The connections between the Nitya siddha and the Nitya Baddha …..
The eternally liberated and the eternally conditioned.
The Nitya siddha devotees are spontaneously attracted in pure unmotivated love towards Krishna , they are also in joyful cooperation with Krishna’s friends, family, or lovers . Freewill means their own inherant free will was spontaneously flowing in an attraction with effection , and it increasingly flows to Krishna .Those of us who did not feel that initial spontaneous love but who ventured away in a spirit of independence need to relearn and reevaluate . The association of the Nitya siddha devotees is something Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has granted upon such souls . He has brought such Nitya siddha devotees from the spiritual plane , they were His confidential companions, and He has , by His own , and their example, taught of the correct way free will should be utilised, teaching the glories of spontaneously felt love in all its unlimited capacity.
The Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas bring these messages to one and all , and particularly, Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami, through his litratures has arranged their availability all over the world.
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Never think of Krishna as limited with a material body , having to undergo karmic synchronicities, He is the supreme enjoyer with unlimited capacity with his trancendental mind , senses and emotions, in the spiritual form just one word or one glance brings waves of ever increasing thrilling emotions within a spiritual body and a location that is full of spiritually enthused varigatedness.
The natural flow of consciousness.Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur has brilliantly written about consciousness in his book Jiva Dharma. The title translated means the occupation of the soul. He uses the analysis of water in its three states , liquid , steam, and ice . Consciousness in its natural state flows instinctively towards Krishna , as rivers to the ocean , in pure love and attraction for his natural outstanding and unlimitedly expanding qualities , everything exhibited in the ever new realms of a spiritual dimension far beyond the reach of time . KRISHNA is all attractive, but unless , by one’s own free will and free choice , of who we love , or what we are attracted to , recognise Him alone , along with His glorious attributes and ecstatic state , then our consciousness becomes like ice , being fixed like stone in the material energies. ( the material energies are another form of Krishna ultimately), but it’s His illusory inferia energy . Another alternative is that we can become like steam , and we desire a merging of consciousness in oneness , denying the glories and quality of Krishna , we develop an unwilling spirit to recipricate personally with Him or His associates.
Simply put , life comes from life . The potential for the conscious state is unlimited because the relatively limited has access to the unlimited .The unlimited is never depleted but rather increasing more in output and capacity. When considering the trancendental plane and the existence of Divinity, our limited capacity limits us academically or in any speculations or even imaginative ways .To understand something of Divinity, we must accept the difference between a photon of light and the sun planet , both have a oneness and a difference, and in one sense are one with each other .
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Modern scientific thinkers , namely those following scientific materialism in all its forms , assume the universe three dimensional . However, the Vedas brings us to the realisations of a multidimensional universe , one of the unlimited universes making up approximately one forth of the totality of existence. Many contemporary physicists, including Prof . Lisa Randall thinks along Vedic lines . We can say universes within universes within universes . Each universe , according to the Vedas, has a different engineer called Bramha , each of these Bramhas’ have different capacities according to the size of the universe they are overseeing . So, measurements of Vedic universes incorporate aspects that limited conditioned senses can not detect . Certainly , there are red shift anomalies within the calculations in modern cosmological calculations , Dr Richard Thompson, (Sadaputa das) mentions this in his book on Vedic cosmology . Are the stars so far away ? on one level, maybe on another level , maybe not .
For instance, Vedic cosmological calculations describe a feature of dimensional space , only eight hundred miles above this planet earth . The Upadeva planets , and they exist within their own particular dimensions . We can not see this region , but its influences are felt by some and its influences are enacted that influence events on our planet . Regards to senses differences , can you hear a dog whistle ? or see what cats see in detail in the dark ?can you hear the low pitch of a whales call . Mystics and yogis in the past the Vedas indicates frequently communed and commuted to this realms, not so much now, though , due to rampant materialism and inpure consciousness , but still a very few can do so . In some parts of the Vedas, the localised universe is described as 4.5 billion miles , but that should be understood in context to the greater universal picture.
The greatly renowned Vedic cosmological scholar in Gaudiya Vaisnavism says this ..
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakura, recognized as a master of both Siddhantic Vedic astronomy and Puranic literature, provided specific measurements regarding the size of the universe based on classical Vedic texts . He maintained that the universe is vast, egg-shaped (brahmanda), and, while immense, is only one of innumerable universes in the material creation.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura quotes ancient Vedic texts like the Siddhānta-śiromaṇi to describe the mind-boggling scale of a single universe .
He explains that a single universe measures roughly 149 quadrillion miles in circumference. This vast size includes the core planetary systems, which span 4 billion miles in diameter, surrounded by seven massive elemental layers. These layers could be thought of as the store houses of the atomic realms that facilitate the many possibilities of the expanding universe. Expanding by the desires and constant activity of the living beings . The responsive universes are fulfilling and arranging the individual and collective karmic synchronicities of each soul . As soon as the living beings are injected into the universe by Maha Visnu , as they enter , the universe, along with its activities and its set times , for each living being , causes expansion . Each successive layer of the universe (consisting of water, fire, air, ether, etc.) expands in multiples .
The material universe indeed encompasses immense distance trillions upon trillions of miles and beyond . Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura used these descriptions to highlight the inconceivable, gigantic scale of material creation and its multidimensional features which are relative to the eternal spiritual world . Each one of the higher Vaikuntha planets can easily contain all these material universes The main spiritual abode , Goloka Vrndavana, the centre of spiritual existence ,can contain all the Vaikuntha planets .The mystery of the Goloka Vrndavana planet is that it appears as a village 17 miles in diameter . However, the whole of existence is within this seventeen miles . Thus, Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja is shining a light on multidimensional space . The Vedas also says within one atom , Lord Visnu is fully present along with His complete existence. When it comes to ” spiritual physics,” or math , we can not limit ourselves to the working of matter within the laws of three-dimensional space or time , or regulation math ,1+1 =1 and 1-1=1 1÷1=1..Marie Currie, the Nobel prize winner for her studies of radiation , took time to study telepathy and knew of its significance. Niels Bohr and Schrödinger , as well as Einstein and Richard Feynman, could easily comprehend and accept the endless and inescapable possibilities and understandings of multidimensionalism and its very realistic existence .The third and fifth Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam highlights some of these cosmological affairs , Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami has published the Bhagavatam, its available in all languages throughout the world.http://www.thevedicspectator.com
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The Vedic Spectator is an online publication and spiritual blog focused on Gaudiya Vaishnavism, ancient Vedic wisdom, and the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. It provides theological reflections, philosophical essays, and insights into spiritual life , it gives practical suggestions of how these ancient teachings might be applied in the modern world. The intelligentsia are meant to play crucial and important roles in society, unfortunately modern democracies have frozen out the intelligentsia and with the help of global conglomerates and monopolies they create democracies that are controlled and infiltrated by dubious characters who promote libertine cultures, like lemmings of a cliff or headless chickens society is fast disintegrating. The Vedic spectator gives an analysis of both the political and scientific community .The scientific community is ultimately responsible for presenting subjective guessing as fact based sciences and teaching it to children, as such, they are contributing to our crumbling and fractured societies. Scientific materialism and Darwinian hypothesis are woefully short of objective facts .The Vedic spectator also covers a variety of topics relevant to practitioners and students of Vedic philosophy :Scriptural Analysis: Deep dives into texts like the Srimad Bhagavatam, extracting spiritual lessons and historical-theological meaning.Devotional Practice (Bhakti-yoga): Guides on inner purification, selfless service (seva), and applying the teachings to daily modern life. Philosophical Perspectives: Discussions contrasting spiritual cosmology with materialist and reductionist worldviews and much much more . If you are interested, log on to the three posts per day .
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Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur has brilliantly written about consciousness in his book Jiva Dharma, the occupation of the soul. He uses the analysis of water in its three states , liquid , steam and ice . Consciousness in its natural state flows instinctively towards Krishna in pure love and attraction. KRISHNA is all attractive, but unless one by one’s own free will and free choice of love and attraction recognise Him along with His glorious state , the consciousness becomes like ice , being fixed like stone in the material energies, or like steam , a merging of the consciousness in oneness and denying the Glories and quality of Krishna ,with an unwilling spirit to recipricate personally.
More on this later .
Continued in another essay.
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We often write about how the strong and sincere desire for truthfulness and to be truthful and simple hearted attracts truth . Truth attracts truth , deceit attracts further deceit .Truth is bestowed upon a person , Divinity, or Krishna helps those who help themselves . We must seek truth, and to do so, we must associate with others who also sincerely seek or speak truth. Many speculative persons think they are speaking and presenting truth , but the Vedas have the solutions and systems to check out ones own motivations and the motivations of others .Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja was particularly expert and was known to be a proof reader among men .He very well knew inside out and had carried out extensive studies into many many theological traditions. He was also intimately associated with and served great saints , and he was a surrendered disciple of his Diksa and Siksa Gurus.
By saints , by one’s Guru both Diksa and Siksa and by theological authentic Scriptures translated and commented on by authentic saints , one can authenticate one’s motivations and realisations.
Krishna within the heart is the ultimate sanctuary of truth .
The Srimad Bhagavatam says this .1.2.17
śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathāḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ
hṛdy antaḥ stho hy abhadrāṇi
vidhunoti suhṛt satāmTranslation
Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramātmā [Supersoul] in everyone’s heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge to hear His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.
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A pilgrims progress..
Progressive steps and the bone fide paths .
The Srimad Bhagavatam reinforces the importance of recognizing bone fide theological texts from all the great religious cultures that distinguish reality from illusion for the welfare of all beings . This recognition is based on dualism and the need for a scientific approach to what consciousness really is , how it is distinctive , and not comprised of matter . Enquiries into spiritual cultures and philisophical thoughts are essentially something that satisfy the inner human spirit on so many different levels . Progressive and systematic steps of approach to these topics are clearly laid out in genuinely represented spiritual cultures by their first class representatives . Western materialism and cultures that are unnecessarily tainted towards extreme and over extravagance within unlimited sense gratification , i.e. libertine cultures, are missing the point of the glories of the consciousness separated from the demands of the body . They are geared only towards satisfying unbridled minds and unbridled senses . The lifestyle that has been promoted by atheistic speculators , who also teach scientific materialism and Darwinian hypothesis as fact based sciences .They certainly have a lot to answer for , as we look at the state of the modern world . They bring misrepresentations of objective sciences and replace them with subjective speculations . Every theological text places an emphasis on regulated and disciplined lives . Control of minds and senses opens up the consciousness to its full communicative potential with not only other humans but potentially with Divinity Himself . Humans are not supposed to live like sophisticated animals, and ultra liberalism is always condemned because it degrades our consciousness potential . Those who claim to be in possession of theological knowledge but who can not see the true equality of all beings or who show disregard for other cultures and theologies , are at most in early stages of real spiritual knowledge . Unbridled senses lead to greater anxiety and entanglements , something businessmen are clueless about, and they dont care . The Vedas recognize every theological text and religious culture that pursues and teaches these types of lifestyle . These methods of gradually developing scientific realisations about our consciousness are systematically explained in the Vedas . For example , karma yoga , jnana yoga , astanga yoga, and Bhakti yoga bring us these different approaches . In other words, consciousness development through 1, good works linked to recognised pious activities, and that elevates our consciousness. 2 . Seeking knowledge through science , philosophy, and learning of the mind , matter and consciousness , and 3 , deep inward religious or spiritual meditations on God leading to an esoteric plane . The Bhagavatam seeks to link all these different processes to Bhakti or direct devotion to Divinity in services and a development of love . These systematic processes , when followed properly , bring progressive steps that benefit the individual, and pure knowledge of dualism is thoroughly revived , leading to knowledge and remembering God with degrees of love . These truths of the Bhagavatam are specifically taught by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu , whose hidden appearance is predicted in the 11th canto of the Bhagavatam as the incarnation for this age . He taught that one should study the Bhagavatam in the association of self realised persons and follow prescribed methods . Chanting the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra , or any of the names of God in current times , the Bhagavatam says , can quickly bestow all the truths of the Vedas upon persons who can chant without offence and in great humility . It is said in many theological texts sound can bind one or liberate one , if one speaks in anger and envy one is bound in ignorance , if one speaks in peace and knowledge and compassion one can become liberated and full of knowledge. In this way, there are incalculable benefits when one vibrates any trancendental sound vibrations that properly glorify God with sincerity. They have effects on the inner workings of our consciousness , and truth follows truth . When one has become purified by such trancendental sounds , one’s community , one’s society , one’s country , and ultimately the universal order and its originator Divinity are all immensely pleased . By such purified actions of speaking truth and vibrating Gods names in a sacrifice with the aim of serving Gods interests , as well as studying and hearing the trancendental sounds of the Srimad Bhagavatam everyone’s life becomes perfected . HIGHLIGHTED IN 1.1.2 THE CULTURE OF PURE DEVTION AS OPPOSED TO MIXED MOTIVATED OR CHEATING DECEITFUL SO CALLED DEVOTION . RSABDEVA TAUGHT NOT TO BECOME TEACHER. PARENT HUSBAND FATHER , UNLESS YOU CAN DELIVER DEPENDENTS BACK TO GÒDHEAD.
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It’s clear immigration is caused by bad trade deals , exploitative wars , and fixed currency and commodity markets . When those who have been inflicted by this cheating and exploitation want to come to the lands that exploit them , they were first welcomed as cheap labour , but now , when world economics is in fluctuating condition as well as geopolitical calculated, the immigrants and their ancestors are not wanted . This is the world of the sophisticated animal, dog eat dog .
The intelligentsia are needed who see and act fairly, who see the self-evident truth of the equality of all beings.
The Vedic way.Media ….what media .
We can safely say SKY news, and the BBC , like the Darwinians, does not report objective facts but presents slanted subjective opinions about facts , thus openly bringing misrepresentations time and time again. Like scientific conferences, only fellow scientists who are Darwinians can address conference issues. Similarly, SKY and BBC only invite those ” experts ” who hold similar views to themselves into their studies. Have you ever seen John Mearsheimer or Jeffrey Sachs in their studios?
To understand true objectives one needs to be truthful to be truthful one requires the help of the truthful and ultimately from the supreme absolute truth.
These matters are discussed throughout the Vedas .
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Hundreds of thousands of years ago the Darwinians thought of mankind ancestors crawling out of a pond as a result of repeated lightning strikes activating chemistry and making molecules move towards life. In all honesty, this hypothesis is a little short of sciences pe say , it’s more subjective creatively and imagination. Of course, the Vedas beg to differ , and objective sciences paints a picture of precision engineering, perfect math, and symmetry within nature. The Vedas indicates that one should consider the as yet unexplored, at least by the scientific community, power of the ethereal energies , the powers of mind, and consciousness.The evidence is self evident, as soon as consciousness enters into the womb , molecules start moving towards life following the codes and informational exchanges from both sets of Dna of the parents. Studies show this process, but the informational exchanges using chemical and much more technical signalling on parallel with wi fi are still being explored .
Mind over matter , you have heard the expression , so there are accepted functions of the subtle energies, but unknown, the Vedas gives the full account. We live in a responsive universe for sure on many different levels. Supervised fluctuations and allowances of multiple energies on different levels are our life’s story .Destinations and whaf is coming and what is not coming are the influences of Karmic synchronicities. We have no idea where such destiny comes from or how it will transform .The Vedas are full of atonement programmes as well as sacrifices to influence energies and allowances. The mysterious events of space time are an individual set of circumstances, at a given time , in a particular place , in a particular universe , for a particular individual. Supervision means another consciousness is tasked with a supervisory task . The Vedas tells of the supersoul and the Demigods working hand in hand . Many physicists, including Bohr, Schrödinger or even Einstein, could follow this and easily accept , because scientific objective sciences are clearly seen , there are laws and organisation. The biologists unfortunately get left behind in their primordial soup , many choking and drowning in it , but do not want to be rescued .
Manipulation of matter within this world via consciousness and telepathy , or yogic power , is something Marie Curie studied along with her husband . She is a Nobel prize winner in her studies of radiation .
The perfect math and the precision engineering of many of the ancient pyramids still puzzles modern man , as do so many other ancient structures . Off the coast of Dwarka in India huge cities have been detected . The endlessly mutable and cyclic movements of the earth are taking place , Volcanic movement and self-destruction of society’s are historic norms . Ancient times are also destined for current times . Empires come and go , and the process is eternally occurring within the material energies. People cannot fathom long periods of time , four billion years just rolls of the tongue and is easily said but not really understood. Understanding and comprehending these changes is almost impossible for most people. Some indicators of ancient times are found , consequently to degrees through occasional ancient writing some insights can be had . It is also said in the Vedas that the power of memory hundreds of thousands of years ago was extremely powerful .There was no need for detailed records to serve as memories. Currently , in modern times , due to materialism, we can not remember what we were doing in detail a few days ago . What to speak of two weeks, we have become dead to it. Not in former times, though , when life was lived differently with greater purity of consciousness . Pure living based on dualism brought far more intuitive powers . It also brought access by some to communicate with many other planetary systems the Vedas records . It is also said residents from higher planetary systems would occasionally transport themselves to our plane of existence.
The mind and consciousness remain a complete mystery to the modern scientific community. We should know that well.
In Vedic cosmological affairs, the earthly plane is situated between the heavenly planets in the higher realms, and the lower planets inhabited by those in more ignorance with the modes ofdemoniac and ghostly beings .
Naturally, at times, beings from both the higher and lower planetary systems take birth on earth for various reasons, say the Vedas .
Jesus said, ” You’ll know them by their fruits.”
Why do we need educated democracies and not fools voting in fools .Take a look at our exploitative world led by questionable characters . Have they come from lower planets and taken birth in our world ?
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This virtual world we find ourselves is accompanied by sound waves , lightwaves , nerve impulses , reactionary via signals that travel to the neurons within our brains . Each of these travels at colossal speed , this machinery is hooked up to our minds, and intelligence is a complete mystery even to our leading scientists . According to the Vedas , minds and intelligences have been carried forward from a previous virtual reality machine , and at the time of rebirth the influences of the previous mind and intelligence is reprogrammed and mixed with two new parents subtle influences. The machinery of the body is discarded at death , but the subtle energies live on in percentages . This is the reality of living in the material world , but 99.9 % of the populations are in total ignorance of lifes reality. We all know that at any time, all of our experiences and exchanges of information will cease , that’s what is referenced as death, yet we do little about it .
Yantra is a word used by Lord Krishna in his Bhagavat Gita , it means the machine of the material body it is granted by material nature . Just as we are in complete forgetfulness of what our current machine was experiencing a few weeks ago ,can you say what you did and thought of in detail …No .. So , similarly, death means forgetfulness , but of everything . Although deep impressions and deep-seated desires and traits of previous experiences stay within , as our new body arrives , again, the subtle energies fire up, but this time in a brand new machine . Many persons experience in their new bodies and lives , a particular affiliation for a time period , or an attraction to particular music ,geographical places, time periods , or even special attractions for individual people .
The body carries with it karmic synchronicities, and the previous responses that are due from our responsive universe are to be lived out in our new virtual reality machine .
The Bhagavad Gita gives the full details and the reasons for all the comings and goings. As well the Bhagavad Gita also explains how an absolute reality can be experienced outside the virtual one .Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada explains all in his Bhagavad Gita as it is.
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