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  • Finely tuned , to say the least.

    Oct 4th, 2024

    When Sir Fred Hoyle said that the universe is too finely tuned to be a cataclysmic chance event . The atoms , elements , compounds, and molecular structures require exact combinations of protons in the atomic structures , which cause and set the various elements for the construction of the universe . Earth , for instance , for  the structures for lifeforms requires a great deal of carbon , and  Sir Fred thought  it a mystery that this all important element should be ” by chance ” in place  in such huge quantities.  “Someone has monkeyed with our universe,” he famously said, so the right and perfect balance of elements came to be  in place to support life , it’s all just too perfect “

    Actually , in Vedic terms , the universe is finely tuned beyond any Western scientists’ comprehension .  Never mind the physical universe , which includes our bodies and, of course, our minds , which incidentally  it should be noted that the scientific community is absolutely clueless about .

    The Vedas clearly explains that our next body is already beginning to form ,  from the subtle ethereal electricity of our minds desires and  activities . The  universal energies are , according to Vedic Scientific studies , that  parallel , quantum physics  , akin to  the work of Bohr and Schrödinger ,and the  conclusions  of the Copenhagen agreement , that indicate the universe is responsive. The Vedas agree ,  material actions subtle and gross or  a spiritual consciousness , in the case of a Krishna consciousness person ,  who due to  the  practice of  hearing about Krishna , Radharani and the spiritual world , completely change destiny , and enter a spiritual abode . Srila Visvanatha Cakravati , a famous Vedic scholar,  speaks of a mentally conceived spiritual body . This can bd obtained through the purification of the Holy names , as given by Mahaprabhu , alongside  deep remberance and an even deeper meditation based on the revelations of a spiritual world . This is revealed by the works of our acaryas .  Rupa , Ragganath , Jayadeva Goswami,  Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur,  to name but a few .

    In fact Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur says we have two bodies,  the one we are  currently in and the one that is forming , either spiritual or another material body . So the universal and spiritual affairs , and its reponsive possibilities , that are automatically tuned to consciousness develop , all this is  beyond our  comprehension . Perhaps our modern AI technology might hint at instant response systems . Your phone immediately understands your wants and desires,  with its built-in algorithms at  work .So the trancendental algorithms and the super subjective algorithms of the spiritual universal order can be logged into .

    Niels Bohr , Schrödinger ,Teller or  Feynman, and Einstein would  probably not deny these types  of information exchanges and the reformation of the material and spiritual energy.

    http://www.thevedicspectator.com

  • Varna Ashram, the byproduct of Mahaprabhu’s sankirtana movement.

    Oct 3rd, 2024

    Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja told AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada , when AC Bhaktivedanta Swami was a young man , at their first meeting,  that Mahaprabhu’s movement waits for nothing , its  far too an important need in society, because of the widespread lack of Krishna consciousness.

    In some circles,  and there is some truth to it , the establishment of duties ,piety ,morals ethics and proper leadership , along with perfect geopolitical  affairs and and first class governance compliance and risk assessments must be in place to elevate peoples consciousness ,  then people  will take to Krishna consciousness,  due to piety,  that may well  be for the long term established preservation of culture.

    But in reality, it was the Sri Caitanya movement ,  the Sankirtana movement that AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada brought to the world , and  the immediate purification of a heavily conditioned consciousness that took place first in 1968  in USA among his sincere early following,  and that  is still reverberating world wide , such is the immediate effects of Chanting God’s names , The Maha Mantra , even Krishna becomes stunned by hearing Radharani,s name and Radharani becomes stunned at hearing Krishna’s name , what to speak of the effects on the most lowly consciousness,  which Mahaprabhu is instigating worldwide.

    So first the Holy names ,  then once one thing is known,  everything is known and the Vedic Varna Ashram system will be gradually be  understood and properly communicated and will take its  effect , and everyone will understand its multicultural and widespread applications , within their own countries

  • In the absolute world, a wrong is right, and a right is wrong.

    Oct 2nd, 2024

    Does Divinity get things wrong or read situations wrong ? Does he break His word or tell untruths ?

    These are interesting considerations , Professor Suthers in the early 1920s came to see Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja,  and told that ” Your Krishna is highly immoral ” , Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati immediately retorted,  “Krishna exhibited the highest morality.”

    On the battlefield of Kuruksetra, Krishna instructed Yudhisthira to lie , Krishna also broke His word and began to fight in the battle for a short while .

    Krishna quite often reads Srimati Radharani s moods incorrectly and is banished from the trysting grounds, and lamenting seeks the help of Radharani s friends so as  to appease Radharani , and regain Her favour .

    So it’s curious that in the absolute world, the absolute good can appear to be wrong or act wrongly .

    Ultimately of course these mysteries are explained by the Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas in their teachings , and we should know we can  never imitate the activities of Divinity or the great teachers , our insights are considerably less , and , of course Divinity or Krishna is the Supreme Autocrate. Who can do no wrong .

    The mysteries deepen when the Damsels of Vrndavana are quite right to act wrongly,  and other moralists are quite wrong to act correctly when it comes to as the highest Rasa exchanges,  Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati pointed out to Prof. Suthers.

    http://www.thevedicspectator.com

  • What is sin ?

    Oct 1st, 2024

    Taking something from this material world that is legitimately allotted to you by nature and  your karmic synchronicities and according to your social station in life , is not sinful but will be entangleing .

    Thus, in Vedic culture, whatever you naturally  acquire  has been  alloted  to you by fate is perfectly fine . However the Vedasc says a certain portion should be offered back to Divinity or His agents as the best of sacrifice , because saints always  know how best use resources or one could give in charitable acts , and in that way  actions become less entangleing and are either elevating , if you give to saints , or materially beneficial if given in charity . Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita,  one who sees action in inaction and inaction in action is in knowledge , and everyone should unpack the mysterious nature of that statement.

    Sin is defined , when someone encroaches  on others’ territories or  exploits other persons  for selfish reasons , that will cause harm in  many ways . Sin always goes  against morality , ethics, and in most cases of truely civilised society , the law . Sin always  causes all sorts of  pain to the others . One should know any physical or emotional pain one inflicts will be  alloted back to the perpetrator and with interest.

    Also, according to ones station in life , and the specific duties associated with it , comes different calculations of degrees of sin , an educated man in places of social responsibility ,  or a leader  has to pay a heavy price if he or she performs the wrong actions .  The example of a state leader issuing orders for war comes to mind , if women and children are killed or the whole basis of the war is based against the natural moral and international laws , the leader and his country will pay the price as well as the people who gave him power .

    Thus, it behoves everyone to understand how to carefully act in this life ,and ultimately how to raise one’s consciousness and awareness.

    This great science of action reactions and the systematic universal responses are discussed fully in Bhagavad Gita.

    http://www.thevedicspectator.com

  • Tumultuous ocean of spiritual emotions..

    Sep 30th, 2024

    Vibhavas are the stimulants of emotions, anubhavas the physical responses that go with these emotional responses and vyabhichari bhavas are transitory emotions.

    The trancendental personal realm of Divinity and the Supreme Goddess of fortune , who are described in the essence of the Vedic writing ,  the Sruti and Smriti , and are known as Radha Krishna , both of them live in a realm where emotions and feelings have no limits and are felt like the rising and falling of huge waves in a constantly churning tumultuous ocean of union and seperation,  both of which provide increasing bliss .

    In trying to describe this trancendental ocean of spiritual emotions felt in one’s original spiritual body , and which , as the Bible says , man is made in the image of God , so spiritual existence is not an impersonal void , but rather a land of unlimited emotions and beauty,  we all love emotions , they are a reflection of spirituality , in trying to describe the indescribable,  Rupa Goswami has borrowed  from Bharat Muni and his Natya sastra .

    Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has specifically appeared in Kali yuga , the current age ,  to reveal and explain His teachings to His direct followers,  this great trancendental tumultuous ocean of spiritual emotions and the beauty therein.

    It behoves every one of us to chase down these gems of wisdom that Mahāprabhu is revealing and distributing . The trancendental emotions are like diamonds,  the material emotions of family , friends , and bank balance are tiny ripples in a material temporary ocean that end up as a stagnant pond at death .

    One  should cultivate , through the processes recommended by the Goswamis of Vrndavana ones sthya bhava ,
    ones original attraction. Vibhavas are  described as the stimulus of trancendental emotion , by smaranam and intense meditation , through hearing and study of the works of The Goswamis and their following,  the trancendental world is brought to life , anubhava , are the physical or spiritual responses to such stimulus,  vyabhicari bhava , are the rising and falling of lesser spiritual emotions. Such as ..

    Sneha… lit heart
    Mana ..sulky anger
    Pranaya ..oneness
    Raga ..critical blame
    Anugaga …newer and newer

    Systematic progressive meditations

    From
    Smarana..slight seeking
    Dharana ..holding trancendental forms in the heart
    Dhyana  holdings specific  lilas in the heart .
    Dhruvasmrti specific  uninterrupted lila .

    Such is the nature of the writings of the Vedas and their supplementary litratures.

  • You can’t “moralize” your way out the material worlds.

    Sep 27th, 2024

    Ultimately, sets of morals and ethics could be said to be like yogic practices ,  like a voluntary control of a mind and senses , for the benefit of others and one’s own self  mental well-being . It can be seen as  commitments to a higher cause , other than animalistic uncontrolled exploitation  for one’s own gratification .

    The uncontrolled mind and senses are actually a great danger to us , warnings are  discussed elaborately in the Bhagavad Gita by Lord Krishna who says our minds that cause actions can be our greatest friend or our worse enemy. Although , in Western cultures, we are repeatedly given the narrative  story after story to accept  libertarianism as a great device for real freedom. Western litratures and arts bring this idea to the forefront of everything.  “Take your mind and senses,  and do what you will …freedoms to do what you like , is a  great  happiness ,don’t let anyone or anything bring any form of  suppression ”

    The Vedas give an entirely different picture of freedom. Freedom from the material mind and material senses and an aquiring of a spiritual mind and senses.  When you put iron in fire, it acts like fire .  Ultimately, to gain association with Divinity and regain our spiritual identity, one has to learn to love God and understand His qualities and become familiar with His form and activities along with all His associates. The platform of yogic practices, as well as  morals and ethics, are an essential step in freedom from the dictates of our conditioned nature .However,  one automatically experiences a higher taste in a spiritual dimension , so lower tastes are automatically discarded .Bhagavad Gita discusses that path .Divinities association along with His associates , is so trancendentally intoxicating , and with grace and humility one can  be fortunate to receive it ,  but not if we are proud of our morals,  ethics and learning without God , or if we  consider rather proudly,  Divinity owes His love and reciprocation to us because of our practices .  All pride has to go . If one feels himself low and unworthy , the highest consciousness of Divinity is attracted because in love, there is dependency.

    So , cut glass or diamonds?

    When one has a liking for diamonds, the cut glass is automatically discarded. By Chanting the names of Divinity in a humbled spirit, one can begin to enter the Pastimes and activities of the Lord .

    http://www.thevedicspectator.com

  • The general principles of Varna Ashram

    Sep 27th, 2024

    One of the main purposes of the Vedic Varna Ashram system was to, in simple terms, make sure the right persons with the right qualities were to do  the right occupation and that would benefit all of the society . Such is the natural and systematic social sciences that are already in place , there is no shortage of fitting persons only  ignorance of who should be doing what . The beauty and benefits of the Vedic social systems that naturally occur in mankind and  that Krishna has engineered purposely and its re-establishment is one of the prime purposes of ISKCON.

    The importance of identifying the correct person is imperitive,  if an electrical engineer were to tinker around with the neurons in your brain , or a plumber were to look into solving your bladder problems,  that would be absurd.

    Similarly, the Vedic systems find it absolutely unacceptable that the business class , today’s globalists , with the help of supposed administrative classes the political classes,  who are  claiming to represent the interests of humanity , but  silence the intelligentsia in the form of independent scholars who have  no particular political affiliations but who have the intelligence to call out fraudulent leaders and business leaders.

    The business classes, unfortunately, run the  media platforms and TV channels , and they have selective  guests who think like they do  or paid to do so .Modern media avoid airing the views of an independent intelligensia. The journalists today are all paid servants of the Globalists’ opinions  , this is all too clear. Thus, where can a truth be found  one might ask oneself ?

    Scholars in various fields have been  silenced  a kind of cancel culture. The  Vedic Brahminical class, who are also self realised theologians and scholarly philosophers , can very easily see through the plans of the persons who like to live and promote sophisticated animalism

    Out of control business persons,  with  great dreams and assumptions of  creating global wealth and good fortune for the world are simply based on misrepresented and hyped up trickle down economics , which in reality turn out , the way the world looks right now , most in poverty and the planet polluted with important forests cut down and destroyed , thei former inhabitants,  the animals and birds with nowhere to go .

    The Vedic cultures look entirely differently, with the emphasis on localised economics and national economics. This was based on the development of smaller economies, but working in synthesises,  thus creating a network for the benefit and interactions of everyone.  The administrative political class would see that everyone had fair dealing ,  compliance, and governance  which was strict in order  to avoid the risks of imbalance and encroachments,  but a balance of free market economics was also kept  in place .

    Currently  this  out of balance world  is legislated with light touch compliance and overly complex rules , giving wriggle room for crooks and cheating .

    Commodities and currency markets are a hive of insider information and curruption. Extremely rich people take advantage of getting even richer , and  then use their ill gotten gains unwisely,  creating further disruption in the world.

    The Vedic systems are predicted to return into society and a  re-education, and a new awareness will develop. People will wise up, and the real intelligentsia will return to stabalise and put society straight.

    http://www.thevedicspectator.com

  • The wondering consciousness,  the responsive universe, and a species to fit .

    Sep 24th, 2024

    Although Christian cultures for some unscientific reasons reject not only reincarnation but also surprisingly and although completely lacking any objective scientific observations that are readily observable, they somehow come to the conclusion that animals , birds ,insects or fish or anything that moves , does not have a soul , or consciousness like ours , and humans that do , get one throw of the dice , heaven or hell forever,  a curious state of affairs.

    Einstein himself said religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame.

    The great man had a  wondrously succinct way of putting things .

    The Vedas contains much science, and in particular the science of consciousness , and a consciousness that has not come about by a make up of  combinations of atoms ,elements compounds and molecules ,  but rather that  all matter comes into existence,  because of the need of consciousness.

    So the Vedas has a completely different way of looking at matter , and Bohr,  Schrödinger , Feynman , Einstein, and Teller would understand why the Vedas says that,  indeed many physicists will also be sympathetic to the Vedas .

    Within the universal arrangements and the universal machine that is  connecting  consciousness to matter , via ethereal substances , i.e., mind and intelligence,  the symptoms of  which are  thinking  ,feeling , and willing . Vedas says there are many blueprints , many  information exchanges taking place , and self selections to  arrange suitability of one’s consciousness for a particular type of body , stemming from its baggage of karmic synchronicity.

    If we examine wildlife and the bodily machines along with their various psychological makeup , we could probably catch ourselves matching particular people we might know to particular bodies , and not just humans

    This incomprehensible machine of the responsive universe ,  serving up the  perfection of judicially served outcomes, is what the Vedas say is going on perpetually, but at any time , knowledge of a permanent stable and every increasing blissful life could be aquired , the super subjective plane of Divinity and the Supreme Goddess of fortune.

  • Secret, more secret, most secret.

    Sep 22nd, 2024

    Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur , one of the great writers in the Vedic tradition,  who has  greatly elaborated the 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam  , has written in his Bhagavad Gita commentaries of something ….secret , more secret and most secret.

    In Bhagavad Gita Krishna also  speaks of the secret of all secrets .

    What is meant by this ?

    One who lives in material consciousness is shrouded by his own subjective mind , one’s self made impressions,  and if we understand reincarnation,  that’s an awful lot of baggage or burdens one has to continually carry , that’s the Vedic opinion, you are what you are , and its complicated and its our doing .

    So , Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur is highlighting how one could understand three types of secrets , how we may know something that’s confidential , in fact , another way  of  expressing  secret,  is in  AC Bhaktivedanta Swami writings , confidential,  more confidential and most confidential.

    The first secret that one may have the good fortune to realise is , one is not a body ,but the consciousness within the body , along with this secret , comes a clear understanding of just exactly how our machines of our bodies are conditioned , and how we can become free from these conditionings , and we can also see how others are conditioned , to one extent or another.

    The second secret is to know and understand Divinity in His various unlimited forms and how one can communicate and approach Him accordingly.

    The third secret and the most confidential, or  the most secret , is to enter personally,  into the relationships that Divinity is experiencing and feeling with His most confidential and intimate family ,friends and lovers , this takes place under the tutelage and  in the services of the Supreme Goddess of fortune Srimati Radharani.

    http://www.thevedicspectator.com.

  • The impossible becoming possible

    Sep 21st, 2024

    In Srila Jiva Goswami Tattva Sandarbha, text no 43 , Jiva Goswami tells how the impossible becomes possible .

    How the Tattva of Divinity being simultaneously one and different from His parts and parcels is played out .

    The trancendental realm is ever fresh and ever new , love is an unpredictable and turbulent trancendental emotion , especially in the realms of Vraja, where   the most complete exhibition of “Ananda budhi vardanam ” is played out in the pure and spiritually surcharged  hearts of  Srimati Radharani and Her friends and Their assistants.

    Such is the inconceivable nature of Divinity , that He has placed Himself within an atmosphere where He is experiencing ever new elements of artistry of the very highest order along with a love that He is astounded by , although being God Himself . Everything stems from Him , God, and His multifarious potency , so how is it Hrcan God be surprised by Himself

    Thus, Srila Jiva Goswami indicates , that within Divinity the impossible becomes possible,  and not only the concepts of simultaneously and inconceivably one and difference is indicated by this , but also , for instance , the dancing and singing of the Manjaris , with newer and newer  melodies and newer and newer  artistic expression and poetry  that capture His consciousness, in ever beautiful ways.

    http://www.thevedicspectator.com

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