I recall when I was a congregational member in the UK , before I joined the Hare Krishna movement back in 1980 , that I took a walk in the countryside with an antique dealer friend , he owned a antique shop down from my father’s television shop that I managed . As we walked in the countryside, he stooped down to a bunch of flowers and grabbed them out the ground, and with no thoughts of anything divine , immediately smelled them with great pleasure. Because I had become familiar with the Vedas, his actions seemed a little repulsive , a selfish act and an act of thievery,  not recognising or showing any appreciation or recognition to how the flowers had come about or a thought of offering any thanks . Just snatch and smell . A similar incident occurred recently when I witnessed a musician playing music enjoying his talents for his own glory and pleasure, it appeared a very self-centred consciousness , with no recognition how he had gotten such talent instead simply bathing in self glory.

The glorious originator of all things should be recognised, and some offering of appreciation should be made , that’s how the highest cultures work. Without doing so, one misses out on a potential for a  greater and greater sharing . Particularly learning , offering, and sharing in the delights of the highest spiritual planes . There , everything is a sacrifice for the sake of others with The Supreme Personality of Godhead and the Supreme Goddess of fortune who lead and receive and also  lead in sharing their ecstatic bliss , as they relish all types of pure loving exchanges of love .

The Vedas indicates everything is on loan and the senses are owned by Divinity , they have been granted to every being , but the owner of the senses should be offered back something , its His investment but we can also enjoy, we enjoy our senses in their purest forms through Divinity, that is where our perfection is found .

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Many aspects of the Vedas can be corroborated scientifically and veiwed  plainly as part of  observed  objective sciences . Explanations are within the Vedas of many kinds of unexplained phenomena , at least in terms of our current scientific community and what they can  currently understand.  Knowledge that the  world of scientific materialism and Darwinian hypothesis have no explanations for or even comprehend , the obvious is sometimes stubbornly ignored by those attached to conditioned thinking , this stems from pride . The simple explanations of the origins of the information in the DNA codes and the highly organised engineering taking place  along with informational exchanges  whilst every single species of life is built from its beginnings needs careful consideration. The Vedas indicates a consciousness particle  injected into a womb , and following is a higher complex process when two of the two parents’ DNA mix to form a gross body and three different suble minds are brought together.  Of course, molecules don’t move towards life, and the information contained within the codes logically imply creative energies . Information does not spring from nowhere,  the information and its sources and multifarious energies are spoken of in the Vedas .

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Out-of-body experiences (OBEs) are recognized in scientific literature as a relatively common, albeit not fully understood, phenomenon that affects an estimated 10% to 20% of the population at least once in their lifetime. While they are often described in spiritual terms, researchers generally define them as complex dissociative or perceptual experiences rather than a physical departure from the body. 

The Vedas have the full explanation in the third Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam , and in other parts of the Vedas, one can make a study to understand mind , body and consciousness and how they interact with the help of authorities.

When we dream at night, we are speaking , hearing, and acting sensually, but we have forgotten of the other body lying in bed or our daytime relationships .This ethereal energies that entraps the minds energies and creates forms of both subtle and gross matter are given explanations with the Vedas . The causes of the transmigration of the consciousness into another body are the minds desires and how a living being uses a mind , along with a set of senses .

Science is seen as an authority,  you either accept someone like Richard Dawkins or Lea Cronin, or you can accept Vedic scholars . The same process of acceptance of authority of scholarship is in each culture of the sciences.

But how do you know they know ?…. The Vedic authorities are based on objective sciences, and strong evidence of logic is applied that can be clearly examined and studied .Those authorities from  scientific materialism and Darwinian hypothesis appear to all sense and purposes as highly speculative and without logic .

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When it comes to congregational chanting the lead should be reasonably proficient at keeping the kirtan moving along but the responsive chanting is of equal importance, the essence is trancendental sound , those who relish and vibrant the purest sound will purify others , it may be the leader or it could be any of the participants, Krishna is fully present whether it’s known or not , and those who chant are within the spiritual energies whether they know it or not ….
We should not necessarily overly glorify the kirtan leader and underly glorify the participants rather from the spiritual standpoint everything is glorious as the congregational glorification of Krishna and His remembrance is brought about …

According to Sri Sanatana Goswami Hari-nama sankirtana helps the sadhaka to achieve swift success in the practice of SMARANAM:

(Brihad Bhägavatämåta 2.3.153)
“As a result of Sankirtana, the joy of meditation increases, and as a result of meditation, the sweetness and the joy of sankirtana increases. In this way, the two invigorate each other, and it is experienced as if they are not two separate activities, but only one.”

Lord Bramha was originally enthused by Lord Krishna Himself with knowledge of how to create, and it was further revealed to him the trancendental position of Krishna. The importance of hearing pure sound and preparing one’s consciousness to receive it , and the spiritual realms and the revelations such sounds carry are spoken of in various ways throughout the Vedas .  Especially in the Srimad Bhagavatam and the Bhagavad Gita as well as the Caitanya Caratamrita wherein Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has brought us to the greatest realisations that trancendental sounds can carry . The six Goswami’s of Vrndavana have through their Smriti scriptures brought to this Kali yuga the windows of the spiritual kingdoms of Sri Vrndavana Dharma,  through the chanting of the Holy names such meditation and remembrances and realisations may be graced upon a humble recipient who desires to render some services in such a land .
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In analysing Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON movement, we can see many options and paths opening or open . The conversations Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu had with Ramananda Roy bring clarity to what’s going on .

Starting from the Varna Ashram duties , which are somewhat progressive , but then giving some of the results of them  to krishna , then moving forward giving up Varna Ashram pe say as an ultimate duty by analysing and understanding its credits and faults , and then  moving forward , start to do all activities and everything for Krishna’s  sake , connecting all material activities for His satisfaction , then moving forward,  acquiring knowledge with jnana and realising scientific self realisation  of the soul as consciousness seperate from the body with brahman realisations , then moving forward , hearing from a pure devotee directly , studying the Srimad Bhagavatam  , chanting the holy names  and engagement in services under the direction of the Guru and advancing  further in  knowledge  of Sadhana bhakti …..Srila Prabhupada by- passed the previous methods mentioned and immediately brought western devotees to this stage . Some  devotees lasted the course , and some fell back into previous stages,  but the  previous stages are one up from  where the Western devotees were, and there was  no loss for them at all .

Then next stage , is becoming extremely fixed up and steady in  services and learning to be an dedicated servant and from there the natural greed occures , a greed and inquisitiveness to delve deeper and deeper into the ocean of blissful spiritual life . Becoming a good steady servant is the essential element before  being able to approach the futher aspects in Mahāprabhu’s conversations , those that speak of how  being a good servant leads to friendship with Krishna , or parenthood of Krishna or intimate friends and lovers of Krishna , lovers or friends of many kinds in the spiritual realms that are culminating in the glorious position of Srimati Radharani in Goloka Vrndavana.

The writings of all the Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas who have been accepted by our disciplic successions headed by Srila Rupa Goswami,  Srila Ragganatha das Goswami , Srila Jiva Goswami and Srila Sanantana Goswami , those that Srila Prabhupada,  Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur have show should be referenced and carefully studied with devotion , only by the grace of all our acaryas can we understanding the conclusions of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s conversation with Ramananda Roy and understand why they took place .

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In Vedic creations and recreations, ie. the continuous cyclic cycles of the material universes , we can consider the roles of Mahavisnu the original impregnator of the consciousness particles into matter , the role of Lord Bramha who creates the machines of the bodies , and the role of the supersoul who accompanies the souls in their journeying throughout the material energies. The compact responsive universe and put into place and are functioning with the help of four personalities, three Visnu forms, and Lord Bramha, who is their servant.

Lord Visnu, in all his forms, does not directly touch the material energies when the living beings are impregnated , it is carried out by Sadasiva , a manifestation of Sankarsana , who is an  expansion of Visnu.  The” nuts and bolts ” workings of creation are allocated to Lord Bramha.
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The material world is a place where narratives and untruths are packaged up as truths . The only persons who can unwrap the packages and discard their content are the genuine intelligentsia . Those who are in knowledge of dualism , who understand the various psychological differences of everyone,  and who know of the worth of  worldwide cultures and theological traditions , only they  see the true equality of all living beings understanding their rights and circumstances, religiously, socially and scientifically. Such persons should be the advisors of the political classes and not businessmen who have limitations in intelligence.
The political classes and the businessmen as well as “sold out fake intellectuals ” who are in their employ are no more than sophisticated animals…

The long long history of “human  dogs” fighting other dogs or cats goes on , the sophisticated animals led by the unintelligent who silence the intelligentsia have their history.
Those who are ignorant of scientific dualism and the potential of consciousness simply scrap over the temporary affairs of the material world until they themselves are buried in the graveyards. However, they rise again as cats and dogs, and the fighting goes on , but at least in the backyards …

To understand the truth, one has to know the psychology behind a speaker as well as his motivation and reasons for speaking , as well , we must know their authority and  source of knowledge .  Beneficial meanings behind what is said could well be there , or there could be harmful deceptions  that are underlying a person’s motivations , that he or she keeps hidden and that will cause inculcabable harm  .

In matters of sciences,  political affairs, and theological sciences , truth is essential . The symptoms and  the characteristics of a personality who is acting and  speaking truth are given in many theological texts and clearly in the Bhagavad Gita.
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In glorifying Jesus Christ, we should remember Bethlehem and the Holy Lands are not mere geopolitical locations but rather refelect a state of the pure spiritual mind , although this is little understood. Enemies are not so much external forces or even other countries or other faiths, but rather, they come from within ourselves and in hellish consciousness we create hell for ourselves and others around us . Many times, it is the case that someone’s faith makes them proud and arrogant,  quite the opposite qualities of saints . There are different types of irreligions  , including those who twist the meaning to suit the personal ends of a particular group of persons living in a geographical location .The five types of irreligion are given in the Vedas . The enemy can literally be within and at times at  the very heart of our own faith . If our scholars and theologians mistranslate or misinterpret pure scripts we are led by the irreligious.
Jesus Christs’ persecution, for instance, came from within the establishment.
In spiritual life, we should guard against our own minds and look out for fanaticism of any kind ,  and  we should be somewhat familiar with theological values , and those  who  misinterpret scripts can be identified.

The pogues .

The Pogues Xmas song reminds us of the fragile condition of human nature that is liable to erupt and explode at any time , but also we are reminded of the nature of a pure consciousness and forgiveness.  Good hearts are actually inherant. All beings have potential.

Hildegard von Bingen.

Any person who wants to understand the real heart of Christianity can do so in  profound ways . Examining the life and works of Hildegard von Bingen, the trancendental musician,  artist , philosopher, and pure theologian who is able to transmit the pure original teaching of Jesus and his Divine father is well worth studying.

We should remember Vrndavana or Bethlehem or Mecca or the like are ultimately a state of pure mind , not a geographical location , and they are representative of the spiritual kingdoms.

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Covered , shrunken , budding , blooming, fully blossoming consciousness

Unlike the Darwinians who consider consciousness as chance events of neurons firing in the brain originating from a primordial slime , the  Vedas take an analytical look at consciousness within matter and  clearly demonstrate  consciousness being different  from  the gross and subtle influences that matter imposes upon its original uncontaminated state . This is what is meant by spiritual consciousness,  a consciousness uncontaminated by all sorts of gross and subtle conditioning , knowledge means to know what the coverage is and the method to uncover . The Vedas shows the path of  freedom from the shackles of material existence and all its accompanying misery , namely …..birth , death , old age , disease,  misery arising from the mind , other living beings or nature itself.

Bohr , Schrödinger , Feynman , Teller, and Einstein also as physicists  examined consciouseness within the  responsive universe , one can say the Copenhagen agreement suggests a type of consciousness scientific analysis. Unlike gross biologists , the physicists look  at life’s  fundermentals in entirely different ways . The biological thinkers bog themselves down and limit themselves , literally in the primordial sludge , that’s not an intelligent approach to life’s fundermentals .

The Vedic terms for states of consciousness are ….ana maya, pranna maya , jnana maya , vijnana maya, and ananda maya .

In English terms, these can be compared to a flower throughout its life , first covered by the soil , this is covered consciousness,  then the flower is in bud ,  this is  budding consciousness, then the flower begins to bloom , this is  blossoming consciousness, then the flower fully blossoms ,this is  fully blooming consciousness.

The animals and other various creatures are categorised ,  they are considered to have covered consciousness, anu maya , and   the unthinking human who is living like a sophisticated animal without any philosophical position is in shrunken consciousness , pranna maya . The human who considers life and its purpose correctly in terms of having a philosophical outlook are considered to be in budding consciousness , jnana maya . The human who has realised to. some degree of the glory of consciousness in connections to Divinity is in blossoming consciousness , vijnana maya .  Finally, the human who has established a relationship in love with God is in fully blossoming consciousness. Ananda maya .

So literally, the science of consciousness and self realisation has been summarised fully within the Vedas and how to move through the different stages is described. Each of these categories is given a thorough analysis, and  progressive and systematic steps are given by various Vedic thinkers and teachers . These steps are recommended according to specific stages of life to suit a particular purpose at a particular time . This enables and empowers everyone in their consciousness ,  thus a step by step guidance . One should seek an expert who is in Ananda maya consciousness to help , or any person who is further progressed than ourselves will help by association.

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Srila Jiva Goswami in his Bhagavat Sandarbha emphasised the importance of seeing everything as a manifestation of Divinity,  God has many forms, and His universal form of manifesting the universe stems directly from His energies,  its one of His forms , His universal form , material energies stem from the spiritual,  they are never destroyed but transformed.

Those who are seeking truth will see obvious truth , and its the credit of our leading scientific community that all their findings confirm objectively intelligent design within the macro and microbial world,  the closer  you look the more its seen …

The Christian knows it and so to  the theological students from all cultures.

All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord, God made them all

Each little flower that opens
Each little bird that sings
He made their glowing colours
He made their tiny wings

All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord, God made them all

The purple-headed mountain
The river running by
The sunset and the morning
That brightens up the sky

All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord, God made them all

The cold wind in the winter
The pleasant summer sun
The ripe fruits in the garden
He made them every one

All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord, God made them all

The tall trees in the greenwood
The meadows where we play
The rushes by the water
We gather every day

All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord, God made them all

He gave us eyes to see them
And lips that we might tell
How great is God almighty
Who has made all things well

All things bright and beautiful
All creatures great and small
All things wise and wonderful
The Lord, God made them all

This is confirmed in Bhagavad Gita.

Bg. 10.8

अहं सर्वस्य प्रभवो मत्त: सर्वं प्रवर्तते ।
इति मत्वा भजन्ते मां बुधा भावसमन्विता: ॥ ८ ॥

ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo
mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate
iti matvā bhajante māṁ
budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ

Translation

I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.

Living in denial of the obvious,  and especially in a scientific world,  one is desperately clutching Darwinian straws .

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All change at the higher end of the thinking of the physicists

Why place limits of where or how living systems exist.

The scientific community, for reasons best left to themselves to explain , assume that every  part of our universe is subject to the exact  same physical laws , including time dilation . They also assume the same chance evolutionary laws apply, meaning  life will evolve in similar ways . When scientific materialism is instilled within the brain , it can only work one way .

Recently though , some  scientists have begun to think quite differently.  Certainly the Vedas have a lot to say on universal affairs and beyond  and perhaps the Harvard Prof Lisa Randall is more closely aligned to the Vedas with her “Branes” (as in membrane) theory , which brings us the possibility of different laws and also planes of existence , those being visible only to certain types of senses and not ours . Ethereal planes of existence with opulences beyond our imagination and of much finer qualities are fully contained within the Vedic sciences. Time and  relativity are Einstein’s thoughts, which are certainly played out throughout the Vedic universe.

Even in our experience of sensual life , the human cannot hear the high pitch of a dog whistle or the low sounds of the blue whale within the deep oceans.  Senses differ . When you dream at night, you see, hear, and act out your life as much as in the day ,  that’s a fact , but not in your wakefulness body . So which body ?  The fifth Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam describes the multidimensional universe where laws and time operate according to other specifications and designs , higher grade of life with differences to minds ,  senses and an intelligence to suit .  This is facilitating  consciousness  on unimaginable levels of beauty and wisdom . These displays of highly elevated states of beauty emotions and consciousness should not be dismissed . We should remember the inexplicable varieties of life on this physical plane , and also remember the inexplicable varieties of minds and intellects .   We  also should not limit God’s abilities or capability in his expressions and expansions of life of all kinds , He is unlimitedly powerful and naturally brings forth His energies. We can not compare them to ours , He is the supreme scientist.

The scientific community of  physicists are thinking

“While the idea of universal, unchanging physical laws is a cornerstone of modern physics, there is growing evidence and theoretical speculation suggesting that the same laws might not apply everywhere in the universe, and that some fundamental constants, like the fine-structure constant, might vary. However, it’s crucial to distinguish between the fundamental laws of physics and the way they manifest or appear in different regions of the universe. “

Dr Richard Thompson, PHd , an ISKCON member, has written on Vedic cosmology , and the 3rd and 5th Canto of the Bhagavatam reveal the varigatedness  of the multidimensional universe where time and physics operates entirely differently.

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