I am everywhere and nowhere to be found..

Divinity is a multidimensional personality. He has expanded His energies into the  trillions of universes. But He remains outside of them . He is in His fullness within every  single  atom along with His connections to His whole creation , but also simultaneously lives outside in His fullness  . Thus, within the atoms  are also  trillions of universes and  total  existence .  How can this be ? Once the engineer of this universe came to see Krishna , Krishna servant said Lord Bramha’s arrived , Krishna immediately said, “Which Bramha ? ” Bramha’s puzzlement at why Krishna asked this question was solved , when Krishna brought all the Bramha’s from millions of universes before Him , in the one room He was sitting in , some had thousands of ” heads ” some had less .

The third Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam,  the chapter entitled the fundermental principles of material nature, there is a  discussion on this topic, and one can delve into it the multidimensional personality of Krishna.

The principle of our limited senses are discussed,  for instance we cannot see radio waves or certain frequency of light , we cannot hear certain sound pitches ,and generally we cannot read minds , although some people can .

The inconceivable and simultaneously oneness & difference   of Divinity and His multidimensional existence should be accepted and contemplated , we should understand just how great God is and understand the energies and the energetic source . We, of course, can not expect that our insights and sence perception are the same as everyone’s , some persons have greater insights , and in Bhagavad Gita krishna who has the greatest of insights is telling us about them , our duty is to try to understand the inconceivable nature of Divinity,  who expands his unlimited sweetness are stands before us like an ordinary person .

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Protestant , Catholic , Suni , Shiiat , Zionist , Rabbi , Smarta Brahmana , of a cast system , or a brahmana by  quality .

All the above categories of persons attempts to  understand properly theologies can be properly thought of in context.

Not all men are at the stage of wanting  pure devotional service to the Lord .

Some have devotional attitudes mixed with many other motives , political or personal , which are naturally reflected in the  societies  or specific religions societies adopt.

Birds of feathers flock together. The Vedas  , being extremely broad, can  incorporate all  motivated persons as well as pure persons , put  them into  four categories, and bring relative connections between them all .

The categories are Karma yogis  …jnana yogis  …astanga yogis  and pure Bhakti Yogis ..

Each of those four categories have followings, but such  followers have many subdivisions  that are based on snd according to their progress in disciplines and  an individual abilities to absorb spiritual understanding to greater levels . The ultimate goal is pure dedication and devotion towards Divinity.

In Vedic Culures, the  pure “person Bhagavat”, is  the  personification of the ancient Srimad  Bhagavatam , such a person is in  a Gaudia Vaisnava disciplic succession . Consequently, they are  extremely well versed in the Vedas and take  into account time place and circumstances when it comes to application of the Bhāgavatam . They will be able to give a thorough analysis of all  topics within and relate them to contemporary times .

Krishna says in 7th chapter of Bhagavad Gita..

TEXT 16: O best among the Bhāratas, four kinds of pious men begin to render devotional service unto Me – the distressed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive, and he who is searching for knowledge of the Absolute.

TEXT 17: Of these, the one who is in full knowledge and who is always engaged in pure devotional service is the best. For I am very dear to him, and he is dear to Me.

TEXT 18: All these devotees are undoubtedly magnanimous souls, but he who is situated in knowledge of Me I consider to be just like My own self. Being engaged in My transcendental service, he is sure to attain Me, the highest and most perfect goal

.TEXT 19: After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.

TEXT 20: Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.

It’s absolutely vital to find a pure representative of God , the person Bhagavat . They  can correctly assess someone who claims a purity ….there are many who pose as devotees who are actually demons or  with mixed  personal motives .

Thus,  checks and balances are needed from .  True Gurus , true  saints,  and theological texts that are correctly presented.

The pure teachers, both of a past and the present ,  along with the scriptures consisting of  both the  Sruti and Smriti understandings, will help us .

We should be able to  ,with the help of the above three ,  identify and avoid those that will do us harm.

This is what Krishna tells us in Bhagavad Gita.

Chapter 16, Verse 13-15

The demoniac person thinks: So much wealth do I have today, and I will gain more according to my schemes. So much is mine now, and it will increase in the future, more and more. He is my enemy, and I have killed him; and my other enemy will also be killed. I am the lord of everything, I am the enjoyer, I am perfect, powerful and happy. I am the richest man, surrounded by aristocratic relatives. There is none so powerful and happy as I am. I shall perform sacrifices, I shall give some charity, and thus I shall rejoice. In this way, such persons are deluded by ignorance.

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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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The mystery of Lord Krishna, Mahaprabhu, and  Nityananda and Their ingress into the greater society..

Lord Krishna of course expertly achieves  many purposes by  His activities , that is seen by His activities in Vrndavana, Mathura and Dwarka and also his messages to greater humanity on the battlefield of Kuruksetra in His sacred conversations with Arjuna . Never has there ever been such  conversations that mystically touch upon all subjects of yoga , transcendence, and  the sciences of mind consciousness and matter within spacetime. 

Many traditions,  many approaches , many cultures . In Gaudia Vaisnavism , the Vedas and its broader meanings can easily be incorporated.

But over riding and trancending the multicultural effects of the gradual progressive path as given in theological cultures is the process given bh Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu , that of    hearing , chanting of God’s names and  remembering  the pastimes and activities that God performs , in either Vrndavana,  Dwarka , Mathura , or on the battlefield of  Kuruksetra. Such remembrance constitutes the processes of Bhakti and gives  the promise of giving perfection in spiritual life .

However, some who may not have focus on establishing Krishna consciousness worldwide may not necessarily understand the epistemological and etymological systems of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami or A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

But one thing for sure , as Prabhupada said , you’ll know something by its results .

Thus, the International Society for Krishna consciousness is ever increasing all over the world and as time goes on , and other Gaudia Vaisnava groups are also now spreading the Glorious activities of Mahaprabhu.

Many  of the different aspects of Vedic literatures and their social and political and economic systems will be revived in the near future and understood as fair and progressive. Think tanks will be set up ,and plans set for , not short term , but long-term , 100s of years ahead , will be formulated.

Time , place,  circumstances, and adjusted preaching presentation without losing the essence is what Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja and AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada are all about will be clear .

Following Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu in his conversation with Ramananda Roy , these acaryas understand everything perfectly and know how also to make in roads into society at large in systematic ways , that is the uniqueness of ISKCON.

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Psychological implications…

In a recent post, we discussed the endless series of why questions that will occur whenever we ask why , we were giving the example given by the late and great Richard Feynman , of why Granny slipped on the ice ?, why was she taken to the hospital ? Why did her bone crack ? etc etc .

We might also ask why our minds and bodies act in certain ways , ? and sometimes, it seems beyond our control and certainty that it will also lead to other  endless why questions related to our history and existence and the deepest of all. Why did we leave the association of God ?

Practically speaking, everything is touched upon by  Lord Krishna in His Bhagavad Gita . He describes the  power of mind over matter , in other words, how to control our minds and senses and use them at optimum levels for our benefits .  Krishna also describes the implications of letting them run wild , as well as the scientific connection between mind , matter, and a responsive universe that is always  formulating  future bodies to suit a particular mind and  its actions .

In the 11th canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, there is an illustration of  these principles,  a caterpillar is caught by a wasp ,and is imprisoned by the wasp , the caterpillar is looking out of his prison , and is in deep concentration on the form of his enemy that wants to eat him , so  intense is his meditation , that his bodily structure begins to change , and instead of becoming a butterfly he became a wasp , and escaped his fate .

Rupa Goswami gives the example of deep meditations,  by the example of a  man so engrossed in a play , that when the main character of the play acted out his death , the man engrossed  in watching the play also died .

This scientific phenomenon of the dualism of mind and matter and the implications of the minds’ actions in this life, which lead to any number of future situations next life , should be taken seriously . One should immediately dismiss the Darwinians’ attempts to impose scientific materialism theories in social educational institutions. It’s an irresponsible and unscientific approach to body , mind, and consciousness reality , which all  every ancient cultures taught the reality of , that being the scientific position of dualism.

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The great deceit of naive  promotions of freedoms .

Western societies are subject to and are exposed to  biased information of all kinds , certainly, we live in a world of deceit and hypocrisy . The  freedom agendas of  Western governments is the  popular spin , in reality, though , and its becoming well known , the leaders , because of being in the pockets of liberal business driven oligarchs never really apply governance and compliance for the people’s benefits , rather everything is skewed in the direction of global conglomerates . Unfortunate it is  that 90% of the populations are easily fooled .

The  Darwinian narrative provides us with a good example of how an educational system is teaching a speculative hypothesis as fact based science,  although micro evolution is acceptable and natural ,  macro evolution is not at all scientifically seen , rather something quite different is observed .

Most people do not understand the implications of the fake political agenda‘s , neither do people understand objective science . The Vedic emphasis is  on finding truth , truth is found in the hearts of the genuine intellectual persons , who have knowledge of body ,  mind ,  and consciousness,  such persons work and supervise the work of the Vipras , who are  genuinely independent scholars in varieties of particular feilds.

Putting it in simple terms. one can  not grant freedom to a child , for fear of the child coming to harm , society needs supervision  by the genuine intelligentsia.

So ,  without  philosophical,  scientific and a thorough theological education ,  Einstein  himself thought theological insights give a essential contribution to knowledge , without such wisdom , allowing for an instant libertarian approach and promoting that world veiw , along with  carte blanch freedoms   is  causing  great harm  both singularly and communionally .

The  world is in a terrible state in every way , economically,  environmentally, and socially .

What’s gone wrong , I suggest a naive understanding of freedom  has allowed fools and rascals free reigns , particularly money men , who are addicted to profits  and want more and more , whatever,  although they  don’t know how to properly utilise profits   in beneficial ways .

The Vedic veiw is to teach the regulative principles of freedom,  they are clearly spoken of in the Bhagavad Gita ,  thus Vedic culture puts the intelligentsia is pride of place , they have the responsibility to properly guide . The naive freedom lovers bind people  in perpetual misery and hand the world over  to unscrupulous and dangerous persons who have   insufficient knowledge and are  totally unaware of the outcomes of their actions .

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Vedic cultures , per say, were in one sense quite secular in their approach to societies , the intelligentsia knew of the journey of the souls , that meant differences in everyone’s approach to life and realisations .

An educational and sensible approach to all matters of religion was in operation because not everyone immediately wants to surrender to God , mixed consciousness of material attachment and entanglements are going to be the obvious result of many repeated births and deaths .

It was the responsibility of the government to oversee religion , making sure all religious practices were carried out properly , no speculations or  ” liberalism ” could take place that could  bring misleading philosophical deviation.

In todays world of so called ” democracies ” which have now been infiltrated by global oligarchs , and mass immigration due to exploitation and wars brought about by capitalism that’s out of control , and with no controlling intelligensia , only greater and greater problems will develop.

Ultimately democracy will fail because , a ” Christian ” state will never allow a Muslim majority or a”  Muslim ” state would never allow a ” Christian majority and as we see in Israel the Muslims are a suppressed group and currently killed for trying to fight for their legitimate rights .

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Gu means darkness

Ru mean light

Guru comes in many form .

Generally, Krishna is the first Guru , the guru of the inner heart . In Bhagavad Gita Krishna says He is directing the wonderings of all beings , giving them remembrance and forgetfulness , but He also brings us enlightenment.

He can , if he you so desire , lead you to the many different types of Siksa Gurus , one of which can become  your formal Diksa guru , he alone may be capable to guide you fully or for further advancement on the path of spiritual life , other predominant Siksa Gurus may come into one’s life .

After prolonged association in all humility and service and through especially chanting the Names of God , the many litratures of the param para Gurus will attract the heart ,this is called Sastra sanga , so Sadhu sanga and Sastra sanga are essential. The chanting of the holy names of the Lord and the revelations and lila descriptions are synonymous and are of  the same absolute spiritual nature , realized by one who is extremely humble and who holds no offences in the heart .

The Gaudia Vaisnava traditions and historical records are important to understand,  new fangled methods of self realisation or speculations can hold up our progressive path .

Everything is contained in the works of our asteemed acaryas,  there are many of them , Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja has taken the teachings of the different acaryas and presented all their teachings and history.

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One may wonder what possible connection can there be between Napoleon , Lord Nityananda, and Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami , and the mission of Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada .Srila B.R .Sridhar Swami tells the story.

When Napoleon came to lead the military , he uniquely and  unexpectedly used new and surprising tactics .Generally , military commanders would first attack the weakest points of the opposing army . However, when Napoleon took charge, he immediately attacked the strongest elements of the enemy , this caught the enemy by complete  surprise,  and thus, they retreated from the battle in shock being unfamiliar with such boldness and these types of straightforward tactics.

Similarly , Srila B.R. Swami says that Nityananda prabhu attacks the strongest elements of Maya , those who are the most degraded receive immediate relief . One can say mercy above justice . In doing so , those that are afflicted by Kali yuga and who are feeling the strongest influences are very quickly lifted , and  extraordinary it is that such rescued persons become the teachers of the rest of humanity at large .Sometimes in spiritual consciousness what appears as simple is the most exhalted. Krishna Himself took the position of a chariot driver and Arjuna ordered Him to move the Chariot .Jesus Christ was born in a stable. Many examples within the Vedas can be given in those regards .

Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja demonstrated through his strong preaching that the whole of society is to be challenged. This was another side of Lord Nityananda and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu.   The purposes of both the Gaudia math and ISKCON missions  were to face Kali yuga head on in with strong vigorous argumentations on all fronts . Through science , sociology , religion , politics , the arts , as Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja did . He issued major challenges to the status quo both within spiritual and socio-political circles. Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada followed this boldness in his world preaching.

Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja lived in Calcutta during his preaching efforts of facing down the challenges of contemporary industrialised materialism ,as well as scientific materialism. People would say, “Why don’t you live in the Holy places ,” he responded by saying that he would live where the greatest preaching opportunities were and where he could bring his bold  challenges . As far as Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami was concerned, there was no shortage of anything except Krishna consciousness. He once said if all the books in the British library were to disappear, there would be no loss as long as the Srimad Bhagavatam remained.

We know Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami carried that spirit deep within his heart .  Calling out Darwinian scientists as  cheaters. Who  presented the hypothesis as fact based sciences, and he also  called out  hypocritical political leaders as rascals . Modern-day economics is driving men to work like unthinking asses , AC Bhaktivedanta Swami would say .Preaching means no compromise , but everything should be  explained in a balanced, rational way and logically.

So real Gaudia Vaisnava followers  don’t beat about the bush , but rather challenge those who are rascals and cheaters or who are political hypocrites and who mislead society .

At times, modern spiritual movements lose this spirit and concern themselves with a softer safer approach,  yoga kirtan , temple building, and practically finding no problems with modern economics .  It’s become very popular to teach psychology in one form or another these days and have smiling Gurus. AC Bhaktivedanta Swami and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaj would look very, very stern at times and unleash uncompromising statements and challenges.

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Uncertainty and many possibilities of so-called fact based Darwinian theory

“A group of scientists say they have found new evidence to back up their theory that complex life on Earth may have begun 1.5 billion years earlier than thought.

The team, working in Gabon, say they discovered evidence deep within rocks showing environmental conditions for animal life 2.1 billion years ago.”

The book by Druta Karma and Dr Richard Thompson, called the hidden history of the human race, records many archaeological anomalies. The point is that like Darwinian hypothesis,  there is an awful lot of guessing and uncertainty in the world of archaeology.

According to the Vedas, modern anatomical man has been around for millions of years and it  suggests we should not at all rely on Darwinian speculations when it comes to the history of the human race  or speciation.

The material worlds are constantly fluctuating, and volcanic activity and cyclic movements are  recycling materials , replenishing and renewing the goodness that is consumed by all the creatures who live in their enviroments , not by chance,  but by design .

The supreme engineer,  not only engineering the bodies , but combining nature together so everything depends on something or somebody else .

The Darwinian trying to convince everybody by their speculative meanderings that this all began from a primordial soup  and that somehow it self arranged itself to the tree of life , problems occur when no linear records  in the fossil records are seen , and so Stephen Gould declares ,” no tree of life more like a bush “, or his  further speculations  are called punctuated equilibrium , where species magically spring from another and completely change their bodies .

As time goes on, perfect math perfect  dna codes and intricate design are seen even in the microbial world , giving rise to Michael Behe’s irreducible complexity theory.

Krishna declares in His Bhagavad Gita that He is the knower of all bodies , and one who knows He knows is in knowledge.

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Jul 29, 2024

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