The principle followed by Mahāprabhu as delineated by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu in his conversations with Ramananda Roy is to come to the essence.
We are not discarding the Varna Ashram system and its true worth , the gradual developmental process of association and training by the intelligentsia in all their various capacities are an essential element of the development of Krishna consciousness .There are cor and peripheral elements to Krishna consciousness. 1st class devotees, 2nd class, and 3rd class devotees are always situated in the world in every culture. But what Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given society is the essence of love of God . No mater what your external circumstances by Nama Sankirtana chanted with sincere purposes, one can aquire love of God immediately. However, a top-class Brahminical man , although externally knowing sastra and the formalities of cultures, may or may not aquire what Mahāprabhu has given , depending on a state of humility of the heart . Bhakti is in the hands of those pure devotees who have it , and they bestow it. Thus, causless mercy , mercy above justice is an important principle demonstrated by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityananda prabhu.
The more the technological world heats up, the more the top dogs will chase down and kill for what they consider are precious minerals and earth of every kind , including the last snatches for oil reserves. Scientific materialism and Darwinian hypothesis has everyone thinking of the immediate circumstances and needs of the body , at the cost of anybody else’s body ..Welcome to the world of the libeterians and global conglomerates who manipulate and infiltrate democracies and society, and now with Ai propaganda….The businesss man has no heart for the world . None of the above is the Vedic way , which is one of respect for life and culture, along with an understanding and cooperative spirit based on the scientific reality of dualism. http://www.thevedicspectator.com
From Rolls Royce to a beaten up Ford , or the reverse
Reincarnation means one is forced to identify with the new circumstances , for better or worse, much of what was previously experienced is forgotten or taken away , however subtle elements remain in many and most cases , some very strong feelings within our inner selves develop in set circumstances and some less so . The inner consciousness is a fascinating and complex topic , its delved into within the vedas . Psychological matters of every kind are broadly explained , karmic synchronicities play out in innumerable ways. Although we are not dead stones , nothing is fixed , particular behaviours can offset the negative or bring new difficulties .Everything is moving within the responsive karmic universe. External circumstances and internal circumstances are two calculations of this world. The man in the Rolls Royce could be happy or living a miserable life , the man with the beaten up Ford could be happy or living a miserable life . Identifying with mere external circumstances is something not recommended in the Vedas , rather, the journey of the inner consciousness is given priority. Eventually, everyone has to step out of their cars But is life only about the machine like body ?..
The founder acarya of ISKCON caused some controversy amongst the media in the USA in the 1960s pointing out that on average, men’s brains are larger than women’s brains.
Recently, studies show that male brains are typically 8-13% larger than female brains . This difference in size is not related to intelligence, as both male and female brains are, of course, similar . It’s also clear ladies and men are as equally intelligent in their own ways , intelligence differs according to one’s karmic position, and there are different types of intelligence. It was Richard Feynman who said you could have a pocket full of PHd’s and be a complete idiot .The Vedas indicates that the greatest use of intelligence is to have the wisdom and insights to be able to separate consciousness from matter . The objective world of dualism.
It’s the role that ladies play in modern times that have changed from former times . So has much in life and especially the economy. Everything is mighty expensive, and everyone is encouraged to become as rich as possible, and if you want a big house, big car , and big everything else, both mothers and fathers have to work hard . Schools and other educational institutions provide all kinds of directions to children and from an early age . In former times, mothers played more the home and educational role
Ladies in historic times have always played an intelligent and important role in supporting their husbands and children, giving much needed support and insights with great emotional care. and they still do. In modern times however Vedic cultures can be and are adapted . The priorities and principles of ladies supporting their men , who are carrying out their duties properly and work hard for the family is a good one, of course . It’s the essential element that ladies bring and bring stabilised families that are healthy in body , mind, and spirit. With the mothers spending as much time as possible with their children. The choices are how much money we need , but equally how to give the best of times and security for the family.
So the Vedic life of simple living and high thinking with family orientated traditions and loyalties is good for everyone. Along with automatically further development in one’s consciousness without the hindrance of dealing with broken relationships and all that brings.
Modern life and liberalism can be troubling, especially if it’s centred around the speculations and teaching of Darwinian scientific materialism of one life, one death , so what the he’ll, let’s go with the minds flow . We should guard against those who advocate liberalisation of family and cultural values based on theological sciences of consciousness development
It can be seen as Geeks and quasi intellectuals manipulating history and established cultures . Influences upon media , science , politics , religion , and social sciences are taking place, an attempt to make a one world libeterian culture predominantly USA led to suit the economic vision of ruthless atheistic conglomerates . Businessmen should never have the power to run or influence public office or spend money on destroying cultures and history or promoting scientific materialism and Darwinian hypothesis. The world is their’s for the taking , they think and their money buys how people are educated .The world of scientific materialism with Darwins shadow darkening traditional cultures . Ai authorities want to infiltrate and change the wisdom of family values stemming from tried and tested theological cultures based on objective sciences and replace it with atheistic liberalised subjective speculations. Their goals are to destroy predominantly localised economies based on non encroachment and respect of other cultures , those who care for every living thing that’s found in nature and care for nature herself ….
Obviously, some Ai is useful, but their hidden influences need examining
More on this soon..
But why not ride the right waves ..
Yoga and great theological cultures are like surfing. The surfers are sitting out in the ocean watching the waves roll in and crash into the shore , they neglect to ride them and only choose the best of them . They are waiting for far, far greater waves to ride, that can really satisfy them Although in the material world, everything crashes at death , some thoughts and desires are beneficial and progress our journey to pure consciousness , most should be ignored. Transformations of energies are occurring. Krishna’s material or spiritual energies are interrelated and can liberate or entangle . Nothing is separate from Krishna , but choose the right waves of energy and transform the highest of the waves of the best of culture into pure spirit . Bhagavad Gita teaches how . http://www.thevedicspectator.com
The Vedas bring us evidence of practical , observable, and objective processes of the decending and systematic distribution of all kinds of knowledge. It’s in Divinities care . Cyclic cycles of the universe mean knowledge of all kinds has to be consistently and repeatedly reintroduced , essential practical knowledge, as well as spiritual knowledge, is essential for mankind. In current times , as was the case in the past, many practical and fitting technologies are given to mankind , different ages bring differences in priorities , some more materialistic others more spiritually oriented . We can observe that a particular person receives specific insight into many specific fields of knowledge. They create something wonderful or solve a problem , whatever is needed for humanity, even great musical symphonies . Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita, ” I am the ability on man,” we term it a gifted person. Suddenly it has been experienced in the scientific field by scholars a particular problem can be solved by a particular person who has been racking their brains , and unexpectedly, the solutions come suddenly appear in their minds perhaps whilst in the bath , when they were least expecting it . Beethoven used to say that music would begin to flow into my head . Divinity has the responsibility to guide mankind directly or through his agents , so certain great personalities are always amongst us to bring what’s needed , all of them specialising in various fields of knowledge, wisdom, or the arts and ultimately in theological sciences. Previously executed pious activities or sacrifices qualify one to become gain insights and ” channel ” wisdoms
The universe explains itself in many many ways, if one is ready to understand . Those who have taken the lessons and understood them well can bring further clarification . The complexities of universal order seem incalculable, but still, everything can become clear , both socially, scientifically, philosophically, and theologically. Once one thing is known, everything becomes known . The cause of all causes and the systematic processes of creation maintenance and temporary destruction within the cyclic cycles of eternal time are described in the Srimad Bhagavatam, which is the natural commentary of the Vedanta Sutras . The Sutras are precisely stated truths that can be elaborated upon by pure representatives of Divinity who have seen the truth . Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has presented the Srimad Bhagavatam to the Western audiences , many many acaryas have commented on this great work , it is in everyones interests to read and study the Bhagavatam as a regular daily function http://www.thevedicspectator.com
If we look at the ocean or extract a drop of sea water ,and examine one drop of it , it enables us to understand something of the ocean . However, in reality , the total combined oceans is a true expression of what the sum total of the ocean is . Within its depths are complex currents and even unknown species are lurking. So, a cursory glance or some examination does not tell us much about its nature , but it gives some idea
In the same way …. One can point to one person , one particle of consciousness, and understand something of consciousness , such a study will give some clues of the nature of God, the Vedas says , along with His consciousness . The Vedas indicates God displays His unlimited consciousness in numerous ways , and they should be considered. He is, for instance, fully conscious of every one of his part and parcel expansions, namely all the living beings . He is simultaneously one and different from them and reciprocating with each part separately and directly . Those who understand consciousness properly can understand something of God .Thats why those who understand dualism by studying their own consciousness will most definitely understand something of the “ocean ” of God’s unlimited consciousness and something of His unlimitness energies and powers .
Translation By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them.
Srila Sridhar Swami would say , in describing God ….…that God is everywhere but nowhere . How is this ? Because God is He who is full of opulences and lives in a multiuniversal capacity, both materially and spiritually . He can bestow trancendental bliss upon His devotees as the original personality of Godhead and simultaneously take care of the affairs of the material energies . God is everything , but Krishna is the original person from whom all the other forms of Divinity expand, and has multifarious energies , some superior some inferia. He remains permanently in Goloka Vrndavana , the spiritual world . So He is inside everything and simultaneously outside .
How can those placing faith in scientific materialism or atheistic Darwinian hypothesis understand ?
But Einstein, Bohr, Schrödinger , Feynman or Teller would very well understand.
And the Harvard Prof Lisa Randall.
The concept that Krishna is everywhere but nowhere is explored in spiritual and philosophical writings in many cultures. Particularly within the framework of the dualistic school of Vedic philosophy , as opposed to monism , ie. God that is impersonal . This concept, often attributed to Srila Sridhar Swami, suggests that Krishna is both all-encompassing and yet transcends any specific location or limitation. Here’s a breakdown of the concept: Everywhere: Krishna is seen as the ultimate reality, the underlying principle of the universe. As such, He is present in everything, pervading all space and time. This aligns with the idea of Brahman, the ultimate reality in Advaita Vedanta, which considers God impersonal and to be one, indivisible, and the source of all existence. The one and difference are discussed in the Srimad Bhagavatam… It indicates, “At the same time as being all pervading , Krishna is beyond the limitations of the material world.” He is not confined to any specific place, time, or form. This aspect of Divinity emphasizes His expansions of His spiritual energies , the ultimate reality. It’s not limited by the duality of existence and non-existence of the physical world. In Essence: The “everywhere but nowhere” concept highlights the paradoxical nature of the ultimate reality. It suggests that while Krishna is present in every aspect of the universe, He also transcends it and is not bound by the limitations of the material world. This concept is often used to illustrate the idea that the ultimate reality is not something that can be defined or localized in the same way as ordinary objects or beings. It emphasizes the transcendence of the divine and the fact that He is beyond our comprehension. “ Bhagavad Gita .9.4 http://www.thevedicspectator.com
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 word 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 reciprocates in helping 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
Consciousness means personality, the two can never be separated, and the personality is exhibited in conditioned consciousness within the 8,400,000 species of life or in its original purity within higher realms . Dust on a mirror prevents a natural reciprocation of light , similarly the cleansing of the heart by association with Divinity by deep meditation, deep prayer or calling His trancendental names reveal our pure personality free from the shackles of a personality contaminated by lust , anger , greed ,envy , and the madness and illusions associated with selfish consciousness. The Vedic Culures explore very deeply the phycologically contaminated personality as well as freedom from it , each personality is unique in their own right , as its said snowdrops are .Divinity reciprocates individually with each personality in loving exchanges .
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