When Albert Einstein said the measurement of intelligence is the ability to change, he makes an excellent point . In Vedic circles, the essence of all change is to change one’s conditioned nature  brought about by countless entanglements within a responsive universe and reorientate it, discovering the original spiritual nature .Those types of considerations and deep contemplations take intelligence ,and God says he helps those that help themselves and further in the Bhagavad Gita Krishna says directly “I will give you the intelligence to untangle yourself and come to me “
Albert Einstein also said, “religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame.”
If one can understand why he said such a thing , then one will certainly be well on the way to intelligently change  outlooks and worldviews .
Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami, through his litratures and translations of the Srimad Bhagavatam, explains all , and especially the path of change….

Now the question comes , it’s not so easy to change , old thinking and old habits die hard . Remembering the Vedic standpoint that the consciousness is eternal and has had many many dips into the material energies and has become covered over and over again , the rejuvenation of an  original spiritual nature would take some doing .

It’s a fact, and Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita confirms this , Arjuna says, ” It’s more difficult to control the mind and our conditioned nature that controlling a gale force wind “

Krishna agrees it’s difficult ” But by constant practice and detachment it’s done “

Krishna says, “I will help you. I will give you the intelligence with which you can come to me . Simply hear my messages “

And Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu says in this age, ” I will make it easy , simply chant My Holy names with sincerity.” Call to Me , like a child crying to a mother . Associating  with pure devotees  is essential,  and reading the literature of the param para acaryas is imperative. By this process, a certain intelligence is brought to bear . The Holy Names will award  higher taste of spiritual bliss  when chanted in humility ”  The windows of the spiritual worlds open through the Names and litratures of Srila Rupa Goswami, Srila Ragganatha das Goswami and their followers in Gaudiya Vaisnava param para .

So, it’s not a lone process , Bhakti Devi is  injected into the heart by the devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu . This process is simply for the simple hearted and  sincere person,  and even for rouges,  by association, purification occurs in time.
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To whom do you belong ?

Differences  of perception can be experienced according to material and spiritual consciousness. Perception can be deceiving.
Some material and spiritual thinkers may both say, “I belong to myself,  I am it.” This could be thought of as rather self-centred and limiting .
The Vedas outlines philosophically orientated considerations. Most definitely, we all have a sense of belonging .
If Divinity has unlimited capacity, then feasibly He can recipricate a sense of acceptance unlimitedly for to belong we must feel that sense of acceptance. No one can belong without acceptance. The great Gaudia Vaisnava acarya of recent times Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja once said, ” Krishna may a may not accept you its up to Him ”
The Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas have taken these thoughts to the limits say  We must understand who we are not before we understand who we are , and when we understand who we are , then we can have an inkling of where we might belong ,and gradually bring ourselves to where we feel a real sense of home comfort in every way . Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada coined the phrase “Back home , back to Godhead.”
The great Vaisnava acarya Srila Rupa Goswami , who was personally taught by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, wrote this verse.

nāhaṁ vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro
nāhaṁ varṇī na ca gṛha-patir no vanastho yatir vā
kintu prodyan-nikhila-paramānanda-pūrnāmṛtābdher
gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ

TRANSLATION
” ‘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 transcendental bliss. He always exists with brilliance .

This trancendental verse brings us to the esoteric plane of pranaya, the oneness of love and belonging.
Belonging means we serve a purpose in a relationship. Every particle of consciousness belongs and has a purpose that purpose fully satisfies  the inner depths of the conscious state and increasingly so
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Initiation and seeds ..

The Mantra is important and should be resounded by someone who is a least lower madhyam..
But the Sabdha Brahman comes from either the Uttama Diksa or Uttama Siksa.
It’s this that changes the heart .
Although the seed is planted by a reasonable level Diksa , although it’s doubtful whether the kanista could plant a seed , but maybe , the watering process is described by our acaryas but somehow or another the hearing of Sabdha Brahman from a topmost devotee is highly beneficial, just one moments association sastra say .Sastra Sanga is also the topmost association, but the seed has to be well watered to understand and enter it on real terms ….

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Srila Jiva Goswami says, ” the word Manomayah means the Lord is understand by concentration of the very pure mind.” Krishna is the support of the giver of Pranas , the various life airs .
Krishna is the most subtle , pure, and supremely spiritual personality, He is performing directly and indirectly all actions , and the universal action is Him .This is also indicated in the First Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam first text .
He is the supreme Autocrat. Everything serves His purposes, and when harmonized, everyone enjoys their trancendentally situated senses through His senses and the senses of His associates . The supreme Goddess of fortune Srimati Radharani is forever and increasingly attracted to Krishna and Krishna is forever and increasingly attracted to Her , this competition in love is compared to an unlimited ocean one drop of this ocean can drown the material universe and merge the residents in love of God .
To understand all matters of deep Tattva and the multitudes of their applications Srila Jiva Goswami reminds us of our need for the concentration of a very pure mind , this process is began and perfected in generally many lives , everyone is at a different staging point .
Don’t be surprised at wisdom it’s been a long time coming, and like Sukadeva Goswami, sometimes it’s spoken from unexpected quarters .But also from the old and wise .

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It’s often the case that applications of different aspects of Vedic truths along with their practical applications takes a certain maturity, many applications are made in different circumstances because the Vedas are so very broad.
Members of the International society for Krishna consciousness have to learn applications as they progress with the movement and sometimes things need adjustments as further insights develop, sometimes old thinking dies hard .
Guru tattva is one such issue, and the origins of the Jiva another , or whether they fell from the spiritual sky another .
Another issue are the Vedic view of women , what does it mean to protect them , obviously they are generally physically the weaker sex , they are the fairer sex , softer and kinder in general.
But how about intelligence.
Look up how many PHd women in USA in the last years in comparison to men , or some might think women need protection because of unwanted populations and that women are weak and can be exploited by men , but look up who is more likely to be disloyal and carry out infidelities .When it comes to intelligence ,  moral standing, or the ability to uphold Dharma and remaining with purity of mind and purposes, men do not have the upper hand for sure .
Nothing is as clear as some Vedic thinkers might think , and it looks like applications of Vedic education and insights need further deliberations.
This is written..

“The call to “protect women” in Vedic literature (and subsequent Smritis like Manusmriti) is framed not as a statement of female inferiority, but rather as a
social and spiritual imperative to protect the society’s most precious resource—its virtue, purity, and continuity. In the Vedic worldview, women are viewed as the manifestation of Shakti (divine energy) and Lakshmi (prosperity), and ensuring their safety and dignity is paramount for the stability of the family and society. “
By some Vedic thinkers .

This is written.

• Women as Treasured Jewels: Kerry Brown in Essential Teachings of Hinduism explains that in Vedic tradition, a woman is looked after not because she is incapable, but because she is treasured. Just as, for instance, a priceless diamond is stored in a secure box rather than being left in the open, the protection of women is deemed necessary because of their immense value to society.
• The Spiritual Duty to Honor Them: The Mahabharata (Anuśā. 46.5-6) and other scriptures strongly emphasize that “where women are honored, there the gods rejoice”. Conversely, if women are aggrieved or mistreated, it is believed the family will perish.

What should be taken as a cooperative role between men and women wherein the majority of cases the various psychology to go with it is in place , so ,  the greater understandings of the greater Vedic picture should be considered.

We must also remember the words of Lord Krishna when He said to Srimati Radharani “You are My Guru ,  I am your dancing pupil ”

Srila Gour Govinda Swami says ..

So in the guru-parampara the topmost position is Radharāni.
This is guru-tattva. Those who get vraja-sevā-adhikāra, the right to serve Krishna in Vrajabhumi, they are the servants of Rādhārāni. Those who have gotten that opportunity serve Radharanatha.
And Gaurasundara is radha-bhava-dyuti-suvalitam.
Radha-bhava is predominating in Gaurasundara.

.. The smarta classes , so-called Vedic intelligentsia, as well as twisting Varna Ashram , perverting it from quality of a person to birth limitations, also failed to understand the intelligence and capabilities of ladies . Although they certainly played many specific roles in Vedic culture . Societies change, and so do everyone’s occupation.
Instead of ladies working in the local fields or locally orientated village management or child care . etc etc
The veg snd food is brought in by everyone
The ladies go to work for money …in all kinds of professions .with the financial institutions’ exploitation in all fields, house costs are so high that both mothers and fathers have to work as a rule .
Etc, etc.
Not good , not Vedic…but it is what it is …
Thus, a general understanding of the current statuses of ladies in greater society within ISKCON must be recognised
Vedic culture adjusted to time and place is in order
But in either case, the position of ladies and Varna Ashram have been perverted by smartaism , which should be understood.
Along with philisophical and spiritual approaches to Krishna consciousness , the speculations of Smarta’s must be rejected in every way but not replaced by unthinking libertines…
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I suggest that when unthinking politicians declare religion has no place in political affairs it should be obvious to the thinking  public just how ignorant they might be and how they are truly unrepresentative of the decent minded and philosophically astute . What foolish notions to declare themselves independent of Divinity and theological cultures stemming back hundreds of thousands of years and replace it with scientific materialism or the Darwinian agenda, because they have been indoctrinated at public schools by teachers who had been similarly educated. It’s time for society to wake up to the unthinking and replace them with the philosophically astute intelligentsia who scientifically understand dualism , the sciences of consciousness that all beings possess and each of them with psychological needs according to circumstances they are in , this scientific study is carried out in the Vedas.
Take a look at our world led by unthinking politicians who are enslaved financially by their  global conglomerate masters and by the cheating scientific community who are fond of presenting their subjective thinking as objective fact based science and teaching it to school children.
The Vedas indicates that the theological intelligentsia do not directly lead society but provide the ethics ,morals, and sciences of every kind in order for  society at large to be led by  utalising honest scholars of the  various fields who have not given up on objective sciences and  who have blindly accepted subjective indoctrinations or become financially enslaved to the immoral.  The intelligentsia see to  the order of societal progressions for everyone , social and spiritual mobility that’s based on body , minds , intelligences and consciousness.
The current unthinking exploitative political classes who work and are funded by the global conglomerates cater only to the bodily demands and make all kinds of immoral plans to increase any demands,  as long as it turns a profit . This in a consumer driven world where profits are king and the unguided people are their slaves .

Who is who ?

Governance, compliance, and the role of an independent intelligentsia are very well documented in the Vedas.
Society was taken as a whole body.
Without the head , the body has no value and is going nowhere.
The belly , arms, and legs are all valuable parts of the body, no doubt when the intelligence is properly integrated .
Social mobility , consciousness mobility , and systematic and appropriate education for everyone have always been integral within the histories of the Vedic societies , and their applications are well understood by the intelligentsia.
Fraudulent persons , who do not understand the greater picture are posing as the intelligentsia and do great harm to society, but the checks and balances of who is and who isn’t a member of the intelligensia and what their symptoms are are also given within Vedas. .
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Śrimad Bhagavatam 1.2.9

dharmasya hy āpavargyasya
nārtho ’rthāyopakalpate
nārthasya dharmaikāntasya
kāmo lābhāya hi smṛtaḥ

Translation

All occupational engagements are certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for material gain. Furthermore, according to sages, one who is engaged in the ultimate occupational service should never use material gain to cultivate sense gratification.

The whole process of Krishna consciousness entails bringing the peripherals of the Vedic instructions within one’s practical life and in therapeutic ways to the esoteric core , wherein one can realise the trancendental planes of the spiritual kingdoms.  Krishna is known as Rasaraja, and He is adored and loved naturally by the pure hearted residents of Vrndavana. The karmic worlds of self-centred impurities centred around lust , greed, and envy have no place there . Rather, a spontaneous attraction for the quality of others is felt in ever new ways and increasingly so . The trancendental form of Krishna and Radharani have no limits to Their personalities,  and Their followers are swept up in the tumultuous ocean of trancendental bliss with waves that are forever rising and falling in feelings of Union and separation.

The process of chanting the Hare Krishna mahamantra purely takes one to the shore of this ocean , and with time and practice, one can learn to enter within its waters , there is no limits to the depths of its waters .

Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has explained all as have all the param para acaryas.

Vedic life means concentration on the Param Gatim, the permanently situated and the  supreme perfection of a conscious state .

Lives , families,  communities, nations, and empires come and go and ultimately the universe as well . The permanency of the consciousness is stated in the Bhagavad Gita, and Krishna stresses understanding this absolute knowledge and how its vitally important and as well in our best interests to find an atmosphere where it can find permanency,  where the same consciousness superior energies make up the environments it is situated within. Its the natural state of the consciousness to experience sat cit ananda .

Full spiritual knowledge of relationships, eternally increasing in the ever new spiritual mellows of loving exchanges with Krishna and His associates.

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Become expert at cleaning..

Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has brought everyone the process of congregational chanting of the Holy names , this trancendental sound purifies the atmosphere of the world and brings real intelligence to see things as they are . Chanting the Holy names congregationally or personalised jappa is both the means and the end of a perfection of spiritual life . Cleaning the heart is the essential task , and Mahāprabhu showed a wonderful example in His pastimes when  cleaning the Gundicha temple that is recorded in the Caitanya Caratamrita with extensive commentaries by Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada . He relates within his writings the Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas thoughts on the processes of purification. Unwanted things are carried life after life , careful cleaning is needed and where to clean within the deep subtle heart and mind needs to be learned by those who are expert cleaners , all offences must be given up , not expecting respect or a following and giving respect to everyone is the key to success in chanting and reaching the esoteric trancendental planes of Krishna’s eternal pastimes with His family and friends .
The conclusion of Bhagavad Gita is “Think of Me become my devotee, ” Krishna says it, and Mahāprabhu demonstrated how to do it .
man-manā bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru
mām evaiṣyasi satyaṁ te
pratijāne priyo ’si me
Translation
Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend

Here is overview..

“The Gundicha Temple cleaning, or Gundicha Marjana, is a significant annual ritual before the Rath Yatra, where Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and His devotees thoroughly sweep and wash the temple, symbolizing the inner purification of the heart from unwanted desires (anarthas) to make it a fit place for Krishna. This act involves meticulous cleaning with brooms, water, and even personal garments, teaching devotees humility and selfless service (seva) through dedicated, loving effort.
Significance & Symbolism
Inner Cleansing: It’s a metaphor for cleansing one’s own heart of pride, envy, and selfish desires, much like cleaning the temple’s dust and dirt.
Spiritual Practice: The physical act of cleaning becomes a form of devotional service (seva) that helps remove anarthas (unwanted desires) from the heart, preparing it for Krishna’s presence.
Example of Lord Chaitanya: Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu personally led the cleaning with great enthusiasm, using His own clothes, demonstrating the ideal mood of selfless devotion. “.

Srila Rupa Goswami, in his writings, has given a thorough understanding of all things related to heart cleaning,  and Srila Ragganatha das Goswami’s book Sri Manah Siksa takes the matter into practical teachings and in other of his books the spiritual realms are revealed

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lost causes of trying to bring perfection to imperfection in a  reflection of a  perfection .

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 living beings are attempting to bring a perfection in their lives , but in an atmosphere that is not suitable , mostly because of a state of an impure heart and its consequences , the consequences are atoms , elements and compounds that  can never satisfy our inner consciousnesss needs . Our needs run much deeper we are searching for pure loving relationships within an atmosphere of beauty and attractions of every kind , the  highest of all artistic cultures capable of and  forever inspiring the deepest parts of our hearts and attracting us in ever new ways . These higher states of spiritual beauty and consciousness are reflected at times in this world , but such  minuscule displays may prompt us to search further for their origins and depth . That need for a blissful, happy life is inherently situated in everyone’s heart. We are looking for relationships that are increasingly rewarding . Perhaps the closest to these happy spontaneous moments in this life  are the short-lived  youthful or child like excitements and increasing enthusiasms , schools out provide one such example.  Watch next time you pass young  men and ladies at the school gates. Their energies are immense and also sweet and attractive in their ways . It’s a kind of reflection of a spiritual perfection according to the Vedas , eternal youth , and  paradise lost . Ultimately, every theologically driven culture warns of the souls pure consciousness being and becoming further 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 , Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada  said . Those fast-moving atoms, elements and compounds, and a given particular subtle mind set with a given intellect is awarded within a stipulated space and stipulated time to the individual consciousness particles , but they can not stay long  .The atoms are vibrating and producing forms that appear as permanent realities  , with  material varigatedness that is indeed full of wonder , and no wonder , this is a reflection of a spiritual reality , and the material energies are Gods energies, but the essence of the pure heart is missing as the soul gets lost in matter instead of spirit.
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After four years the West and EU learn little.
John Mearsheimer and Jeffrey Sachs , scholars in geopolitical and histical affairs , say Russia and President Putin had spent two years warning EU and especially the USA of their concerns of military build up which was Nato driven in Ukraine, Putin was ignored, they thought Russia a weak nation that was a shadow of its former self , and this last push in Ukraine will disintegrate them and the great Historic Russian empire would fold , and global conglomerates from the USA could capture Russian markets and control its assets.
This was a major foreign policy miscalculation, causing Ukraine war , Brics , and Russia/China Alliance.
Trump at least knows of this …The .EU remain stubbornly ignorant..
Reminder ..
In 1997, 50 prominent foreign policy experts, including former senators, military leaders, and diplomats, sent an open letter to then-President Bill Clinton outlining their opposition to NATO expansion. “It is a policy error of historic proportions,” they wrote.

Conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan wrote in his 1999 book ‘A Republic, Not an Empire’, “By moving NATO onto Russia’s front porch, we have scheduled a twenty-first-century confrontation.”

The current director of the CIA, William Burns, said in 2008 that for Russia, accession to NATO is the brightest of all red lines.”

“I have not yet found anyone who would consider Ukraine in NATO as something other than a direct challenge to Russia’s interests,” he said…

We must remember Putin only wanted Neutrality,  Johnson and Biden said no ….Zelenskyy took his country to war ..

Doing the bidding and paying a price …

Surprise Surprise….

“Pro-Israel lobby groups, most notably the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and its affiliated super PAC, the United Democracy Project (UDP), have significantly increased their financial contributions to both major U.S. political parties in recent election cycles. In the 2023-2024 election cycle, these groups spent over $100 million combined, making them a dominant force in campaign financing. “

Money over morality and beyond the reaches of international law .

With USA companies over inflated on the stock markets and Ai concerns and uncertainty as well as a 38 trillion dollar debt .
USA will hold off in IRAN.
And cut a deal to save face .
Iran have military strength and strong convictions..although ISRAEL, who, through their lobbying, pay 100 billion dollars to USA political parties, want USA to do their bidding, USA looks likely not to ….

In regards to family traditions and theological values and a push back against the global libertines who are responsible for many overly liberalised aspects of society, that they claim are freedoms, but freedoms bind in different ways, the theological students know the sciences of consciousness.

We note Russia prefers theological traditions and family values as their preferred model , Putin often quoting the word of Jesus Christ.

Re .the leader of Ukraine, his culture and values differ and that’s something for the Ukrainian people to think about ..
This is written of him ..

“Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a secular Jew who grew up in the Soviet Union in an environment with low religiosity. While he identifies as Jewish and has embraced this identity publicly, he is generally regarded as not practicing the religion openly and, according to some observers, holds secular or atheistic personal views”

Choice of scientific materialism or dualism: These choices will be made more frequently as time passes …
An important part of Russian calculations of nato expansion is that it brings with it libertine cultures, and it’s not only the military. it’s the traditions that the Russian government wants to preserve…..it has that right ….
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