Madhurya means sweet, and everything and everyone is sweet in Vrndavana with hearts overflowing with blissful love for each other and Krishna . These extraordinary pastimes of VRNDAVANA are played out in sometimes unusual and contradictory ways ..In the absolute plane lying is all good , cheating is all good ,deceiving is all good , and even when Krishna kills the demons that come to disturb his ” earthbound ” lila pastimes become blessed .
So not just exclusively Radha dasyam, but also services to Her friends, not just Balarama dasyam but services to His friends, not just Mother Yasodha dasyam but services to her friends , not just the services to prominent servants of Krishna but services to their friends, not just services to the creatures and trees , but services to their friends.
Each of them bring immense joy to Krishna . Of course, Srimati Radharani, the Supreme Goddess of Fortune, is ultimately conducting Vrndavana’s services and bliss , and all are dependent on Her , and she directly and indirectly conducts all the affairs of Vrndavana, but she in Her great humility is dependent on everyone..
After arguing with Krishna Radharani says to her friends ” it’s only by your blessings and good wishes that Krishna will accept me back again ”
Wild horses, the unthinking, and the unintelligent
Karl Marx said religion suppressed people and thought he knew better . A path to freedom from conformity and authority , Karl thought , was intellectually , mentally, and physically highly appropriate and would bring great happiness . Why did he then and many others today, think it is appropriate to treat life in that way , life should not be a guessing game of following a speculative intellect. We have experience that a child needs the authority of the loving parent . A parent who has the appropriate experience and widom to nourish and guide the child . Obviously, conformity is the best course of action for the child . In bringing a child education and development of character both for the child , there is a balance to be struck between suppressing a child’s inner nature and insisting and imposing certain standards designed to bring out a child’s nature in healthy beneficial ways .
In reality Marx proudly sought to control people and bind them to his way of thinking , but who is his authority ? We can ask ourselves what knowledge he has ? Before accepting any authority, we must know who their authority is . If we find their speculative minds have cobbled up a philosophy in life , taken from other similarly minded speculative persons with world or scientific views , why would we want to put our faith in such speculative subjectivity . We must be very, very careful , not to place our faith in persons who are not worthy. Everything someone says or does needs our thoughtful considerations . One should consider how they know they know , and how do they know they know . It’s important in Vedic culture that the principal of knowledge decending rather than only ascending should be examined .Conservative values stem from traditional cultures and ultimately from scientific theological cultures, those that evaluate mind , matter and consciousness, all three should be objectively studied and clearly understood.
Generally, people are driven by their temporary material senses and minds and are reliant on a limited faltering intelligence and an accepting and rejecting mind , that out of control.
Like five wild horses, without guidance and supervision a chariot they are pulling will be headed for disaster. The horses are like our senses and the reign of the mind must bring them under control. That means the driver , the intelligence, needs to be selective of direction .An uncontrolled mind with no real intelligence can drag people into many unwanted situations and world veiws .
The intelligence is recommended in every theological science to be always in contact with his eternal passenger . The Supersoul or the Holy Ghost . Such theological intuitive searchings generate much inner inspiration . This decending process is criticality important for truth to become known . However, conformation is needed from those who historically have walked on the path , Divinity has pure representations, who know Him well, and they must be recognised. The Vedas indicates contact within the super subjective realm should be sought and identified . As a student, seeks a proven expert in any particular field of material knowledge.
Today, globalists , politicians, and scientists control the people and in the name of freedoms , bind the people in temporary illusions and uncontrolled hankering. Why , because it suits a particular economic plan that favours the exploitative business man . Economic development has superceded common sense. In reality, they, along with their enabelers, get the unthinking to follow the unintelligent and equally unthinking . They have no long-term vision , and profit at any cost is their motto .
Consequently, the horses of everyone’s senses and minds are completely out of control, and the world is becoming increasingly unstable with widespread suffering worldwide that is getting worse.
We must seek the super subjective realm and bring sanity back to everyone’s lives helping others do the same .We must all seek out the real intelligentsia .
The whole of the Bhagavad Gita gives us clear indications of who they are .We must accept the rational and logical part of our consciousness, and except God has rationale, and thus, communication between Him and His parts and parcels is always ongoing , seek truth and it will be found .
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 it . The Vedas shows the path of freedom from the shackles of material existence and all its accompanying misery , 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 that. Unlike the gross biologists , the physicists look at life’s fundermentals in entirely different ways .
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 consciousness, then shrunken consciousness, then budding consciousness, then blossoming consciousness, then 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, and each of these categories is given a thorough analysis, and progressive and systematic steps are given by various Vedic thinkers and teachers . Those steps are recommended according to specific stages of life , to suit . This enables and empowers everyone in their consciousness , thus 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.
Srila Jiva Goswami, one of the greatest Vedic scholars, said ..”we are trying to bring perfection to imperfection..”
Ultimately, you could say atoms elements and compounds are an offering made by the material energies, they are so made by Divinity, and reluctantly given by Him , reluctant , because the the living beings are attempting to bring a perfection in their lives , but in an atmosphere that is not suitable , because atoms , elements and compounds can never satisfy our inner consciousnesss needs .What is that need , blissful, happy lives , and relationships that are increasingly rewarding , youthful or child like enthusiasm can be seen everywhere. It’s a kind of reflection of perfection . Ultimately, every theologically driven culture warns of the original pure consciousness entanglements in the material world, and they provide analysis of the problems and offer solutions. Entanglements in karmic activities and cyclic synchronicities can be very difficult to shift . Jiva Goswami indicates this in his Bhagavat Sandarbha…. The living beings conditioned concept of becoming an enjoyer of a substance that is ultimately alien to him is like the will of the wisp , AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada said . Those fast moving atoms, elements and compounds and particular subtle mind with given intellect are awarded within a stipulated space and stipulated time to the individual consciousness particle ,but they can not stay .The atoms are vibrating and producing forms that appear as permanent reality , with a varigatedness that is indeed full of wonder , and no wonder , this is a reflection of a spiritual reality but here the essence of the pure heart is missing. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
The main problem of the atheistic person is they try to understand God with the reference point of their own limited bodies, mind and intellect. In reality they cannot even understand how one blade of grass grows in real terms , if we ask them to create a blade in their laboratory they are lost . Because the intellect and energies of someone or some aspect of nature is not fully conceivable to ourselves , still we see the evidence of it .. What is the difficulty? In his Bhagavat Sandarbha Jiva Goswami explains the energies and multifarious forms of Divinity.. It’s also explained how such forms and which particular forms appear before a particular devotee according to the relationship they have with the Lord …
Bhagavatam 10.64.26 .
“O almighty one, how is it that my eyes see You here before me? You are the Supreme Soul, whom the greatest masters of mystic yoga can meditate upon within their pure hearts only by employing the spiritual eye of the Vedas. Then how, O transcendental Lord, are You directly visible to me, since my intelligence has been blinded by the severe tribulations of material life? Only one who has finished his material entanglement in this world should be able to see You
In spiritual life, we must always follow the perfect examples . Many holy teachers can be given as excellent examples to follow . In the Srimad Bhagavatam, one can particularly hear of those examples and the of the devotees’ who executed them.
This verse can be studied in details.
śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ
smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam
arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ
sakhyam ātma-nivedanam
Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Viṣṇu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one’s best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words)—these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service
Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given us a demonstration in His life and pastimes of how in this age these important processes are carried out simply and practically , He perfectly carried out all of them personally, thus He is the perfect teacher who teaches by example.
The following verse indicates He is the perfect teacher , and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur indicates Mahaprabhu is the perfect Guru .
“Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has descended in the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to teach us real knowledge, His devotional service and detachment from whatever does not foster Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He has descended because He is an ocean of transcendental mercy. Let me surrender unto His lotus feet.
AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada would indicate any of the nine processes if perfected can carry one to the spiritual worlds , so a very broad sweeping approach to those who practice spiritual life can be adopted and during the natural development of spiritual life and as we get older some of those proccess may be more prominent.
Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja was the founder of a large institution but would spend much time alone in writing and deep meditation.
jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’ kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’ ‘bhedābheda-prakāśa’ sūryāṁśa-kiraṇa, yaiche agni-jvālā-caya svābhāvika kṛṣṇera tina-prakāra ‘śakti’ haya Synonyms
Translation “It is the living entity’s constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa because he is the marginal energy of Kṛṣṇa and a manifestation simultaneously one with and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or fire. Kṛṣṇa has three varieties of energy.
The Vedas says God is perfectly complete and, as such, is also unlimited in every respect . If He were limited in His completeness, then He would not be perfectly complete , so He is complete by His unlimitness .Also, if God were to find any limiting factors in His unlimiteness , He would simply expand those factors and again become complete in his perfectly complete unlimitedness . Part of being a big personality is to have the capacity to exchange relationships with many many people.
Such a big personality is generally attractive in many ways , i.e., their wealth , their knowledge, their beauty, etc etc Also, their general capacities and knowledge of culture along with arts of many kinds , they enjoy sharing and others company.
Krishna, the supreme personality of Godhead, is indeed unlimited along with His unlimited and attractive qualities of every kind . God is said in the Vedas to be all attractive, and Krishna means one who attracts all .
The Verse in the Caitanya Caratamrita indicates the unlimited living beings who have expanded from the first expansion of Krishna called Balarama.
Balarama plays the role of assisting Krishna, and because Krishna has unlimited capacities to His personality, He requires unlimited living brings to reciprocate with . He wants to unlimitedly share His joy of life, and Balarama has expanded himself for that purpose . We are all those expansions, but not “downloads ” of God or robotic in any way .We all possess complete free will , and love in the ultimate sense of the word is perfected by voluntarily giving oneself to another who reciprocates , but in love whether someone reciprocates or not is not calculated, it is not a business exchange, rather literally pure love.
Thus we should try to enter into a relationship with Krishna, He is waiting…..
People want freedoms in religion, politics, and sciences.
That is a natural instinct, the individual is an individual and ever more shall be so ..
Civil society and the universal principles are to grant freedom but with freedom automatically come justice.
One cannot encroach upon another’s freedoms or exploit another for his own underhanded and wicked gains , gains that are dressed up as freedoms.
It takes the intelligentsia to understand freedoms and balance out how to administer it. If we have some crooks stealing from everyone and then sitting down together and having the freedom to share out the stolen ” booty ” should they be given the freedom to do so ?
Freedom correctly used it highly beneficial and suppression highly damaging .
Accordingly , the Vedas has a system where everyone has freedoms, and along with it responsibility . Those responsibilities are imposed on civilians to different degrees. It’s calculated according to the phycological make up of a person that has been inacted by karmic synchronicities over many many life journeys. Because a person’s circumstances and consciousness are a continuous journey of knowledge and improvement . The more improved one is the more freedoms from the conditioning of the material energy they will feel , the freedom to be effectionate and equal minded towards all living beings is the great Vedic goal and it can be experienced, along with a humbled deep respect and most importantly a development of understanding the universe and its originator .
What I mean to say is that I am describing the condition of the ultimate intelligentsia and they like to and should predominantly set a path of freedoms for all by applications of truth and justice, which the crooked judge as an encroachment of freedom and that the honest see as essential and pure .
The Srimad Bhagavatam is the science of freedom.
Pure love is called pranaya , where the love is at one with others , like green parrots flying into and playing together in a green tree . Cooperative bliss
Srila Rupa Goswami gives the example of a man watching a play , the gentleman is so absorbed in the play that when the main hero dies , he also dies .
Yoga means a shift in identity .
Perhaps you may experience yourself being carried away by a beautiful piece of music on occasions , music is also a type of yoga .
One critically disabled person was asked how she coped with what appeared to be a limited life , she answered that she had the freedoms of her inner life , and in her inner self takes herself to innumerable places and carries out innumerable activities. It’s a fact our life is only partially led with a body and immediate senses , the mind and intelligence are providing what some will argue as the essence, and the spiritual meditation takes that concept incalculably further .
Our immediate circumstances are very fast flowing , fleeting, and limiting experiences within a set time influenced by the particular conditioning of our current body that we find ourselves in . Such a body is always changing . Everyone’s body and circumstances differ because of differences of individual karmic synchronicities . Nevertheless, no one should ever feel themselves limited in any way .
The instant communication spoken of in quantum physics, according to the Vedas, can be taken further . It takes the well practised yogi to understand spiritual forms , revealed to them by a decending process. Spiritual form within a spiritually pure mind travels instantly to its destination at the speed of the mind , incalculably greater than the speed of light. An instant transportation takes place , and the devoted and well practised yogis live simultaneously in fullness both within the material worlds and the higher realms of spiritual dimensions with Divinity and His associates . These yogic aspects are described in the Vedas , as well as the Bhagavad Gita , krishna speaks of who is the best of the Yogis .
The Darwinian mechanic scientific materialism follower is dismissed in the Bhagavad Gita, wherein Krishna speaks of those in the lower speculative modes who consider themselves matter having faith in only their own speculations , and thus remain in repeated births and deaths within the spectrum of species on this planet or others .
Its not that they were that far apart in real terms.
“Religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame.” Says Einstein .
The key to understanding Einstein’s statement is to consider dualism, Einstein was not an ardent follower of scientific materialism per se .
Bohr accepted both classical and quantum physics. As does the Vedas , the world for atom is within the Vedas..
But the vedas speaks of the ethereal subtle energies, akin to the mind and intelligence that are the causes of atoms , along with the electromagnetic energies that are devolved from the Bramajyoti , a high grade light originated from the spiritual realms . The multidimensional material and spiritual planes are discussed in the Srimad Bhagavatam. The world we live in is real, of course, but temporary. The followers of Sankaracarya consider this world unreal , and in one sense, that’s true but in another not . The consciousness and the universe are linked together by the interests and desires of the individual consciousness under the supervision of Divinity and His unlimited consciousness, and limited consciousness is eternally linked to the unlimited consciousness. When the conscious being understands that he or she is something different than a material body and also different from the universal energies, being freed from scientific materialism and clearly understanding dualism , then the real consciousness journey begins . One should question why the living beings have become subjected to the laws of the universe . By such enquiries, the universal order gives reciprocation to gradually acquire knowledge and detachment from all universal connections, and that is the beginning of liberation . Gradually, by understanding dualism and by searching the inner meaning to life, one is connected to devotional activities . The cause of all causes is understood by purified and detached persons. One can eventually enter a plane where consciousness and the energy surrounding it are of the same nature . Once Edward Teller had tea with Neils Bohr, and he said to Bohr, ” You have changed everything in the way we view the world, and in the future, everyone will see the world much differently..” After a long pause, Bohr said, ” Are you saying this world is not real but like a dream?” http://www.thevedicspectator.com
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