant the Lord’s holy name and taste the remnants of the Lord’s food, the tongue is purified, and one gradually comes to understand who Kṛṣṇa really is .
Regarding ontological considerations.
Athato brahma jijnasa is a phrase from the Vedanta-sutra that means “Now is the time to inquire about the Absolute Trut
jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’
bhedābheda-prakāśa
Translation
“It is the living entity’s constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa because he is the marginal energy of Kṛṣṇa and a manifestation simultaneously one with and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or fire. Kṛṣṇa has three varieties of energy.
The conclusive understanding of who we are has been given by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu , and it is summarised like this , we are inconceivably and simultaneous one and different from God .
This conclusive understanding separates Sankacarya and his oneness from the philosophy of Madhva Acarya, Ramanuja Acarya , Srila Visnu Swami , and Nimbarka Acarya , who respectively taught , purified monism , ( a connection with Divinity) specific monism , ( as a servant of Divinity in varying ways ) pure monism ( indicating a oneness in love ) and one and difference.
Caitanya Mahāprabhu added the inconceivable and simultaneous oneness and difference in His revealing the pranaya , oneness in love , particularly of the Manjaris , technically called Tad tad bhava icha atmika .
Thus the Vedas lack nothing in the matter of epistemology or ontology and their conclusion.
The unstoppable power of the oceans waves slowly eradicate the most solid and hardest of cliffs and turn them into meaningless pebbles in comparison .
Similarly, the waves of Bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion towards Divinity gradually build, and the swelling in the heart begins to constantly pound the material energies. Eventually, the attraction for living in an artificial environment , i.e. the living beings seeking happiness outside of God take its toll . The trancendental intelligence builds more and more and, like a ferocious wave, rejects such an artificial imposition.
Srimati Radharani is known as Suratarangani , the current or the strength of Her attraction for Krishna knows no bounds , there is no comparison . It is the greatest force in the entire material or spiritual worlds . It is a mystery to even Lord Bramha or Lord Siva , and it’s a mystery for Lord Krishna who developed a desire to experience that loving wave .
When Srimati Radharani runs off to the trysting grounds , on hearing the call of Krishna’s flute, such an incalculable force is exhibited in full . But at the seaside , just as huge waves eventually are sucked back into the ocean , like a false retreat , and the new oncoming waves are suppressed , similarly when Srimati Radharani has to return back home to Her in-laws against Her will , the waves of Her spontaneous rasa are in a false retreat , and the eternal ongoing waves are temporarily forced to retreat….
The Srimad Bhagavatam and the various commentaries written by many leading acaryas within the Gaudia Vaisnava school describe such a trancendental phenomenon , those who follow Srila Rupa and Ragganatha das Goswami’s.
Generational hatred takes a long time to shift, and obviously, Israel are currently preparing the ground for more of it, fueling a fire that will be very hard to extinguish. Misunderstandings of political philosophy are common. Thus, the best of the Islamic scholars should be accepted by Hamas, as well as Jewish people, so the acceptance of both faiths and their rights and their lands can be accepted by both Israeli and Palestinian . Hopefully, not the kind of priests who formerly and supposedly followed the Old Testament, and had Jesus handed to the Romans and insisted on his crucifixion.. Of course, any new looks at old religious traditions are hard for the old guard to accept , but times move on , and religions need reestablishing .The truth in the material atmosphere becomes lost or altered . Throughout all theological cultures that occures , its not surprising. In Bhagavad Gita Krishna says again and again I come to reestablish proper religious practices , because over a course of time they get eroded by materialism and the representatives of religious traditions change the meanings or purposes of religion. Krishna comes personally or sends a representative. Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja , one of the Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas, received threats to his life , and the establishment of the Gaudia Vaisnava’s in the west could not be understood by many established traditions in India . So much so that Western people are not allowed into some Indian temples . AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s applications of Krishna consciousness in the West could not be understood even by his own Godbrothers in some cases . In the case of Jesus, the Jewish priests were cursed, and they were wrong , we can see the success of the preaching of Jesus worldwide .
Still, traditions can and should be carefully respected , and the people of old traditions can be respected in humble ways . There is no need for violence and hatred ,that is the demoniac solution, understandings should be encouraged , paying respect to one and all, and tollerance are the teachings of Jesus , that teaching is contained in every religion. Both Hamas and the Israelis can learn from that , as can many cultures or religiously inspired theological cultures.
Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur was a magistrate who worked for the British Raja for some time in his life during the later part of the 19th century. He was also a prolific writer and philosopher in his youthful days . As he grew older, he became more and more drawn to the teachings of Gaudia Vaisnavism and particularly the conclusions that were presented by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Mahaprabhu brought new insights into the mysterious and wonderful lives of the Gopies of Vrndavana and revealed to the world the supreme position of Srimati Radharani.
At first, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur was puzzled about the great Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who was known to be a great scholar and Pandit, He was most definitely a first-class scholar who could, for instance, explain the Srimad Bhagavatam Atmarama verse in 108 ways which astounded all the Vedic intelligentsia. The Thakur thought it , at least initially strange that later in Mahāprabhu’s life , He had became so absorbed in meditations and pastimes of Lord Krishna in Vrndavana, those of Sri Sri Radha Krishna which appeared , at least externally as being quite immoral , Srila BR Sridhar Swami tells us .
Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja , the son of Srila Bhaktivinod , himself was once was questioned by Lord Suthers , who was a British government minister in the early part of the 20th century . Lord Suthers made the point in a question, ” That your Lord Krishna appears to be quite immoral. How is it that He is worshipped as God ? ” Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja gave the perfect answer ……that Lord Krishna’s activities in Vrndavana were a display of the highest morality.
There are two verses in the Srimad Bhagavatam scriptures that need understanding in depth along with their purpose . When one is able , after much practice of devotional life and by the causeless mercy of a devotee of Sri Caitanya , understand these two verses the mysterious nature of Gaudia Vaisnavism may open up .
Greatly lamenting, the Lord then informed Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, “ ‘Alas, for a person who is seriously desiring to cross the material ocean and engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord without material motives, seeing a materialist engaged in sense gratification or seeing a woman who is similarly interested is more abominable than drinking poison willingly.’ ”
Anyone who faithfully hears or describes the Lord’s playful affairs with the young gopīs of Vṛndāvana will attain the Lord’s pure devotional service. Thus, he will quickly become sober and conquer lust, the disease of the heart.
One should consult the mature Gaudia Vaisnava about these two verses and their mysteries and how the two verses can be reconciled.
It is a fact in current times liberalism has run wild , so practically speaking, how can one properly practice spiritual life in the Western world.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Goswami Maharaja gave several instructions. He would say all the beautiful ladies who are most definitely very attractive in this world have temporarily borrowed plumes from a higher realm that in this world time eradicates . Such a reflection of an eternal reality finds its perfection in a spiritual plane only .
Ultimately, the Srimad Bhagavatam teaches us in spiritual life, there are no voids but rather everything there is full of beauty and spiritual varigatedness and that Krishna is the Supreme Autocrat and He unlimitedly shares trancendental bliss and beauty in unlimitedly in numerous ways.
Once the founder Acarya of ISKCON Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada said of one simple lady who brought Jamuna water to Radha Damodar temple every am . “For this simple service done in love, Krishna has accepted her , she will go back to Godhead.” When meeting a man who was famous for making beautiful sculptures , the man said , “I will make some beautiful sculpture for Krishna…Prabhupada said immediately, “you can, but Krishna may not accept “ The point here is that it’s not what you do. Rather, be self-satisfied and do it with devotion for the pleasure of Krishna , big or small , no matter . Krishna and His immediate family are your only friends, please them , a self satisfied person has nobody to prove themselves to except them , and such persons are happy and humble in those services and non envious. By carrying out devotion in such ways under the direction of the pure devotees ones gains affinity to hearing and absorbing oneself in the pastimes of Radha Krishna , the Srimad Bhagavatam tells us , and by grace one begins to enter into such a trancendental atmosphere, within their inner hearts , that is the real secret of the satisfaction of the self . The real self is an associate of Krishna and is a friend of His friends or family . Bhakti yoga is for everyone . krishna will eat a bannana skin if offered with love because you mistakingly threw the bannana fruit in the bin .. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
The enclosed universe, infinite space, and the accuracy of cosmic calculations .
Many ancient cultures spoke of the universe being an enclosed unit with lower , middle, and upper planetary systems within a “shell ”, this indicates that the original cosmological knowledge of the Vedas , in former times was widely distributed . Worldwide cultures were influenced by its teaching due to the extensive distribution of this type of knowledge. It was achieved by ancient trade routes as well as wondering mendicants who were wondering Brahminical educators, as well, exiled kings forming new kingdoms along with their following would distribute Vedic wisdom and it became adopted in similar ways .
Outside of a universal shell , within which the upper , middle , and lower planetary systems are situated , significant numbers of cultures aligned with Vedic cosmological calculations , they also demonstrated regions where Divinity and His super subjective realms existed but the laws of material nature didn’t. Those regions were outside the universal shell . Multiple cultures remarkably give similar descriptions of the splendour of spiritual varigatedness. Extensive and more detailed descriptions are written in both the Sruti and Smriti scriptures of the Vedas they bring a fascinating insight into the relationships and personalities who reside there . Loving exchanges with a trancendental personalites are described in the Srimad Bhagavatam, Krishna is described as the supreme personality of Godhead, enthralling and beautiful loving relationships that appear as ever new are given descriptions of .The residents are ever enthusiastic to exchange ever increasing love and emotional pleasures .
The Greeks and later the Arabic cultures including other cultures from the South Americas, all held similar understandings of the cosmological calculations of the Vedas . Thus its quite evident cultures were intertwined, and evidence for a much earlier concept of a global world can be thought of .
When the Roman empire conquered most of Europe, having adopted within their own cultures some aspects of Christianity , blind unscientific religious fanaticism began to develop . Some or most of the traditional Vedic ways that the Greeks had adopted in understanding our universe , along with a greater scientific approach to consciousness, began to decline . This unscientific, fanatical religious doctrine was imposed on the public by the use of militant and political might . Later , when the Roman empire came to an end , Christians solely predominanted and scientific thinking outside of the misinterpreted bible came to a complete halt . Fortunately, the old Arabic and Greek texts were still preserved in some places . Mogal empires who were using mathematics and were taking a less dogmatic approach preserved some of the scientific traditions of the thinking of our universal structures, and it was essentially theological in nature . In India, of course, this Vedic cosmological remained in tact .
The Renaissance period gave a rebirth to science and shunned the early unscientific religious fanatical doctrine. A rethinking of the universal order was formed . Modern geometric systems and euclidean math became the new way of looking at life , so much so , that God was pushed right out the picture, and so was dualism . Scientific materialism was born , meaning the mind and body as a separate unit were discouraged and not taught . The mechanistic Darwinian world had begun, scientific materialism that used math and mechanistic dogma , it placed our stars millions of miles away, and a concept of an infinite space, with no God outside of a universal shell was developed . This was taught in educational systems. If there were a God , some thought, it’s probably an impersonal energy . The idea of a separate mind to matter was written off because the mind could not be measured , and math could not be applied .
Measurements of the distance of planets in a multidimensional space, as spoken about by Lisa Randall, the Harvard Prof, may not be so easy to calculate . The laws of physics are said in the Vedas to operate differently in different parts of the universe, so what is far is near ,what is near is far in a multidimensional universe.
The traditional and ancient cosmological cultures, along with their sciences, should not be so hastily discarded and rubbished or replaced by scientific materialism , which in itself is an uncalibrated dogma . Scientific materialism can not account for a mind but rather believes it to only be simply neurons firing in a mechanistic mathematical brain . These events are all supposedly happening by chance in a chance universe . This mechanistic view could be said to be ludicrously absurd and discards the notion of the intelligence and obvious design in just about everything we see . Also, it ignores the perfect math in nature , where there is perfect mathematics , you can bet your bottom dollar there is a perfect mathematician behind it .
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