By turning ones attention to the psychological matters of Sri Vrndavana Dharma , where all discord is harmonized in the absolute, a process revealed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and further illuminated by the six Goswami’s of Vrndavana, automatically other materially connected and troublesome psychological affairs can be perfectly sorted . Anartha recognition is part of the process of Krishna consciousness as the revolution of the heart begins to quickly take place .Being in the material world and identifying with the material body and mind means being infected by degrees of lust , anger , greed , envy, madness, and illusions .This is because of a misconception of being a master and enjoyer of one’s environment . It sets one in competition with others who are infected with a similar disease . Such psychology covers the treasure that is within everyones heart , that of everyone’s originally pure and purposed function to voluntary offer love in the spiritual planes with one’s pure spiritual consciousness and spiritual form, soul to soul love , without the materially contaminated senses . Such pure spiritual functionality of our activities are automatically and ultimately can only ever be realised by following in the footsteps of the spiritually exalted residents of Vrndavana . The Goswamis of Vrndavana clearly indicate these truths , as taught by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Fixed meditations and giving attention to Vrndavana consciousness and also understanding scientifically the realities of a trancendental plane , where the spiritual body begins to function , and in so doing leaving the atoms , elements, compounds and the subtle modes of nature behind is to realise a trancendental eternal life . The residents of Vrndavana are forever absorbed the interests and pleasure of Krishna . The Queen of Vrndavana , and the Supreme Goddess of fortune Srimati Radharani , whose heart has been somewhat revealed by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in wonderful ways , is mercifully inviting us to give up the countless families we have identified with in millions of lives with the material universes and instead understand and join Her and families directly connected to serving the emaculate senses of Krishna.
Go straight to the heart of the matter psychologically rather than beating about the bush …
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Liberalism by the unthinking . Religion by the unthinking
Money money ,money brighter than sunshine sweeter than honey . The mantra of the global liberalists. Get money money, whatever it takes , they have made the world a legitimate global den of eniquity . They just dont care and don’t have the brain substance to care . Markets of immorality of all kinds , you name it from top to bottom thieves and rascals regulating thieves and rascals and calling it legitimate and moral . Sharing out the booty conglomerates gather together to create global monopolies that fix commodities, currency, and trading shares , with insider information accessible in micro seconds to the micro few . Mr Musk , caught with his “pants down ” when he pushed x too far recently with his allowance of ladies to be photoshot in underwear . Libertines are dull heads with no philosophically trained thinking , they are sophisticated animals. Unrestricted sence pleasure , sexualised society for profits to die for , literally , is what we see . This consciousness of increasing animal propensities is the Darwinian world , the world of scientific materialism fueling the drive for ever new sensual pleasures in the material world . Why wouldn’t profit hunters cash in ? It’s addictive , but it ruins family lives , cultures , and it degrades a supposed civilised society. Sophisticated animals at most can describe those who have lost touch with consciousness and are plugged into the gross body and who chase their minds anywhere and everywhere. BRING BACK MARY WHITEHOUSE.
However, in realistic theological terms, there must be a balanced approach . In todays world, we will find, for instance, extreme versions of religions and speculative interpretations of scripts that are not sensible or credible . They are often tainted with suppression, dogma, and misunderstanding of various kinds of human psychological conditions . One can not suppress a population but rather one should introduce practical regulations and restrictions for a systematic progression of educational cultures. That’s the Vedic approach . Currently, in some parts of the Islamic world, women are said to be forced to cover their heads and faces , this should be a choice, its a good choice of course, but mostly for nuns and renounced spiritual persons . But an artificially suppressed female society where religion wants everyone to act as nuns externally is unnecessary . A balanced should be in place, giving opportunities people seek and carefully administrated . On the other hand, in the foolish super liberal west, extreme liberalism leads to school girls’ dresses being so short that they may just as well go to school in their underwear. It also has led in the UK and the West to abortions in increasing numbers, and the new law indicates no time limits on when the child can be killed in the womb . One MP is quite happy for a 37 week old child to be killed , this type of liberalism is leading to a mental health epidemic.
This extremely sexualised society with unthinking businessmen making up rules is absolutely unacceptable .The political classes are not capable of organising governance but rather they are contaminated themselves with the same decease of unrestrained senses and they controlled by money men because of personal greed . Brainwashed populations are easily manipulated by social media and mainstream media who are libertines themselves.
However, many people are still sane and decent , there is a kick back going on to the super liberalism that is forced on society . The problem is that the money men are ruthless , so the government must take the side of the learned , ethical, and moral intelligentsia.The middle way is the Vedic way .
Preservation of cultures , family values and traditions, balanced education, alongside broad theological teachings should be prominent and objective sciences of all kinds , putting subjective sciences to one side , guessing is not scientific. Philosophical understanding of dualism, mind , matter, and consciousness is key to good governance
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We should know the problems of the world are easily solved when we follow the advice of Divinity.
In Bhagavad Gita Krishna defines the key essential elements of a society and also how to perfectly manage them so cohesion and progressive directions for everyone takes place .He indicates how societies are best structured . it’s not a rocket science , but it’s actually easily understandable .
Society has been broadly described as being a complete body , different types of persons are playing essential roles .The head , legs , belly, and arms are the functional parts of our body , but can the legs or arms do as the head can ?
Would we ask a plumber to act as a brain surgeon .
The problems are clear , and this is clearly shown in the Bhagavad Gita. The wrong types of people have taken up posts they are not equipped to do , and in so doing, they have pushed those who are equipped into obscurity .Cancel culture takes on new meanings when we understand the underlying motives of the fools and rascals..
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Common sense sustainability, and pie in the sky unsustainable economics .
The bread you consume daily should be made from locally grown wheat purchased from local farmers . Farmers that you may even know or be somewhat acquainted with . The Miller who grinds the wheat is also situated locally and is a trustworthy character , neither the farmer nor the Miller add chemicals or additives to something that is already perfect and naturally grown , no one is complaining if insects , birds or mice take a share .Everyone should place their order with the local bakers, of which there are many , people are on first term names with their bakers and they are expert.
Unfortunately though, currently, someone in Brighton, for example, is buying his bread that has been baked in Northern England, and it has been transported hundreds of miles down the motorway , its been baked in huge factories that add chemicals and additives to the mix . The wheat has been grown and imported from Canada and is full of chemicals so as to kill creatures and increase profits. The Vedic Culures understand the beauty and goodness of local economies and having relationships with the people that grow the wheat , mill the wheat, and bake the bread . The consciousness of the persons enter the bread , especially the baker . Simple living and high thinking along with locally supported communities is the Vedic way , the communities supports other communities within a nation. Fare share , fair deals for a fair days work . International trading obviously goes on with some goods and trades , that’s occurred for thousands of years . But global conglomerates want cheap labour , and worldwide markets , and when such global conglomerates capture markets , they then capture the farms and dismiss locally thriving industries of all kinds . Then they turn their hands to the commodity markets and create monopolies to control prices internationally , financial institutions trade commodities that suit and profit the few . With their massive profits they buy political power , thus the man with too much money overpowered by greed starts to run the world . Democracies become infiltrated by the unthinking, only one thing comes into their hearts money and power to make more and set the whole world to suit their purposes.This out of balance world stems from those who follow subjective speculations about the world around us , this perverse thinking stems and originates from those who follow the Darwinians’ goals as well as those following scientific materialism . They have lost touch with nature and people . Darwinian trickle down economics is absurd in every way . Any calculations based on absurdities lead to further absurdities. The Vedic way of Dualism sets the correct path , personslism, the rights of all beings , and appreciation for the environment and of the joy of localised economies.
When democracies have been infiltrated people become fooled and consequently fools vote in fools , it leads to mayhem , take a look at the world as it currently stands.
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We can put it to the unthinking atheist or the philosophically minded , that theoretically if there were a God , and He had expanded Himself to become the many , each particle of consciousness originally coming from His consciousness .That this explains the material world. We could further explain and give attention to various contemplations of free will and the principles of determinism. After all, why would God create downloads of Himself ? Robotic ” yes men “or ladies don’t transmit love . It appears a percentage of Gods children were unsure of having a close and direct relationship with Him , this material universe is , the Vedas say , evidence of free will and determinism at play right before our eyes .
Welcome to the material world where incomprehensible arrangements are made for ” freedoms of expression ” on a gigantic scale, those involving 8400000 species of life, all with independent existence and forgetfulness of God . However, they are totally absorbed in God’s energies as well as His other parts and parcels . Most are absorbed so deeply , but some begin to puzzle their way out of their realised entanglements within time . When Divinity puts on an illusory show, it’s 100% perfect .
With the Ai and algorithmic systems that follow us in remarkable ways beyond the comprehension of most , that we are currently encountering , what is the difficulty to understand this concept of imprisonments of minds and senses with bodies , designed and functional in a supremely perfected state .
There is a controlled systematic order with the physical laws , there is math and perfect symmetry within nature , and there is coded information within the genome that builds perfectly constructed bodies . All these examples should bring to the attention of an inquirer , what is happening in the world, and why it is happening the way it is .One can never really understand God through academia alone . One can never really understand God through sentiments alone , but both processes can be helpful if a little faith and intelligence is properly directed that is towards devotion of something much greater than ourselves, even in the beginning its just Nature , and recognition of God in nature .
Ultimately, by engaging in some devotion , further knowledge and realisations will come about, and trancendental feelings will increase , Krishna tells us this in the Bhagavad Gita.
Without knowledge, sentiments alone can hamper one’s advancement in devotion . Equally, knowledge without loving sentiments limits one’s relationship with God .
Thus, automatically, by engaging in services to God, trancendental sentiments increase as well as knowledge about His glorious activities, form, and pastimes within both the material and spiritual worlds .
The most advanced devotees have knowledge of God and pure trancendental sentiments towards Him, but of the two pure loving trancendental sentiments wins out, and knowledge becomes secondary.
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Smriti.. and meditations to the highest degrees
It’s interesting to note how the Smriti of the Gaudia Vaisnavas greatly expanded during and after the appearance of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Mahāprabhu Himself taught by example and accepted the Smriti of Jayadeva Goswami and Bilvamangala Thakur as well as Candi das ..
The essential elements of Sruti and Smriti greatly increase the understanding of Krishna consciousness , nothing is seperate from Krishna and everything Krishna does from His activities on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra to his pastimes in Vraja can be meditated and thought about, in fact they are eternally manifest , throughout billions of universes both spiritual and material. Our activities are finished in a moment, Krishna’s activities are not subjected to the atoms ,elements, compounds, or modes of psychological nature, which are all evaporated forever by time .
The intimately connected devotees are able to assist us in our spiritual journeys by bringing us the Smriti , the windows to the spiritual plane , not by reading alone , but by Krishna’s mercy through the chanting of his names , which are the means and the end .
By the mercy of those great Acaryas also , we may, by grace , get some trancendental insights of the life of Krishna and His devotees.
Srila Rupa Goswami describes the process beginning with hearing and chanting about the names. forms , qualities, and pastimes of Krishna and His associates. Then, smaranam deeper and deeper meditation and remembrances, and much further details are given by Srila Rupa Goswami of deeper aspects of what you could say is ‘ pure Astanga ‘ saturated with unalloyed Bhakti . Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur indicates a spiritually mentally conceived spiritual body interacting in the eternal spiritual planes spoken of by the six Goswami’s of Vrndavana and by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu who came to teach by example. Krishna’s words in the Bhagavad Gita ” Think of Me become My devotee “Krishna’s form is absolute when we think or chant or remember Him he can become fully present to us by grace “Srila Rupa Goswami has given a wonderful example, a man is watching a drama , the man becomes so absorbed in the drama , that when the main character dies in the drama, playing a death role , the man watching also dies .
Spiritual life means a shift of identity.
More on this soon
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What is the essence of Krishna consciousness, beyond modern Hinduism or young neo libertine populist.
Mahaprabhu tells all ..
Offering obeisances to the Lord with folded hands, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu raised His face toward Jagannātha and prayed as follows.
: “ ‘Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the worshipable Deity for all brahminical men, who is the well-wisher of cows and brāhmaṇas, and who is always benefiting the whole world. I offer my repeated obeisances to the Personality of Godhead, known as Kṛṣṇa and Govinda.’
: “ ‘All glories unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as the son of Devakī! All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as the light of the dynasty of Vṛṣṇi! All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose bodily luster is like that of a new cloud, and whose body is as soft as a lotus flower! All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appeared on this planet to deliver the world from the burden of demons, and who can offer liberation to everyone!’
: “ ‘Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is He who is known as jana-nivāsa, the ultimate resort of all living entities, and who is also known as Devakī-nandana or Yaśodā-nandana, the son of Devakī and Yaśodā. He is the guide of the Yadu dynasty, and with His mighty arms He kills everything inauspicious, as well as every man who is impious. By His presence He destroys all things inauspicious for all living entities, moving and inert. His blissful smiling face always increases the lusty desires of the gopīs of Vṛndāvana. May He be all-glorious and happy!’“ ‘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 transcendent….
Concerning the presentation of the teachings of the Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas… particularly within ISKCON.
What real guarantees are in place that when the traditional Conservative elements of ISKCON who represent Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada and his missionary outlooks , pass from this world that the society will not become overrun by modern Hinduism that’s merged with a global conglomerate world along with its political stances , or young neo libertine populists who feel the old guard were out of touch with the new world or and should have “mellowed out ” and liberalised …
Supposedly, the constitution should be a binding document…..The constitution Prabhupada called for should be simple and to the point in essential areas ..
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The mechanistic Darwinians who are inflicted with scientific materialism agendas lodged with their hearts , its very difficult to remove , because of being deeply embedded since childhood schooling days and beyond . In reality they are clueless not only about the complexities of each individual part of a particular body , be it an ants body or a human body , we have to bear in mind that not one cell can be manufactured from scratch within the greatest laboratories in the world by the greatest of the evolutionary scientists. The informational exchanges taking place, which enable molecules to move towards life, assembling multiple body parts, and eventually completing fully complete and perfected bodily forms, is astounding. So, astounding, in fact, that it’s becoming increasingly obvious to leaders of chemistry, biology and physics , the deeper they delve into miniscule details , that these biological systems are so fit for specific purposes and increasingly it looks like everything is designed as such . The leaders in engineering marvel at each bodily part and its complete efficiencies .When it comes to the subtle energies , described as the three modes of nature in the Vedas , those modes are unlimitedly mixed , causing the various psychological functions of each person . Like an artists pallet, the mental and intellectual states are of many colours . The vedas say the psychologies of goodness , passion and ignorance are the causes of various motivations causing an accepting and rejecting mind and varieties of intellectual capabilities . The Darwinians , in their confusing states , have no answers for any psychological states or explanation for various states of minds or intellectual states ….Simply ” neurons ” firing, they vaguely say . But the computer like brain has a consciousness that is the operator, its plugged in to the brain lke computer. The ethereal or subtle consciousness which covers the original pure consciousness is granted a mental and intellectual state , from the greater pool of those energies, originating from Divinity Himself , these ethereal subtle energies are on loan . The fundermental principles of material nature are discussed in the third chapter of the Srimad Bhagavatam and further elaborations in Vedic texts .
.The unseen universal order ..
Not one microbe is unimportant in any part of a universe. There is significance and purpose in everything, Divinity is fully conscious simultaneously of every part of the universal creation. The universal form of Divinity is described in the second Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam. Everything is coordinated perfectly. Even what might appear disorder is order .
Every atom , element, and compound is assigned and granted and then taken away from the living being , only to be re granted in different combinations along with different sets of circumstances .
Nothing is by chance ..
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Srimad Bhagavatam contains the Sruti , Smriti , Tantra, and Purana.
Srila Goswami has accepted this authority as bone fide epistemology and anything outside of those as not necessarily transparent truth , but rather at most , somewhat speculative that may or may not bring a person closer to understanding absolute truth . The truth is spoken directly in the Bhagavad Gita by Lord Kṛṣṇa personally , and subsequently in the Srimad Bhagavatam about Him by His realised devotees and the Caitanya Caritamrta , Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is Krishna Himself elaborated on further more confidential truths and greatly extended the access to realising them . The Caitanya Caratamrita is regarded as the postgraduate study of the other two , the Gita and Bhagavatam.
Anything calculated independently about the reality of spiritual and material truth utilising the senses or the mental and intellectual capabilities will be tainted with material limited calculations , and it will forever fall within the conditioned modes of material nature , those of passion, goodness, and ignorance , trancendental life is beyond , it is situated in Suddha Sattva, pure transcendence .
Trancendental topics are described as pure Subdha brahman , pure sound vibration. Knowledge in suddha sattva or pure goodness that is untainted by lust , anger , greed , envy , and illusions or attachments pertaining to the body , mind , senses or intelligence. This trancendental sound originates from Divinity Himself , and His pure representatives having accepted such sound can also vibrate pure unalloyed sounds . Both Sadhu sanga , association of pure devotees, and Sastra sanga , accessibility of pure scriptures , are available to the sincere seeker of truth , both of these two are essential and work co jointly.
Such vibrations or writings are empowered by Divinity and are of the same spiritual nature as the absolute truth .The characteristics of the representatives of pure sounds are significant , This vese indicates them .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.
Divinity can always be attributed to the teachings of the recognitiond Sadhus and Guru’s and is also within the recognitiond Sastras . Both of the Sruti and the Smriti that is contained within the Bramha Gaudia sampradaya . Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur had begun to present these topics to the Western audience’s. His son Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja, the spiritual master of Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami, took matters much further within India , and also sent representatives to London . Srila A.C.Bhavtivedanta Swami has taken all these matters incalculably further , in terms of their being made available to Western audiences all over the world . He has made all our acaryas teachings accessible and understandable to a worldwide audience in very unique and empowered ways . The international society for Krishna consciousness has brought the Vedas to the whole world, and increasingly so . Other Gaudia Vaisnava organisations have also developed to teach in the Western world since ISKCON was formed, and in India many Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas have always existed since Mahaprabhu’s appearance.
ISKCON is sometimes accused of mission drift ..
If the peripherals within the Gaudia Vaisnava greater Vedic connections becomes ISKCON’S cor that would go against the teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu , following His conversation with Ramananda Roy . At the same time is the conclusions of Mahāprabhus conversation are enacted primarily, and the peripherals discarded that would equally go against Mahāprabhu’s conversations.
The spiritually infused and mature ecclesiastical scholars within ISKCON have to strike the right balances allowing the natural flow from the peripherals to the cor , avoiding the dangers of the peripherals to become the predominant cor of the organisation . Overly identifying with Western modern Hinduism , or the neo libertine populist of the many shallow yoga organisations, each of those are very firmly situated within the peripherals with little inklings of the Gaudia Vaisnava cor is mission drift ..
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The principles of Vedic societies are founded on the common sense logic that specific key occupations are to be carried out carefully and precisely and by persons who have the inherant natures that are equated for purposes . This is particularly important, especially when occupational duties affect greater society, such as political leaders , social leaders , religious leaders, or business leaders. We could say , for instance, in the past, many rouge leaders have taken possession of posts that they were not psychologically profiled for , the results are always disastrous , although those in ignorance may not understand what the consequences are or even what a disaster looks like or how it may be unfolding . The independent Vedic Brahminical intelligentsia themselves were profiled in Vedic cultures , there were always checks and balances in place instigated by Divinity Himself. We should know that Visnu has established the Vedas. The Vedas is the breathing of the Visnu , and He has seen to it throughout the history of the Universe that the extensive Vedic widom passes through and is understood by the purest and truthful persons, their qualities are given in the Vedas .The highest quality persons , pure in consciousness , can fully access and understand the many applications of the all encompasing governance and compliance systems designed for social and spiritual mobility that go hand in hand in Vedic culture. Specific persons with specific qualifications and realisations and skill sets in specific areas and that are inherant within them since birth due to previous lives are suited for tasks , and they can be perfected by further education as well as association . Administrative posts , business enterprise , crafts and practical skills, and finally, persons with theological or theosophy liking as well philosophical leanings are some examples.
The percentages, according to the Vedas , of people fitting particular roles remain very steady throughout all societies historically, and indeed, this is objectively seen .
In order for societal cohesion to take place it’s very important , and Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita , that a particular type of person with particular qualities that are suited for a specific roles in society take their place . Persons should not take up someone else’s duties , duties that they don’t have the inherant qualities for , as that will always lead to an imbalance and great harm locally and nationally and internationally.For instance, a businessman is a profit driven man , and he will not be able to consider the multifarious needs of the population nor the creatures that live within the countryside.
However, the man with greater vision , an administrator , will understand those needs , and still further, another man , the philosophical and theological persons, will understand the much much greater aspects of humanities needs . Even the needs of a single ant are to be considered. In the human case , along with philosophical developments are the environment needs living peaceful lives . The bigger picture and the greater questions of life are understood by great thinkers who link themselves with honesty to God but not in a sentimental way .
Without having the right persons influences in the key positions , society becomes unbalanced and unsteady and unproductive , exploitation , danger , killing, and wars increase. Greater ignorance of the key values develops, and intolerance increases . Essential knowledge as well as all-around education becomes stifled . The all important intelligentsia who have everyone’s interest at heart are silenced or pushed out , either by , political operators, fanatical religionists , or ultra liberalists who are business conglomorates who favour scientific materialism and atheistic Darwinian hypothesis , its good for business. Unfortunately, currently, they own and control much of the mainstream and social media . They also spend money to fix legislation their way with the help of political allies , and their foolhardy messages are broadcast wholesale. The results have been a widespread teaching of subjective scientific speculations as fact based science to children. Scientific materialism is the dog of the day . Children should be taught critical thinking, particularly in the all-important sciences .
The Bhagavad Gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam give details of the Vedic societies make-up and different people’s qualities for various occupational activities. Not specifically by birthright but inherant qualities within. Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has translated them into English.
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