Those chains that bind you …

Having fallen into a dark well, how would a person climb out ? After all, it’s deep and very dark, and the sides are wet and smooth and slippery.

The Vedas description of the material world and the impossibility of taking oneself out by one’s own means our chains of illusory desire bind us .
The Vedas says that in this age, three things are needed for a comprehensive rescue remedy.
1. The holy names…the rope that has no limits.
2 . Those who can  throw the ropes , Sri Guru and the saints.
3. The scriptures, both in the form of written words and spoken words, they are the pulling mechanism..
Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami has made provisions for the entire world, and the relief work is underway.  Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has garlanded the whole world with those Holy names and added love of God to them ,  Nityananda prabhu is orchestrating everything very nicely ,and His agents are practically conducting the relief work .

What are the chains ?

I want to control the environment and not serve the environment. This consciousness means one enters into the material energies ,the land of  Maya , that which is not .
The land of misconceptions of every kind imaginable and then beyond. Starting with the smallest living being, a worm or a microbe,  to a national consciousness and their leaders who conduct vicious wars of one kind or another .Every being attempting Lordship.
The harmonized consciousness is a beginning of knowledge. It’s  a recognition of the equality of all beings , we are all particles of consciousness. Our absolute position is found in realised knowledge . That we are a  particle of consciousness and have the ability to harmonize with others and nature in a peaceful and contented spirit , free from artificial desires that haunt us and hound us .We can be totally free from the influences of a false identity of being just the material body or a turbulent or fading or building intellect , beyond those planes  is the soulful expressions   Automatically and quickly, this knowledge of consciousness is granted by Nityananda prabhu and Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu . Very swiftly , one frees oneself from the artificial designations of the illusions of Maya, and ultimately the Supreme Personality of Godhead , He is the originator of consciousness , begins to be revealed. Sri Guru is the representative of Nityananda prabhu . It’s Nityananda prabhu’s and Sri Gurus causeless mercy, which is the cause of the ocean of trancendental bliss to increase and exponentially expand in all directions and along with it full knowledge.  The deepest and darkest well is no obstacle,  Nityananda prabhu rope reaches everywhere,  no previous qualifications are needed, just grab the rope of the Divine Holy names, and automatically you will let go of the chains
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Vedic epistemology , ontology ,and etymology

” Ontology and epistemology are both branches of philosophy that study different aspects of reality: 

• Ontology
• The study of being, or the nature of existence and what is real. Ontology is concerned with what exists and what is true or real. It covers a wide range of entities, including everyday objects, living beings, and ideas. 
• Epistemology
• The study of knowledge, or how we can know things. Epistemology is concerned with how we can know about the existence of things and how we can separate true ideas from false ideas. It also studies theories of knowledge, such as how knowledge is derived and how reliable it is. “
• Etymology.
• Etymology is the study of the origin, history, and evolution of words, tracing how their forms and meanings have changed over time. It analyzes the roots of words, their development from earlier languages, and how they shifted meaning, often described as a “family history” for words……in Vedic context the history of Sanskrit and the way the meanings of words are used by acaryas in Gaudiya Vaisnavism according to their relationship with Krishna and the rasa they are experiencing.
• The Vedic perspective…..
• We should at the outset quote the great Scholar Sri Jiva Goswami when he says realised knowledge is within the heart of the pure representatives of God . When speaking to some people, they may be   literally like a book , and repeat what they have read , but do they realise what they read or use quotes out of context.  Srila Jiva Goswami says the example in Nyaya logic of  “where there is smoke there is fire ” is a good example because the fire may have just gone out , so smoke could continue without fire . Only by hearing from a person who sees and realises  the conditions on the ground can truth be known.
• The Vedas bring everyone on a journey of knowledge , no matter where they might currently be ,  the journey is an eternal one in one sense , the ever increasing ocean of trancendental bliss is refered to in the Srimad Bhagavatam . The Vedas offer appropriate wisdom and systematic learning from the beginning of our new incarnation as children , and is available on our death beds , and next life  learning and realising will carry on . The Vedas also offer a gradual learning programme for the doubtful,  an initial sign of intelligence is to be doubtful after all . According to where ones life journey ended from a previous one  , automatically , again one picks up the mantel of learning and sets off on the journey again .  Specifics of learning obviously vary in many ways , but onwards and upwards is the prescription for all  .That’s God’s plan for all . Ultimately, if we want to gain knowledge of Divinity along with His sciences , there are correct and  recognised epistemological processes that are accompanied by  purificatory processes within the different varnas and ashrams . The first thing is to become pure in consciousness by following particular standards alloted according to one’s current situation , they are of many types . Only  by the acceptance of due process will any understanding of the Supreme pure and His  personality be developed and perfected. The original Vedas have been summarised into short codes and aphorisms . The Srimad Bhagavatam is the natural commentary of these codes , called the Vedanta-sutra.
• Within the Srimad Bhagavatam, Jiva Goswami says are the epistemological systems of the Sruti , Smriti , Puranas, and Tantras , so everything complete .This is so because  the Vedas as a complete unit is very difficult to understand in a  comprehensive way . Srila Jiva Goswami says that in this in his  Tattva Sandarbha.

ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi
na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ
sevonmukhe hi jihvādau
svayam  eva sphuraty adaḥ

Translation

“ ‘Therefore material senses cannot appreciate Kṛṣṇa’s holy name, form, qualities and pastimes. When a conditioned soul is awakened to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and renders service by using his tongue to chant the Lord’s holy name and taste the remnants of the Lord’s food, the tongue is purified, and one gradually comes to understand who Kṛṣṇa really is .

Regarding ontological considerations.

Athato brahma jijnasa is a phrase from the Vedanta-sutra that means “Now is the time to inquire about the Absolute Trut

jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’
kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’ 

bhedābheda-prakāśa

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 conclusive understanding of who we are has been  given by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu , and it is summarised like this , we are inconceivably and simultaneous one and different from God .

This conclusive understanding separates Sankacarya and his oneness from the  philosophy of  Madhva Acarya,  Ramanuja Acarya , Srila Visnu Swami , and Nimbarka Acarya , who respectively taught , purified monism , ( a connection with Divinity) specific monism , ( as a servant of Divinity in varying ways ) pure monism ( indicating a oneness in love ) and one and difference.

Caitanya Mahāprabhu added the inconceivable and simultaneous oneness and difference in His revealing the pranaya , oneness in love , particularly of the Manjaris , technically called Tad tad bhava icha atmika .

Thus the Vedas lack nothing in the matter of epistemology or ontology and their conclusion.

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Extremism brings extremism

Extremism brings extremism , and then more  extremism . The wise are not only wise , but the  wise are balanced . The wise are those who understand the complexities of life . It’s a fact that once one truth is known, all truths fall into place . What is that truth ? It is to know and respond to an original cause of all causes . Everyone is part of that original cause  , thus, nothing lies outside truth and truth arises from Divinity , and because Krishna or God is the highest truth , all truth is fixed in Him . The Vedas are the breathing of Visnu , a breath of absolute and relative truth . Vedic means one who is in knowledge of all affairs , either directly or indirectly . Nothing is ever separated from Divinity , even illusion is part of the absolute truth . Multiculturalism needs respect, and so do  individual political systems.  The same also goes for religious practices that follow authorities , free from interpretations for personal and perverted reasons of any kind  .

Extremism has many formats , some obvious , some not so .

Extremism in political circles destroys family values as well as  historic and worthy traditions . Such libertine following and extremists also generally seek to limit theological influences , thinking modern democracies and their political classes know best . They are attempting to replace valuable cultures with  predominately atheistic speculative sciences , scientific materialism , and Darwinian hypothesis , is the name of the game , but they are presented in educational organisations as fact based sciences ,  but they are  clearly not  .Without knowledge of dualism , such  extremists are  orientated towards liberalism and  preach …”if it feels good, do it.”  into the heads and mindset of children with dishonesty and
bias science . However, the Discovery Institute and the Bhaktivedanta Institute  are fighting to present a real objective truth . They are presenting objective science rather than subjective speculations . Check out both organisations .
Scientific materialism , as well as Darwinian hypothesis and of course fanatical fanciful so-called religious teachers who teach exclusivity and hatred of other religions, are the cause of a misguided society , and they have allowed democracies to be infiltrated by unthinking business men , global conglomerates are bad news , they don’t create wealth , they steal from others directly or indirectly and create killing feilds.
In Vedic Culures, sometimes impersonal energies are presented as being God and   that God is not an individual . This philosophy has some truth to it , but  because such impersonal explanations can not explain how  the order and laws of the universe are perfectly constant or have  come into being , Sankaracarya followers arguments are flawed , the  world is real and present . It has purposes , and Divinity has set it in motion . An unintelligent” cop out “can’t explain truth , a “cop out”  much like a  Darwinian  “cop out ”  in  their explaining  order and universal laws as a random chance events .

Get balanced, get Vedic, get to know scientifically and objectively our life and times

Einstein said that religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame.
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With 8,400,000 different species of life and with each individual living being assigned an individual mind and intelligence suited for a particular species , but who are endlessly changing bodies  to adjust to desire of an individual consciousness , and with 14 planetary systems within which countless billions of universes are situated , no one can accuse God of not providing ample opportunities for countless living beings to express their free will . Free will is  the inherant quality of the soul , expressions of spiritual culture bring one to a spiritual plane , and expression in matter brings one to matter . Every one get a fair crack of the whip .

Free will and determinism need facilitating, and a legislative response  within a responsive universe is in place . The universe  follows us, and our desires and our actions determine our lot .

The Srimad Bhagavatam, which is the natural commentary of the Vedanta Sutras, provides us with all the information of the sciences of mind , matter, and consciousness both within the material and spiritual planes .Srila AC Bhavtivedanta Swami Prabhupada explains all in his publications, which are excellent for everyone to know of all sorts of sciences.

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Certainly, any extreme regime of any kind will have to mellow out if they want to win over all the people and have successful governance overall . In any country , differences of karmic disposition and  different psychological needs are apparent. Persons prefer freedoms , and as we know in Vedic cultures, they are granted . Even low class men who want to enjoy meat eating and intoxicating  themselves or having uncontrolled sex urges those need are catered for . In certain formats, certain freedoms are necessary, but in the Western cultures, the freedoms have become the suppresses of knowledge and widom and all theologically based  philosophical sciences of mind , matter and consciousness are tossed out the window . Thus ,unrestricted  freedoms bind the living beings further into their deep-seated material entanglements, and  they are greatly helped by the dishonest who teach guessing such as  Darwinian hypothesis , or scientific materialism as fact based sciences.
Like Russia, China and India and other countries who strictly take control of liberalisation , they prevent the loose living to predominate and take up the reigns of power . Although their systems have their own flaws, of course . Many so-called faiths also infiltrate truely expressed theological teaching like political motivated Zionist  groups and not only in Israel. Equality of every living being is the first spiritual principle,  so those who are so unequal that they think themselves chosen people should wonder who taught them , and is that an interpretation by a beginner or a wise statement by the pure representative of God . You want to think about that . Smarter Brahminical classes were not so extreme but still off the mark when it comes to understanding spiritual and social mobility.

The complete Vedas allows for all living but makes clear what is pure knowledge and pure living and sets standards for different people so wherever they may be will move forward progressively,  respect is given to everyone wherever they may find themselves.

The importance of the peripherals joining the cor teachings means that at any moment, anyone can make monumental leaps forward. Nothing gets in the way of pure knowledge.

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Currently, the USA , China, and Russia remain dominant in the world and are , between them , with unofficial arrangements  , it seems , carving up the world . India remains independent , it prefers the traditional learned historical cultures rather than the modern path of extreme liberalisation chosen by the EU , a path that pours petrol onto the fire of the senses , and calling it enjoyable , whilst minds are agitated and anger along with unlimited lust is let loose within societal affairs, even inflicting  children via the Internet . The USA is the originator of these ” freedoms,” with businessmen ruling politicians and calling the shots . The great ISLAMIC countries  either have to tow the USA line , as do the Arabic states , or they are labelled as an antichrist . The Jewish state of Israel who do not recognise Jesus as a profit , their ancient priests handed Jesus to the Romans , are of course one and different to USA for economic and security reasons. The USA has their back . The Israeli lobby pays for USA politics , literally.
The EU itself  has lost the plot a long time ago and is being washed away in its centralised  left liberalists ideals, which it appears addicted to . The two Russian hating and extreme libertine ladies running the EU should really be put out to grass . The UK ,under Starmer, who is a great but unfortunate EU lover , and a  Russian hater , is endanger of being washed away ,  the UK is in no man’s land .
Best find balances across the world with an intelligentsia who are united . They respect  cultures,  theological traditions, and  individual political systems,  each to their own and  with deep respect , is the thinking of the intelligentsia. There will be no global one-way world .The global conglomerate singular world is the model for greed and encroachment, death and wars ,  others’ lives, and territories destroyed . Conservation of family traditions, cultural traditions, and ancient theological values  based on knowledge of mind , matter, and consciousness along with a natural compassion is what the intelligentsia bring . The curtailing of the influences of scientific materialism along with the atheistic Darwinian survival of the fittest economics that cause greedy financial institutions along with foreign countries to ridicule and kill off  and exploit others’ economic systems and their own countries governance systems should take place , objective sciences should lead the way . Localised economies with fair trade deals, bringing cooperation,  sharing, and a well wishing spirit is the Vedic way.

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om tad vishno paramam padam

sada pashyanti surayah

diviva cakshur-atatam

tad vipraso vipanyavo jagrivagm sa

samindhate vishnor yat paramam padam

“Just as the sun’s rays in the heavens are extended to the mundane organ of light, so do the godly souls always look to the abode of Lord Vishnu, which is supreme. Inasmuch as such twice-born men are worthy of praise and are awake to the spiritual stratum, they are able to exhibit the Supreme Abode, which is Lord Vishnu’s.”-Rg Veda (1.22.20)

The Vedas comprehensively and in great detail urge the enquirer of truth to understand the essential principle , that truth is only ever  found in the truthful . Simplicity and truthfulness is a path that lead to an awareness of greater truths and ultimately of absolute truth . The absolute truth and relative truths can be accessed by association with the truthful and also by learning from the Vedas about nescience because along truth comes knowledge of what a lack of truth looks like . That can be in the form of an out and our deceit , or in the form of subtle deceit , or in scientific circles speculations that are presented as fact .  The material world is based on deceit,  that “I am this body and I an the enjoyer of all I survey ” . Lord Krishna in His Bhagavad Gita brings us the truth of truth and the truth of illusions and deceptions. We must equip ourselves and protect ourselves from those who seek to throw away truth and who make a lie a truth . Who will convince themselves ,  due to arrogance and pride and  envy , dismissing the truthful and urging others to do the same . Those are the symptoms of the demons . Many demons situate themselves in high places such as political , educational, or religious  posts within various organisations . In everyday life, Lord Krishna or Divinity remains within the hearts of all ,and some He continues to fool , and some He gives liberation . It’s all in the hands of the individuals and choices . If you want truth , truth will out .

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Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Nityananda prabhu to extensively preach Nama Sankirtana to one and all . He would go door to door, requesting everyone to take up Krishna consciousness. The most fallen of persons can receive His blessings if he simply lends an ear and attentively listens to the Holy names and messages from the Srimad Bhagavatam . If Nityananda prabhu accepts a person , Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu will also . Sri Guru, in all his or her forms, is the representative of Nityananda prabhu , Nityananda prabhu is none other than Lord Balarama the first expansion of Krishna and the origins of the Jivas , the living beings.  Being accepted by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His all merciful mood is the special benediction in current times and that broad acceptance reflects the elegance and  kind nature of Srimati Radharani , entrance to the trancendental land of Vraj and understanding it fully is guaranteed if the Supreme Goddess of fortune favours us .
Anyone who assists Nityananda prabhu  in His continued work of giving knowledge of Krishna consciousness throughout any part of the world is guaranteed to be accepted by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and their path to  perfection is sure , they will be given the inspiration and intelligence of how to traverse the path and taste its sweetness . In making sweets, we must know the process, but we should also know the sweet taste of sweets,  then they can be properly made .
Many sincere devotees assist Nityananda prabhu in his campaign of rescuing His lost servants ,  and of all those devotees who extensively spread Krishna consciousness AC Bhaktivedanta Swami has made a unique contribution by the wholesale distribution worldwide of Krishna consciousness through his ISKCON society . What he did with his early followers is astounding, and ISKCON is increasing its activity hour by hour , there is no stopping it . The storehouse of love of God has been truly broken open, and its treasure is scattered in every direction as Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu desired and Nityananda prabhu carries out and still to this day , Nityananda prabhu empowers His representatives.

How to be Harmonized …It is summarised as follows .
All living things are inconceivably and simultaneously one and different from their origins , who is  the Supreme Personality of Godhead , He is  the cause of all causes . By accepting Nityananda prabhu and His mercy , an exchange of trancendental bliss erupts within both the origin and His  parts and parcels .
These exchanges of pure love and attraction take place in higher spiritual planes , the super subjective plane , and in the highest degrees in Goloka Vrndavana amongst the cowherd damsels of Vraj ,  everyone in Vrndavana are in one way of another supportive of these trancendental pastimes.
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The Srimad Bhagavatam explains the ethereal plane,  where there is a need matter expands , the material universes expand due to the desire of the participants within it , the conscious beings who circulate within the cyclic cycles of the responsive universe.

Here are some scientists of the past who thought this way , and in todays world many still do , but the Darwinians and the followers of scientific materialism are still wondering in the electro magnetism of the atomic world and remain clueless of its origins.

Recently, Roger Penrose said he thought there was evidence of the previous universe in the current one . That may be , its the same atoms being reformed and the same particles of consciousness who are entrapped within matter due to desire , the responsive universe does not give anyone up , it’s by the power of an ethereal mind that determine whether to transport  the living beings out of matter to the higher planes  or back inside it again . Beyond all  the ethereal planes  lies the spiritual energies where spiritual antimatter particles form different sorts of bodies , they are not subjected to any material laws of nature of any kind throughout the universes

The concept of “ethereal particles” or an “aether” as the underlying substrate of matter was popular in the late 19th-century vortex theory of atoms, supported by researchers like Lord Kelvin (William Thomson), J.J. Thomson, and Joseph Larmor. They proposed that atoms were vortex rings or strains in the ether, rather than hard, indivisible billiard balls. Khan Academy +4

• Lord Kelvin (William Thomson): Proposed the “vortex atom” theory, suggesting that atoms are tiny, knotted vortices in an all-pervading ether, treating them as structural entities within that medium.
• J.J. Thomson: Early in his career, he explored the vortex atom theory before his discovery of the electron in 1897 shifted the model to subatomic particles.
• Joseph Larmor: Developed a model where atoms and electrons were essentially centers of strain or electrical charges within the ether.
• Sir Oliver Lodge: A strong proponent of the luminiferous ether who viewed matter as being composed of structured, electrically charged particles derived from the ether itself. Khan Academy +4

These views were mostly replaced in the early 20th century by the nuclear model of the atom

More on this soon directly from the Bhagavatam.

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Everything is happening by the supreme desire of Divinity .

The never-ending cycles of a material matrix within universal dreams

Einstein spoke of the space time continuum.  This also parallels  Vedic scientific truths. The journeys of the individual particles of consciousness . The  soul, with its independence and free will and the consequences of its desires and actions .  A self-propelled journey , all contained within the Mahatattva, the total material energies an expansion of Mahavisnu’s  Yoga Nidra sleep . The multiuniversal universe is the playground,  and the individual particles are totally dependent on God but think themselves independent. They are utilising God energies and  are expressing a given free will , or they are beginning to wake up from this surreal world and by Yoga practices and are utilising  a God-given free wont . Free wont means one controls the demands of the mind and senses that are imploring them  to act as an enjoyer of matter separate from God . This is the beginning of a  disciplined life and a way out of the universal merry go round of birth and death .

Re space time in Vedic terms.

The past is affecting the present , and the present will affect the future and curiously enough also the past on some occasions.

Ultimately, it’s said in the Vedas that our independent life is a temporary long term dream , in reality  we are completely dependent on Divinity for everything ,and under the supervision of agents within a responsive universe. Our arrangement has been  awarded,  given, or  sanctioned by Divinity . Our power to act or be restricted has been calculated, and the reckoning is according to previous interactions within the responsive universe.  Divinity Himself, it’s told in the Vedas, has to give us the impetus to act and calculate.  He helps and provides the intelligence for the living beings  so they can enter into the material machine like body and take up a  tiny artificial and temporary material life . Everything is  happening under the watch of the supersoul , who remains with us in a conditioned life . Such are the complexities of the material matrix that Divinity Himself has to demonstrate to the living beings and give impetus  directly or indirectly, of how to utilise life and become a first-class  independent enjoyer . First Divinity acts , first Divinity sees , through His unlimited expansions,  then the entity picks up inspiration and follows .

So, the multidimensional space time entanglements of the individual soul are first enacted by Divinity , this is elaborated upon by Srila Jiva Goswami in his Bhagavat Sandarbha . With that in mind and considering  what Shakespeare said ,” life is like a stage , and we are actors ,”  who is to say that , the 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s  and all of those , what seem , inconsequential activities that took place during those times , those that are inconsequential when compared to the eternal energies and eternal time , are not constantly being played out somewhere within the multidimensional universes . Perhaps you could go back to the 1920s era . After all, how many planets are in our universe, and according to the Vedas,  there are countless universes .

The inconceivable energies and consciousness of Divinity have to be accepted as a reality before one can progress in knowledge of Divinity and His workings . One has to admit one is firmly in the grips of His energies…The Darwinian hypothesis has to be shed …Everything is happening by the supreme desire of Divinity , this consciousness is scientifically an objective fact , if one looks and feels intuitively it is realised. and evident utalising objective sciences

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