Within the unlimited are the unlimited limited

Within the inconceivable power of the Sun ,  are practically uncountable photons,  particles of  light, incidentally,  light is not made of atoms, everything else in our material universe is .

According to the Vedas, the Sun is a devolved energy from the original spiritual light that the Vedas refer to as the brahman effulgence . Mahavisnu possesses multifarious energies, spiritual light being one of them . Atomic and electro magnetic capacity is drawn from the original source of the Bramajyoti . Scientifically speaking , light can not be destroyed , but can be  obsorbed , if not obsorbed  the light particals will  it carry on existing,  within  universal time , thus the hint of the eternal spiritual light is given .

The Vedas often give analogies to explain various philosophical points , eg., the Sun can be compared to God , and the particles of light of the sun are compared to countless  conscious living beings , who have the same qualities of God  in their pure existence , but not the same quantity of powers or attraction .  Within the unlimited Divinity are the  unlimited “limited’s .”  Sri  Caitanya Mahāprabhu has revealed to  the  world the  truth of the  simultaneously and inconceivably oneness and difference . Individual living beings are expanded  from Divinity . The unlimited expands Himself into the unlimited limited , and thus , in spiritual math , one plus one equals  one , one minus one equals one . Srila Jiva Goswami , in his Tattva Sandarbha, says that Divinity has made the impossible possible.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given us this understanding of the inconceivable and simultaneous one and difference between Himself and His part and parcels . This is the  explanation of the origins of all particles of consciousness,  or souls . The eternals come from the eternal, and there is no limit to the eternal’s . In that way, it’s understood that there has never been a time when we or God did not exist. Some souls are manifestly active , and some dormant , ready to be expanded.

It is concluded by great Vaisnava philosophically minded thinkers that an over emphasise of the oneness,  or an over emphasise of the difference, are both unsound philosophical positions . The truths about God and the souls or particles of consciousness are revealed by Mahāprabhu and explained perfectly by Srila Jiva Goswami in his Tattva Sandarbha drawing  such truth from the Srimad Bhagavatam the natural commentary of the Vedanta Sutras.

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How do you know and identify absolute truth

What is absolute truth ?

An absolute truth remains a  truth at all times. It relates to all things , in all places and to all conscious beings at all times , and in every circumstance . It also  interelates with countless and unlimited relative truths . Absolute truth can never  change. Its position is eternally  a fact .

Of course in todays social media society , it becomes more and more difficult to find any objective truths , and everyone is being  bombarded with subjective and  relative opinions , often presented as being objective facts to various gullible members of the  public , or on various media webb sites .

The BBC are also dishonest, and  when John Simpson , their foreign affairs editor, proudly says the BBC never spin anything , that very statement is spin .  What’s good for the goose? May not be so good for the gander .

Truth is infinite and unlimited, and the limited may know something of the unlimited by the unlimited mercy of the unlimited on the limited , thus, the absolute truth can be accessible to any of its unlimited portions .

Krishna says if you want to know the truth , one must  approach a bone fide spiritual master , who has insight into absolute truths .  The Vedic cultures have always  recognised  the trancendental spiritual teachers , whose lives are dedicated to Divinity and the absolute truth. They  are those who are  able to speak purely and directly from the Scripture but who have  realized knowledge by the grace of the absolute,  its they who can give us access and  insights to various aspects  of the absolute and without  duplicity based on relative selfish interests .

Political truths and philosophical  variable truths may be another matter and can  be regarded as relative truths . If they are actually truths and expounded by those who live in the mode of goodness and truthfulness,  they will ring true to the truthful.

Those who want to be cheated will always find cheaters .

A .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada would say this world is for the cheaters and the cheated .

Ultimately, if one takes shelter of absolute truth, one is going to instinctively know when truth is before us  . Divinity within the heart directly inspires the truthful,  and the truth can always be corroborated by other saints as well as the theological texts passed down from any of the four sampradayas and their disciplic successions .

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The vedic multidimensional universe , the  cosmic pie of a  higher , middle, and lower planetary systems , are  unobserved by conditioned senses made of matter

Aug 8th, 2023

What Is Dark Energy?…..

” More is unknown than is known. We know how much dark energy there is because we know how it affects the universe’s expansion. Other than that, it is a complete mystery. But it is an important mystery. It turns out that roughly 68% of the universe is dark energy. Dark matter makes up about 27%. The rest – everything on Earth, everything ever observed with all of our instruments, all normal matter – adds up to less than 5% of the universe. Come to think of it, maybe it shouldn’t be called “normal” matter at all, since it is such a small fraction of the universe.”

Every species of life with a particular set of senses takes thd world in  differently . Even human beings see , think , feel, and will in individual subjective ways , although the same objective world sits before us all . The  artist can  see incredible details  in nature or take on a certain philosophical leaning which they represent in their arts of all kinds .  The  hawk flying high in the air , has incredible detailed vision with which to locate  prey below , the owls eyes are able to see in the darkness of night , the dogs hear high pitch sound , and whales can percieve low sounds undetected by our ears . Light itself has many frequencies , undetected by some but detected by others , sometimes with the aid of a machine.

The vedas speak of the fourteen planetary systems within our universe,  along with 400,000 different human like beings whose bodies and senses are designed for certain atmospheric conditions that operate in different time zones. Our 12 hours are equivalent to their 6 months , and in the case of Lord Bramha , his 12 hours are equivalent to our 4.5 billion years . Such multidimensional universes can not necessarily be observed by those with earthly senses , as much as humans themselves have different degrees of intellectual and sensual awareness . They differ drastically from one another and , of course, from the other species. So we can safely say the  fourteen planetary systems can be considered parallel planes unobserved by humans , at least, that is the general rule .

Yogis with mystic power , are said in the Vedas to be able to transport themselves in their subtle bodies to other parts of the universe and interchange existences .

Marie Currie, the Nobel prize winner for her work on x rays , carried out many experiments with telepathy and knew of the realistic states of a subtle a  existence.

The Harvard Prof Lisa Randall has written many papers and books on multidimensional space time existence and the many possibilities of existence that  she calls branes , as in being part of the membrane of greater planes of dimensions.

Yoga means to understand the dualism of life , mind , matter and consciousness , things that Plato and Socrates spoke about , although Democritus held the modern scientific materialism veiw .

The Vedas dismiss the idea of chance events in a universe  caused by  the somewhat ludicrous suggestion that the big bang originated from another aspect of an atomic realm , that somehow gave birth to countless atoms ,  that make up the elements, and compounds we see in the classical physical plane of our experience . Those following scientific materialism postulate that everything observed is because of another  chance event , meaning  the neurons firing by chance  in the brain that supposedly causes consciousness . Such is the speculative explanations  of atheistic persons in their analysis of life , which is greatly helped along by the education system and the guesses of the   Darwinian hypothesis  that are taught as practically fact based science.

The society of the cheaters and the cheated

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The great identity problem..

Many times, you’ll hear someone say ,” I can identify with that “

But who or what should we identify with ?  Our childhood, our youth , our middle age , or old age ?  Or how about our political leanings  ?  Which  political movement  suits us  ? left leaning,  right leaning, or centre ground ? Persons are forever  changing who or what they identify with . Sometimes someone is our friend sometimes the same  person becomes our enemy , sometimes someone is very attractive as a partner to us , and a short time  later we reject them , and find someone else . The Vedas indicate that the minds   business is forever accepting and rejecting the sense objects . This world of ever fluctuating duality has to be understood , and the real observer should learn to advance the consciousness to a state beyond the duality of material life . When we examine the disturbances of dualities  , we  begin to realise such states  occur because of excess and our own  selfish motivations , we , at that point  can climb higher in consciousness and begin to contribute real  happiness to others , without  selfish calculations .  Ultimately, it is undertaking  sacrifice as the utmost principle in contributing  happiness centred on  Divinity that the Vedas point us all to , no more local or provincial interests , but the satisfaction of Krishna . Such actions are like watering a tree , necessarily all the leaves are satisfied. Sacrificing for the  sake of others without considering my own feelings is an elevated state .  You’ll be pleased to hear such a sacrifice becomes very rewarding as the universal material and spiritual energies work in such a way that nothing goes in vain .

The Vedas encourages us to dive deeper into states of consciousness and explore a different sorts  of happiness , a happier  state of mind , beyond  sense satisfaction that even animals can easily obtain . The Vedas encourages us to consider whether we are boy , a  girl , young , old , black , white , rich, poor, intelligent, or not so  , or are we just an  observer of such external conditions that are thrown upon us? And are we becoming overly  affected , because of selfishness and misunderstanding who we are .

Let’s see what Sastra say .

nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro
nāhaṁ varṇī na ca gṛha-patir no vanastho yatir vā
kintu prodyan-nikhila-paramānanda-pūrnāmṛtābdher
gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ

Translation

“ ‘I am not a brāhmaṇa, I am not a kṣatriya, I am not a vaiśya or a śūdra. Nor am I a brahmacārī, a householder, a vānaprastha or a sannyāsī. I identify Myself only as the servant of the servant of the servant of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the maintainer of the gopīs. He is like an ocean of nectar, and He is the cause of universal transcendental bliss. He is always existing with brilliance.’ ”

This verse , with Vedic terms for our  different social positions and stages of life , offers an insight into the permanent identity of a soul in a  specific relationship with Divinity , This may be a little esoteric for many to understand,  but the principle is given , you are not the body , not the changing mind , not a  deteriating and frustrated intelligence , but something beyond material calculations , and this super subjective realm is understood by sacrifice,  and the ultimate sacrifice is one of pure service to Divinity , in a  cooperative spirit , with others who have similar goals. 

The Vedas delineate many other permanent relationships that have nothing to do with atoms , elements, or compounds or an ethereal ever-changing mind and intelligence.

The original consciousness belongs in a permanent identity, which is ever new and ever enthusiastic to exchange love and as the song goes

Somewhere over the rainbow

Way up high

There’s a land that I heard of

Once in a lullaby

Maybe your fairy tale child hood imaginings have something to them

Read the Vedas to find out yourself,  literally.

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Some people have romantic idealistic concepts that society can live as one .

In spiritual terms, maybe , when by cultivating spiritual consciousness, one is able to see that consciousness particals are in each body , the very substance of life , and in that sense all equally loved and reciprocated to by God .

But materially speaking , individuals have always expressed differently and lived differently , both individually and  in  communial  ways, expressing  their unique national cultural ways of life, which can be seen to be one and different.

In the vedas 5th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam,  the activities of King Prtu give the  description of the natural creation of  boundaries, such as oceans , rivers, and mountain ranges. Although harmony can be achieved within mankind it must be understood as being based on  their differences , which sometimes have complex social and karmic differences , nevertheless , all societies should be respected and understood with  mature and intelligent ways .

The concept of  harmony in discord is only realised in the minds of those who are learned who are aware of the   consciousness of Divinity within their hearts and in the hearts of all living beings. They who have evolved love for Divinity and as such , all beings , seeing  that everything and everyone is  connected to God . Knowledge means knowing  all are  His expansions , such divine inspiration creates the inconceivable oneness and difference vision in  our relationship with Him and all beings .

The vipras , Brahminical men, and Suddha Bhaktas know this very well  and realise it . By their association , we can also know and realise this truth .

It is never found in any  political leaders , who we could  safely say are mostly lacking in real wisdom, and are sometimes  fools and rascals , so they must always  take direction from the real intelligensia as described above .

The original Varna Ashram system is a wonderful sharing and educational resource for all , it is meant to instigate social mobility and give everyone the chance of good association and beneficial learning .

That is part of the remit of ISKCON,  to introduce this reality to people in general

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False freedom binds one

May 25th, 2024

Vedic culture means following traditions and the highest of cultures every field of education including the arts . Its emphasis is to  follow great men and women , with proven qualities set out in the Vedas , such inspiration and the best of human qualities automatically benefit the rest of society , by good associations one becomes a good and wholesome person , by bad associations one becomes troubled , thus rascals were never allowed free reign , as today , especially on social media and within governments as business leaders .

Modern Western, lefty liberal , literally means follow your own mind and senses ,and get every one to do the same ,  with no real sense  of cultivation of consciousness or conserving traditions of culture and family .  In  the course of time   the essence of knowledge has been lost , and the truth always needs reserecting messages because it gets in time replaced by speculations and subjective scientific materialism .  Such is the nature of material conditioned nature along with an  independent free will  .

Persons who follow false “freedoms ” and speculations will find the opposite of what they are looking for , which is perfect loving relationships , but granted, there are 8,4000000 species of life , so plenty of facilities for expression in countless bodies , and how people want to lead their lives , those likings are found in other species , and Bhagavad Gita teaches wherever your taste , an appropriate body awaits.

A human form gives one a chance for freedoms beyond one’s comprehension . it’s our responsibility as humans to know just what those freedoms are .

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What happened to the beautiful dawn chorus

Dawn chorus just isn’t what it used to be.

In Vedic times , the leaders were respectful towards all living beings. They had equal responsibility towards every one and every creature that lived ,  and under the direction of  a  wise council of persons who were knowledgeable about consciousness , they knew that the  consciousness  present meant that the living being  was a soul in a particular body for particular reasons , and should be regarded equal to humans , in terms of their rights of existence.

Unfortunately, we can not say our current leaders are at all wise or  knowledgeable about many things , especially about consciousness . Most of them are either Darwinians or have no spiritual scientific understanding of consciousness , and foolishly assume only humans are really conscious or have souls .

Their  ignorance is reflected in the way they ruthlessly treat the environment and the creatures that live within it , whether  it be the sky , land, or the sea .

Here is an example of their callousness.

The following lists percentage of  declines of some bird species recorded in the Common Bird Census between 1970 and 1999 , todays figures would be considerably more alarming.

Tree sparrow  -95 per cent…. Corn bunting  -88 per cent…. Willow tit  -78 per cent ….Spotted flycatcher -77 per cent ….Woodcock  -74 per cent…. Starling  -71 per cent …..Turtle dove  -71 per cent ….Song thrush  -56 per cent….. Bullfinch  -53 per cent ….. Skylark  -52 per cent…. Cuckoo  -33 per cent

Bhagavad Gita 16.9.

Lord Krishna tells us  how to recognise the work of those with demoniac  mentality, or who dwell in ignorance.

…”.the demons, lost to themselves, and with no real intelligence, engage in unbeneficial ,horrible works meant to destroy the world.”

Jesus said You’ll know people by their works .

It’s time to select leaders who are led by the real intelligensia and bypass politicians who, at  most are sophisticated animals with absolutely no wisdom in real terms , who only take guidance from exploitative money men , and discard wise council.

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BRAHMINISM AND BEYOND ..fools rush in where angels dare to tread.

Jan 13th, 2024

How it is that a highly cultured controlled person, both in ethical , moral , religious beliefs and perfect behaviour, can step beyond such  restrictions and at least internally appear to breach such standards . This is certainly a mystery to many .

Yet ,  the esoteric aspects of the Smriti of the Vedas and in the hearts of  their most spiritually advanced followers, you’ll find indeed many contradictions of  supposed expectations of internal behaviour.

This needs thorough examination and understanding.

The trancendental mysteries can be found perhaps in the hearts of some of the residents of Vraja and in the hearts of the pure representatives of the Gaudia Bramha sampradaya.

And actually, in the heart of the Goddess of fortune Laxmi , who developed the desire to enter this mystery.

Such mysteries are never understood cheaply , thus the top quality Vaisnava is described.

titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ

suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām

ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ

sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ

The symptoms of a sādhu are that he is tolerant, merciful and friendly to all living entities. He has no enemies, he is peaceful, he abides by the scriptures, and all his characteristics are sublime.

Two other verses in the Caitanya Caritamrita describe how a male devotee should not look upon a lady in lusty ways, and should strictly avoid over association of any kind , but another verse states that by hearing about the activities of the lovers of Krishna,  the Gopies,  all the lust in the heart for mundane lust will be eradicated  .

The great poet Jayadeva Goswami in his Gita Govinda text , wishes that his super esoteric work will purity the hearts of all who read them .

Such are the trancendental and  mysterious contradictions that are found in the Vedas , but Srila Sridhar Swami warns fools rush in where angels dare to tread , thus Rupa Goswami has chalked a path of Sadhana Bhakti and Ragganuga Bhakti , and the Siksa or Diksa Guru will guide one .Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu sets the example,  He has three Gurus , Initiating Guru , sannyasa Guru, and a Siksa Guru for the esoteric aspects of Ragganuga Bhakti. We should follow his example of finding appropriate Gurus for our particular station and situation.

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Some atheistic  Darwinian scientific thinkers are using computer statistical analysis with mathematical modelling , along with their subjective  speculations , and  are stating that given enough time, chemicals can  self assemble in organised selection methods One scientist gave a comparison of a tumble dryer , just throwing things  around , until magically creating perfect chemical bonds and perfect molecular structures . Such scientific thinkers , who are not  particularly educated in computer modelling or statistical mathematics are fooling  some of the innocent public by using  their speculative calculations and even suggest chemical sequencing  are the ultimate source of consciousness and the  constructions of all the millions of body parts . Basically, they are assuming that DNA coding and the perfect information structures forming protein machines that supervise the way the body is built,  are just chance events,  but that keep repeating themselves.

One might presume they are saying a million monkeys on a million typewriters for a million years will produce by chance a replica of one of Shakespeares plays . Problem is the word “might ”  in the Darwinian example  , has been deliberately “upgraded ” ,  by rascals , to  “ it is now more or less proved  such self selection is happening  we see it happening ” in our mathematical modelling , “ self selection and biological evolution is now a reality .” NO NEED OF ANY INTELLIGENT FORSIGHT or God .

FURTHER , recent experiments were carried out , taking a string of already existing RNA and slicing it in three , and adding already existing parts of RNA , and trying to get this to self replicate , they managed a 1 % purity level , instead of natures 100% purity level , that enables self replicating to take place , Such 1% purity is no substitute for the so called primordial soup or abiogenisis. . Everything must be 100%  pure or molecular structures ,  break up .

What they don’t tell you is that its wishful thinking based on faulty computer mathematical modelling and statistics calculations that are unrealistic.

It’s only mathematical statistical experts and computer modellers that can easily see the inaccuracies of the work of such atheistic speculations of these Darwinian profs . AND it fools only those not familiar with statistics, mathematics, and computer modelling. or biological and chemical engineering.

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His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has made an attempt to use the educational systems of the Vedas and create a  world  free from the  ignorance of scientific materialism and all it brings. In his forming ISKCON,  along with other Gaudia Vaisnava societies, the idea is that  everyone can live in a harmonized atmospher where differences are respected and facilities that everyone needs , including the creatures of the earth  can be easily obtained. This vision is based on the Srimad Bhagavatam,  Bhagavad Gita, as well as the eighteen puranas that  bring systematic education and guidance . That allows for the specific needs of a ” multicultural ” society.

Some people may openly criticize ISKCON, or Gaudia Vaisnava societies  , such immature thinkers probably dont understand the significance of their  work and the  long-term vision. When initially creating  families naturally also problems can be created  that’s to be expected especially young families.  Every family has to face problems and learn to deal with them and learn from them .  Critical Vaisnava thinking , management, and governance along with compliance is  essential in family units and  obviously so in  huge ISKCON of Gaudia families, Within every  decent family frank discussions are sometimes needed and on going with  improvements .

We can naturally understand that in creating the great  worldwide family of ISKCON for instance,  in such  unprecedented ways , and with such  unprecedented preaching  all over the world , the ongoing management of  risks and difficulties with such a   ginormous family will remain with us ,  always  having to be addressed , as any  large organisations are constantly having to do . Social problems are certainly not unique to ISKCON or any Gaudia Vaisnava group . However, bringing the greatest benefits of the knowledge of Krishna consciousness  to the world  is a  matter of urgency .

Traditional ashrams  or religious cultures , generally have  women and men within their own settings .The Nuns and Monks live separately all over the world . Family life was  absent, and interactions with society were  limited.

In creating ISKCON Srila AC, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada had the vision that the whole world should be  given the opportunity to practice Krishna consciousness .  In every Varna and every Ashram , and so doing  ISKCON and Prabhupada have successfully brought Krishna consciousness opportunities to one and all in very practical ways.

If Prabhupada had created traditional Ashram systems , many aspects of society would not have been included in the cultivation of Krishna consciousness. Currently, it’s seen that ISKCON is permeating everywhere, and its influences are growing in all varnas and ashrams.

Earlier days  in ISKCON were very blissfully and revolutionary  but particularly difficult in many respects . Young inexperienced leaders had a lot of responsibilities , and many failed.  Consequences of failure can be problematic . There is no excuse for irresponsible and harmful behaviour,  but we can not assume a utopian dream that all is rosey as soon as someone walks into an Ashram . Risks were there, and we now manage them a lot better , as do all  religious institutions as well as other types of institutions.

Certainly, Prabhupada, through his preaching method, has opened up the whole world , every single aspect of society can now access  a Krishna consciousness experience, and the success of  his mission is astounding.

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