When on the battlefield of Kuruksetra, this is the beginning of Bhagavad Gita,  Arjuna was  initially not prepared to fight. In the early parts of the Bhagavad Gita, one can read of why and the seemingly good reasons he gave Krishna .

Arjuna became bewildered because he had to consider every type of moral and ethical behaviour,  as a good warrior does , a good soldier is not a cold ruthless killer , and certainly will not kill women and children or citizens. Warfare is a tricky business, and many considerations should be made .Arjuna turned to Krishna and submitted himself ,  he asked Krishna what he should do and why it would be the right course of action to fight . Arjuna importantly and  obviously had initial faith that Krishna would give him good advice .

At the point Arjuna turned to Krishna and submitted himself in honesty and with humility Krishna took up the position as Arjuna’s spiritual Guru and thus  chastised Arjuna calling him Mudha , a fool , for thinking he was speaking learned words in giving the reasons why he was not prepared to fight . Krishna began to  point out his lack of real knowledge both materially and spiritually , in terms of what consciousness is , what duty is, and what morality of the highest order is . Spiritual consciousness and its development are always a priority, and Arjuna was only calculating things u to satisfy his own limited interests.

The important point here is that Arjuna initially turns to Krishna with faith and waits and is prepared to hear from Krishna .

After hearing from Krishna, who cleared up all  his misconceptions, Bhagavad Gita makes every clear to everyone, Arjuna intelligently surrendered WITHOUT  RESERVATIONS , and he spoke as follows

Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ultimate abode, the purest, the Absolute Truth. You are the eternal, transcendental, original person, the unborn, the greatest. All the great sages such as Nārada, Asita, Devala and Vyāsa confirm this truth about You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me.

This full surrender without reservations is required when it comes to  taking Sri Guru.  who comes in msny forms , both Diksa and Siksa . Sadhu Sastra, after proper surrender and services, can be also consider as non different than Krishna or  Guru . Whether Diksa or Sisksa ,and in particular the highest sense of Siksa of the higher Madhyama or Uttama,  can not be doubted , he can be questioned, but we must be prepared to accept his answers.

It might take time to understand Sri Guru but we must be patient and Krishna will help us , but a bone fide Guru as Krishna was to Arjuna , explains everything logically with reference to authority , such a Uttama Guru can be and should be surrender to without reservation.

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In the third Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada refers to how TV signals are transmitted through the air ,and these days light carries information,
So the example of subtle ethereal energies being transformed, Prabhupada makes the comment that this ethereal mind making future destinations are a great subject for futuristic science, the following is one such initial attempt

The Vedas indicate a direct correlation between ones thoughts, which generally imply actions of all kinds with the electromagnetic energies of the brain . So thoughts on the ethereal plane are given a form of kinds in the form of brain waves .
“The human brain generates and interacts with electromagnetic waves, which are also known as brainwaves, that reflect brain activity and can be measured through techniques like EEG. These waves, ranging in frequency, are associated with different states of consciousness and cognitive functions.”
The observer effect in Quantum physics studies are still little understood , but the many possibilities can be interpreted to mean the responsive universe ie. action reaction . Both the electromagnetic energies of the brain and the many possibilities of the atomic realms  collide , a future requires facilities that mean atoms , elements, compounds , etc . The atomic energies  also have electromagnetic properties .The Vedas indicates the consciousness , means the way ones brainwaves are functioning , and such waves travel out into the universe at the speed of light connecting to a future , the next body is being prepared . Dark matter and dark energy are thought by some to be an ethereal storekeeper,   bringing and arranging karmic synchronicities of a  future . Thus, space time is linked , as Albert Einstein suspected , space time continuum  . A past , present, and future are all reactionary with each other . The Vedas indicates most definitely we are  creating our future bodies . However,  nothing is set in stone , at any time the effects of  a past , a present  and a  future can be mitigated one way or another and changed , past influences subside or a future is drastically changed . The Vedas have the methods .
This is the Vedic science of consciouseness on the local  level , but consciousness is able to  transport itself leaving behind the material reactionary planes , and can find itself within the unlimited planes of Divinity. Our Param Gatim , ultimate goal , should be to exchange consciouseness directly with Divinity and the Supreme Goddess of fortune.

When it comes to understanding any topic, we should seek first-class teachers who have insights and realisation

In Vedic circles, there is discrimination between learning and insights.
Richard Feynman said you can have any number of PHD.’s and still be a complete idiot.
Albert Einstein said if you can not explain a concept in simple language in a short space of time, you don’t understand the topic .
The Vedas give knowledge understanding as …..first class second class or third class .
Termed as Kanistha , Madhyama, and Uttama .
For instance, a beginner ( or Kanisthas ) of evolutionary hypothesis studies will be  convinced that the evolutionary hypothesis is fact based science.
The more advanced of the students is doubtful he is like a Madhyama .
And the greatest of evolutionary scientists know it’s not fact based at all, and everything about it is up for grabs .
Thus, in Vedic Cultures, the top most persons in any given field are needed to guide and give balanced and insightful realised options .  A realisation of particular topics as opposed to mere  text book knowledge . Unfortunately, the textbook  evolutionary hypothesis  is quite often written  by kanisthas . Beginners  of science or religion who read science or theological books often misrepresent or give misapplied explanations in unthinking and fanatical ways .
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“Sambandha, Abhidheya, and Prayojana”

One could say Sambandha means understanding who we are , our origins,  our purposes,  our potential.

This is the science of consciouseness,  its cause , its origins , its perfected state , its artificial states , how it comes to be in artificial or perfected states . Who is ultimately responsible for such states , who is creating facilities as well as governance and rules of compliance that govern artificial or perfected states . The aforesaid and a lot more are what’s meant as essential Sambandha knowledge,  which Srila Jiva Goswami delineates in his Tattva Sandarbha.

Sambandha means to establish a relationship,  you can’t  have a relationship without knowing something of the persons you’re having a relationship with .

So, in essence, Srila Jiva Goswami is giving the literal science of consciousness, along with  its source and the purposeful interactions that can be had with the source.

When those sorts  of  knowledge are  clear , then one can act in a relationship properly with respect and humility, and after acting, love can be further and further  developed. Actually, love is an action word , and in the highest realms of consciousness, actions of love  go one way only ,to  exclusively give selfless pleasure without any personal considerations for  one’s own benefit.

The mother and child relationship is a glimmer of this selfless love .

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Within the unlimited are the unlimited limited

Within the inconceivable power of the Sun ,  are practically uncountable photons,  particles of  light, incidentally,  light is not made of atoms, everything else in our material universe is .

According to the Vedas, the Sun is a devolved energy from the original spiritual light that the Vedas refer to as the brahman effulgence . Mahavisnu possesses multifarious energies, spiritual light being one of them . Atomic and electro magnetic capacity is drawn from the original source of the Bramajyoti . Scientifically speaking , light can not be destroyed , but can be  obsorbed , if not obsorbed  the light particals will  it carry on existing,  within  universal time , thus the hint of the eternal spiritual light is given .

The Vedas often give analogies to explain various philosophical points , eg., the Sun can be compared to God , and the particles of light of the sun are compared to countless  conscious living beings , who have the same qualities of God  in their pure existence , but not the same quantity of powers or attraction .  Within the unlimited Divinity are the  unlimited “limited’s .”  Sri  Caitanya Mahāprabhu has revealed to  the  world the  truth of the  simultaneously and inconceivably oneness and difference . Individual living beings are expanded  from Divinity . The unlimited expands Himself into the unlimited limited , and thus , in spiritual math , one plus one equals  one , one minus one equals one . Srila Jiva Goswami , in his Tattva Sandarbha, says that Divinity has made the impossible possible.

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has given us this understanding of the inconceivable and simultaneous one and difference between Himself and His part and parcels . This is the  explanation of the origins of all particles of consciousness,  or souls . The eternals come from the eternal, and there is no limit to the eternal’s . In that way, it’s understood that there has never been a time when we or God did not exist. Some souls are manifestly active , and some dormant , ready to be expanded.

It is concluded by great Vaisnava philosophically minded thinkers that an over emphasise of the oneness,  or an over emphasise of the difference, are both unsound philosophical positions . The truths about God and the souls or particles of consciousness are revealed by Mahāprabhu and explained perfectly by Srila Jiva Goswami in his Tattva Sandarbha drawing  such truth from the Srimad Bhagavatam the natural commentary of the Vedanta Sutras.

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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.’

When Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu displays His ultimate lessons in Jagganath Puri , exhibiting the inner workings of the mind and senses of Srimati Radharani , its noted in Caitanya Caritamrita that each of his senses were like five wild horses each independently desperate to hear Krishna , see Krishna , taste Krishna , touch Krishna , smell Krishna , other example in the Srimad Bhagavatam are recorded, that those with purified senses are mad for Krishna and ever enthusiastic to satisfy His emaculate spiritual senses.

When Srimati Radharani hears Krishna’s flute, she becomes like a raging river , she is known by the name of Suratarangani Radhe . Nothing can get in Her way , and the forest paths of Vrndavana open up as She runs to the trysting grounds to meet Her lover .

In material consciousness, we have some enthusiasm to selfishly satisfy our limited senses and think that that will satisfy our soul , how foolish we are .

The original spiritual senses are directly connected to the soul and thus the ecstatic emotions of the soul are only experienced in Krishna consciousness and Sri Guru who has spiritual senses can direct us , giving instructions for the uncovering process , and the real spirit senses can be enacted in services to Krishna.

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Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakur has clearly described who Sri Guru is .

He is not of this realm, and accordingly, he may, for preaching purposes, have one foot in the material world and one in the spiritual planes.

The materially motivated disciple may attempt to bring his Guru to the material plane by making material calculations as to why Sri Guru says and acts in  ways that may go  against the grain of modern materialistically  accepted  norms , after reading the current new age hypocrisyof , ” let’s all me nice to each other,” but at the same time, practice cancel culture , the mundane disciple may give up on trancendental consciousness and loose faith in something truly sublime , ultimately such a person places more faith in material sentiments.

Current times bring many fake narratives, and the net and mainstream media are awash .With so much new age thinking  and super liberalism permeating the airwaves  giving subjective opinions as to what is  good or  what is bad , the prospective spiritual searcher may not  understand Sri Guru  and his position beyond the dualism of  good and bad . Sri Guru is a direct representation of Divinity Himself and thus  trancendental to material calculations.  He represents the all good Supreme trancendental autocrat ,  as such, by following his strict path along with discipline, we begin to leave the dualities of material life  far behind  us , those that are based on our own sensual or mental space , and we can begin to enter transcendence  , making the real trancendental couple the objects of our attention.

On the battlefield of Kuruksetra, Arjuna  initially had  so many material considerations  why he should not fight , Krishna dismissed them all .

The real messages of the Rasika bhakta  are capable of penatrating the heart of the sincere . It’s never dependent on perfect management strategies or any mundane considerations . In communicating their all-important messages , Divinity Himself appears in trancendental sound, such  a trancendental sound enters the heart of the disciple.
Some persons who are expert at managment theory and its  application  and who are  perceived as “nice ”  externally with perfect dealings and social customs , but who  within their hearts have no depths or taste for real krishna consciousness can never help us , rather they can hinder us with material calculations. Whilst the Rasika bhakta can easily be misunderstood by his external behaviour , the verse is there in sastras that to understand the mind of the pure devotee is not easy , Similarly,  occasionally his external behavior and speaking .
Sometimes, Srila Prabhupada brought his disciples to tears with his trancendental anger , externally, it could  appear unreasonable.  Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja would smash his fists on the table and become red with anger . On one occasion, he told that a particular disciple could never directly come in touch with him ever again and could get his association  indirectly and only through his some of his leading  disciples . Many examples can be given of what might appear apparently as unreasonable and ” unvaisnava ” like behaviour of pure devotees throughout the  history of Gaudia Vaisnava acaryas.
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Perfect math, perfect inspiration .There is much debate amongst different  philosophical thinkers and most definitely between the Darwinians and  the theological  as to the origins of math .The thinking goes like this: Was  math invented by thoughtful men and women, or has it always been and consequently discovered ? In reality , if we care to look closer at nature and the laws of physics or quantum physics, perfect math and symmetry are found , math can predict and explain our universe,  thus the universe is full of math . Every part of the microbial and universal order is calculable and is to one degree or another calculated . Although there is still more math to learn , even by the greatest mathematical brains , the Vedas indicates multidimensional math as well as math beyond one’s comprehension. For instance, dark energy and dark matter work in mathematical ways as yet undetected .

When it comes to calculations of any kind , it always involves intelligence , thus, if we detect perfect math, we should rightly come to certain conclusions.

Nyaya logic says , where there is smoke, you know there is fire .

Lord Krishna in His Bhagavad Gita lays claim as the originator of mathematics .

ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo
mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate
iti matvā bhajante māṁ
budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ

I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.

Krishna also declares in the Bhagavad Gita that He is the ability in men and women . Any creature exhibiting wondrous activities , from bees creating perfect hexagonal honeycombs down to the molecular structures of the protein machines , thousands of them operating in every one of our cells , are perfect exhibitions of perfect math , and the design and operational directives of Krishna.

The wonderful abilities in mankind , the artistry the music , the dramatic performance of dance , are all borrowed plumes,  but have been  rightly awarded and given to people who have tapped in and discovered  some of the unlimited beauty of different aspects of creation and life .

The spirtual abodes are another energy that can be tapped into , Hildergard Von Bingen, the Christian Nun , could do so , listen to her music or read her writings, or cast an eye over her paintings . The Vedic thinkers very much appreciate her work or the mathematical designs in Mosques.

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Stephen Hawkins asks how did it all begin ? …

There is , according to the Vedas , a cause of all causes . The Vedas defines such a cause and the purposes of the cause . Primarily, everything is  centred around consciousness, and the material energies are a secondary factor , both consciousness and the formation of matter are delineated in detail as well as speciation. The  Vedas further  clearly defines the nature of the  original causes personality and traits consisting of varigatedness within a spiritual and material plane , everything is one and different from the cause .
Although the original cause had no cause , something those that have been caused can’t get their heads around,  still , inconceivable energies are flowing throughout the universes as well as within each individual body that carries consciousness. To separate the laws of nature of  the universe, which has a functional purpose , from the origins of the universe who saw the need of the functioning universe will be essential as much as separating the high court judge from the prison.
The clue to understanding God is to  properly understand oneself , the independent nature of the sparks of consciousness that originate from the whole  inherently possess free will , and  that will  need facilitating with facilities.
What is difficulty ?

The proud proud Darwinian or the proud, proud followers of scientific materialism bodly declare to God.
” Show yourself to me.”
Never mind that we see obvious traits of what is obviously design in all things , at least in the minds of the logical person ,  along with obvious codes and informational exchanges that build the protein machines thst build the cells , that build the bodies of all creatures. On the surface of things , any sane persons can accept such observations , as Sir Fred Hoyle noted, it’s all too perfect .
Yet ,  such a mighty engineer as Divinity Himself ,the  charletons who claim to present objective science shout out to Him , ” If you exist, come and show yourself.”
Thus, the uncultured man presumes much of himself, so much so that he issues orders to God .
This is the nature of rascals .
There are also many scientific and philosophical reasons why Divinity is everywhere and nowhere .One only needs to  enquire from a person who truthfully and objectively sees truth
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Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.1.

O my Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. I meditate upon Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa because He is the Absolute Truth and the primeval cause of all causes of the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universes. He is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations, and He is independent because there is no other cause beyond Him. It is He only who first imparted the Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahmājī, the original living being. By Him even the great sages and demigods are placed into illusion, as one is bewildered by the illusory representations of water seen in fire, or land seen on water. Only because of Him do the material universes, temporarily manifested by the reactions of the three modes of nature, appear factual, although they are unreal. I therefore meditate upon Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is eternally existent in the transcendental abode, which is forever free from the illusory representations of the material world. I meditate upon Him, for He is the Absolute Truth.

Fight the good fight with all thou might ….

So many of us spend our time fighting for justice or fighting to show injustices or arguing about what we regard as truth and pointing out deceitful and underhand behaviour
But we , the Vedas say , have to remember that there is unity in diversity on one level ,and at the same time, a  material world has many, many complex reasons for coming into being , somehow  karmic synchronicities must play out but ultimately justice is always an over riding principle as well as arranging for learning proccess for everyone. On a trancendental level, all discord is harmonized in the absolute as Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Swami would say , we can say not only the spiritual planes but to a degree within the material world.

Ultimately, there is the underlying principle of an absolute truth and a supreme autocrat.
The supreme autocrat is the origins of truth , justice, and mercy , as well as the all important principle of mercy above justice,  essential for liberation and freedom.
Those who can not understand this  unity  in diversity on multiple levels spend their entire  time ignorance, like fighting monkeys or dogs, as they desperately try to establish artificial supremacy.

The Bhagavad Gita was spoken on a battlefield. Sometimes, absolute good has to reestablish the highest of principles , as much as a high court judge has a job to  reestablish law to protect against those who insist on causing harm to others and that’s the perogative of legitimate higher authority who have wisdom in real terms.
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Flavours and journeys of deceit

In this material world, one can find flickering flavours  of relationships , of humour, of beauty , of  enthusiasms , of appreciations  . Flavours of sensual and emotional experiences of every conceivable kind are found within the 8400000 species of life , 400000 of which are human like . Practically unlimited material rasa or mellows of experiences are found within the material energies . Everything is completely overseen and has supervisory bodies attached to proceedings and God , who is directly and indirectly conscious of all affairs . A material and  specific body is  awarded by higher authorities , and  every one of us is  enjoying and suffering some sweet fruits some bitter . Everyone will have to admit these temporary  experiences are  hard fought for and that everything we have  and work for is   in a declining situation. What a sad state of affairs , as time takes away, against our will the permanency of life .

The origins of permanency are accompanied by not only full flavours but also ever new and increasing flavours . Explicit details are given in the Vedas of experiences beyond atoms,  elements, and compounds . Whilst  experiencing the material senses along with various temporary  flavours , a certain sense of frustration  inevitably comes about . A shallow  consciousness that explores only  the  peripherals  of life hankers after much deeper cor values and experiences . In such a condition  the  intelligence is  called  Buddhi yoga , as it develops  intelligence clearly reveals the true value  and potential of consciousness outside of the temporary material body , the  Bhagavad Gita calls these material activities the field  of the body .

It is the arrangements  of Krishna that those who come to this world are able  to experience  reflections of the super subjective reality ,  but that  such reflections  of  permanency will  never  substitute for the origins of sensual  and emotional experiences where unlimited flavours  in the original spiritual form are found . These spiritual feelings and experiences are  recorded by Srila Jiva Goswami,  Srila Rupa Goswami , Srila Ragganatha das Goswami, and Srila Sanatana Goswami , and other  trancendental Proffesors within the Gaudia Vaisnava school.

The Vedic literature indicates that those who are caught up in temporary affairs can not give their attention to  permanency.    This is a great problem for us.  We have to extract ourselves from the temporary addictions and strive for the permanent origins and beauty of our consciousness . No one gets something for nothing.

The mind and senses  have taken us on a long, long  journey of deceit , we must know it , and we must research these  topics .  We must understand the pushings of  the scientific materialism educator, and those that insist Darwinian hypothesis is fact based science , we must know , they are clueless when it comes to understanding consciousness.

We must know life comes from life , that’s our experience , just as when we see smoke, we know there is fire .

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