Time is conspicuous by its absence ,

The Vedas have given  an analogy , it describes a clear pond with many beautiful trees surrounding it .
Looking at the reflection in the water, the trees surrounding the pond have perfect mirror reflections in its water ,  pretty clear details can be seen , but there is a slight shimmering in our vision , nothing steady .

Someone intoxicated might  take the reflection for reality , even though the reflection easily moves and changes in the wind . This analogy is given to give the idea of a material world and a spiritual world working side by side .  The idea is that the  living being is setting  themselves up to be supream enjoyer. The problem comes when the living being is trying to be an enjoyer of a substance that they know nothing about .

They know nothing of their past , little about the  present, and  their future is always unknown and uncertain , what to speak of the origins and workings of nature itself , they are clueless  . Even taking these points into consideration how can one become a real enjoyer in the world of uncertainty and ignorance , that’s impossible.

The form of Divinity , along with His associates  exist in their original spiritual forms that can not be compared to human forms  , but a human form. nevertheless,  is a reflection  of a spiritual one  although  with  many unsteady and unpredictable circumstances .  So, although our material life is completely different , it still has considerable similarities to our spiritual form .

In this material world there is much beauty , much artistry , a huge range of beautiful emotions , a huge range of attractions , especially in the younger youthful bodies , ever enthusiastic and ever new  enjoyment  that can be  experienced in countless ways in youth ,   but  its just a flickering flavour of something , it cannot stay , and time takes youth and  everything and everyone away . The movements of atomic particles and the deteriorating changing cells of a material body are the only real experiences we are having , it’s forced upon us ,  along with an unreliable mind and unsteady,  unsure intelligence.

Time is conspicuous by its absence in the bodies  or realms of Divinity, no atomic energies creating machines for consciousness to live in , rather  consciousness itself expands into form , and exists in a realm of the same consciousness energies . There has never been a time that consciousness did not exist, nor in the future will it cease to be .

Einstein , Teller. Bohr , Schrödinger , and Feynman could understand some of  these concepts , along with the vibrations of atoms and its many possibilities . Its amazing to think of our consciousness plugged into the atomic and classical world,  and that we are situated on a machine made of the material energies,  we are  an observer of our own and others reflections of a reality,  but underlying we are seeking a permanent situation of happiness . Two major events are always with us , to seek happiness and to avoid misery .

When we know for sure about our consciousness,  and look away from an unsteady so called reality and  cease to become absorbed in the flickering reflections , of our body and minds , then we make progress toward the permanent.  The Vedas point us scientifically to its origins and the origins of consciousness  . Any sane person should know the difference between the origin and a reflection , but being intoxicated with fake temporary enjoyments  some stay in the mirrors of their minds .

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om tad visno paramam padam sada pasyanti suraya diviva caksuratatam

This verse indicates  that just as the sun rays are extended, they offer their benedictions  and thus, everyone can see the world by the grace of the sun.

Similarly, those who are spiritually awake , have special insight , which means ,and it’s confirmed in every theological science that they can see Divinity, who is  situated in everything and in everybody . By coming in touch , this widom and insights is transfered into a once dark heart , this is achieved  by somebody who is  respectfully inquiring and has a genuine appreciation for the self effulgent person. In so doing, we  can receive blessings and well wishes from a pure hearted soul . Thus, the vision of the spiritual saints  hearts  can be reflected in our hearts .

In the material world everyone is stricken with subjective opinions , such misconceptions are carried with us from many lives , but the essence of all knowledge is simply how to love God . It does not take academia or even much study , it just takes humility and an obliging and loving attitude and a surrender of the  false understanding of ourselves or our illusioned subjective thinking process

The essence of knowledge beauty and blissful life can be easily attained , its an uncovering process , beneath all our layers of doubt and misconceptions we will be able to find a spiritual realm . Divinity or Krishna and His associates are forever calling us , we must learn to recognise the call .

Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has made the whole process very  easy.

Just chant any name of God , He is absolute , His name and form are identical , and He is fully present there .

The Hare Krishna Maha Mantra , or any names of God are   spiritually surcharged  and can easily award the highest perfection of understanding God , He becomes  your friend,  relative,  master, father or even your  lover , All names of God carry the callers to specific relationships with Him , along with His associates.

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No country needs foreign interference. All countries have the potential to be fully self-sufficient.

Sep 12th, 2024

catur-varnyam maya srstam
guna-karma-vibhagasah
tasya kartaram api mam
viddhy akartaram avyayam
TRANSLATION

According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were created by Me. And, although I am the creator of this system, you should know that I am yet the non-doer, being unchangeable.

Here we see the words of Lord  Krishna in Bhagavad Gita,  so He suggests, there are already in place in  every single nation , an  intelligentsia,  consisting of realised philosophically minded persons who know body , mind and consciousness, along with the  Vipras , various scholars who have an  inkling for various studies,  leading to expertise in sciences ,medicine ,economics, etc etc .  There are also military men , as well as  administrative persons who can easily impose governance and compliance on society managing risks . Also, there are traders ,  buisness men ,and there are ample tradesmen and workers .

So each nation has  self-reliance, built in , regretfully the industrial revolution and later the technological revolution, along with globalisation, have  disturbed this natural balance of nations and their self-reliance has been compromised , they have been used and exploited , this has led to poverty and disempowerment of  nation states , as they try to keep up with false promises of the Globalist dreams of shared wealth , globalist market this illusion to unintelligent leaders , who are not  part of the real intelligensia . This  exploitation is  historically very deep rooted , but now , countries need some reorientation policies set in place , aimed at self-reliance with  its  its own people at the heart of decisions , not  profits for outsiders . All the types of persons needed to  make a successful nation are present in every country , Krishna says so , and we can see it ourselves,  so a conglomerate of nations , each self reliant in Vedic ways , and  not   global  conglomerates creating global networks from the USA or Europe. Practically speaking in real terms , today’s democracies have been infiltrated by the  plurocratic few that are fooling the many to become convinced they actually have democracies.

This will be the future ,  the Vedas call it ,  one and difference. This is the Vedic way and a fundermental truth one word different nations .

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ISKCON, and its silent history .

Aug 6th, 2024

So far, an accurate and objective account has not been fully  recorded of the tattva transgressions   that were made during the 80s in  those difficult early days of ISKCON, as  Prabhupāda finished his services  externally, having established ISKCON.

The truths  of Guru Tattva or the origins of the soul have been written upon by the Goswamis and our acaryas, no need ever to  stray independently from their  teachings  , it being the heart of Gaudia Vaisnavism , its a serious mistake to do so  and should be accounted for and corrected.

The founder acarya of ISKCON His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada had intended for Gaudia Vaisnavism to continue in  historic traditions under Rupa Ragganatha and the Goswamis,  as Mahaprabhu desired . Research of Sanskrit and Bengali literature is easily done , especially in current times .

Every historical account ever  written by our  Gaudia acaryas  that are contained in the Sruti should  not differ  from  ISKCON philosophy.

The  zonal acarya system set up was incorrect,  as was an over emphasise on Diksa Gurus , and a  reluctance to  teach  the importance of Siksa Gurus , both of  the  current and previous Acaryas , through their litratures,  as clearly described by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur , who is presenting our tradition perfectly.

Unfortunately, we are left with a  silent history or, at most vague hints, at what  might have happened  in the past or who made decisions , and still, these effects linger . They were  difficult days,  the men and ladies were young , inexperienced , but Prabhupada instructed them to seek help with Tattva from Srila Sridhar Swami , and instructed Srila Narayana Maharaja to help his disciples understand Gaudia Vaisnavism , along with its  traditions .

Because of  not following the  traditions of  Guru tattva , or other aspects of Tattva speculations were abound ,  early leaders forced Grhastas to become Gurus and take to the Sannyasa ashram  so as to keep the management body strong ,  Guru tattva and management of the society became linked hand in hand , that was not Prabhupada’s desire or  specific orders  at that time , but rather is was a series of cobbled together ideas .

The  GBC , at that time  became  belligerent and head strong , giving the impression Prabhupada had appointed them Gurus , Srila Sridhar Swami and later HH Narayana Maharaja became isolated , devotees were not allowed Siksa from them , although Prabhupada said differently,  and ISKCON devotees found themselves locked into a system of management and spiritual guidance that was wrong ,

Even though  bad errors were made that jeopardised the faith  of the spiritual lives of many and put ISKCON in peril,  ISKCON stayed together as a society and is still functioning worldwide in wonderful ways . Its my belief that this is due to many reasons,  including and primarily because Prabhupada wanted it to , and also  its the desire of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur and Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja,  its also my belief that over the many  years the so called enemies of ISKCON,  Srila Sridhar Swami and Srila Narayana Maharaja, have greatly helped ISKSON,  to stabalise and to advance Prabhupada’s movement. Indeed, they were great friends of Prabhupada.

I would also like to see official acknowledgements of these events , to record the accurate histories and to make sure misunderstandings are cleared up and Tattva is reestablished in every way  , currently  there is  still an over emphasise on the position of Diksa , and also a misunderstandings , namely,  the need of   devotees to  study  our acaryas literatures in our historic param para , also still the  misunderstanding of our origins , which is with Krishna from His expansion as Balarama . Ultimately we came from a spirtual world,  because Balarama is in the Spiritual world , He is offering us service there , those that don’t  not take the offer , experience  the Mahavishnu aspect of Balarama, through the three Visnu forms overseeing the independent jivas within the material worlds .

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The founder of the International Society for Krishna consciousness AC Bhaktivedanta Swami  Prabhupada would often say the quality of persons would be greatly enhanced if they would just add Krishna consciousness to their lives,  in that regard , he said ,  like so many zeros,  adding the figure 1 makes all the difference.

Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja,  the Spiritual master of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami,  used to say there is no shortage of anything in this world accept Krishna consciousness.

Indeed, there are so many wonderful people with so many wonderful extraordinary qualities in all  the disciplines and arts , within this  world , which is said to be a miniscule reflection of something far greater , those of the spiritual planes , there , there is no loss or diminishing of anything or any qualities , rather an increase in experience with spiritual senses ,  with ever new experiences and playful enthusiasm,  unlike the experiences of depleting senses made  of matter , and a deteriating mind and intelligence.

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Maha Maya , Yoga Maya , two sides to the Supreme Goddess of fortune

No one can stand before God without the help and sanction of the Supreme Goddess of fortune , no one can stand before the  Supreme Goddess of fortune before stepping out Her shadow , the two forms of the Goddess are synonymous in  one sence  , but also  serve different purposes . Everything She does is a service  to assist in  helping reestablish lost relationships and having reconnected the lost souls , She brings them the spiritual experience of the full  beauty and majesty of Divinity . This is the  best of purposes of life and the  original intention of it ,  understanding  and exchanging our  love with Divinity or Krishna and His associates.

How is this achieved ?   by  testing the motives of a  sincere servant  , and facilitating  the exhaustive desires of an individual to become the sole illusory independent enjoyer, in reality we are totally dependent on God and His energies , in our day time dream we are  surrounded by family and friends,  wealth and opulance and are always trying to  rid oneself of supposed enemies, that disturb our Lordship plan . Although in reality,  materiel life is so tuned to illusion that , friends can be the greatest enemies and enemies can be indirectly friends , serving to frustrate attempts of ” happiness ” ultimately Krishna says , ” I am your only friend ” 

Christians indirectly speak of  the devil’s alluring power , but  , doesn’t he , the  ” devil,” indirectly serve God?  and anyhow, just who is the Devil ?, an Irish jig, and song puts him down as being  whisky.

” Whisky, you’re the Devil the Devil I adore,” the lyrics go.

This philosophical question  is posed and answered regarding how the  complexity of the illusory energy  works in its granting free will followed by a  determinism, driven by subtle laws .  Its  purposes and power are  to throw and cover the particle of consciousness . The spirit soul is spoken of  in the Srimad Bhagavatam in many different ways and circumstances.

One who is really inquisitive will easily have all questions answered., but one who is crooked and insincere will continue to be tricked by the other side of the Goddess of fortune,  we must always remember God is all Good in all circumstances  at all times .

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A slice of the action in more ways than one ..

Ethical trading is an important term , just how ethical , ethical trading is , one would have to research the traders and financiers that make such claims.

What is the Vedic veiw of trading currencies , commodities , oil, stocks, and shares . Practically speaking, this is all carried out in self-regulatory ways . it’s far too complex for fleeting governments to get a handle on .

The overall results of the historical changes from  micro to   macro economics has been disastrous for 98 % of the population , what to speak of the enviroments and creatures who belong there , the Globalists make  vast claims of taking a world out of poverty , but were  the former localised economies with clean air and healthy food so bad ? Tradesmen were proud to work for a fair days living , you knew your local Baker .

Today the  public are unaware of what goes on behind closed doors,  with micro second trading ,  easy access to groups of persons setting up insider trading  blocks , its  common knowledge  the dark Webb is full of deceptive crooked persons making the most of  illegal  trading ,  with not a  legislator in sight , or law enforcement  officers .

Unfortunately, this is all far too acceptable in current times . Central governance are lightweight, with lobby groups working to keep lightweight legislation loaded in their favour .

The Vedic view , simple , if knowing that others are being exploited ,  one turns a blind eye , casting  ethics and morality  to one side , one becomes implicated and one will recieve by natures laws , both physical and via karmic synchronicities results .

The Vedic systems would thoroughly overhaul ,  simplify investments , making it more localised and beneficial for home nations and local businesses as well as  local communities , not for  global conglomerates.

Because  Western democracies,  although originally having good intentions in the early stages , have become infiltrated and overly influenced by conglomerates and global finance companies, global financial powers now rule over the political classes , and democracy has lost its way . The original idea is to vote for good leaders , but unfortunately nobody knows what the qualifications of good leader are , and the  real intelligentsia are being silenced by the media companies who are owned by Globalist , all media companies are political animals ,   now  free thinking honest journalists are few and far between.

The Vedic reformation, which is under way, will educate people to see through deceit and redirect society for everyones progresssion and benefits , the real intelligensia will return.

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

This particular verse highlights the greatest of cultures , far from Western materialism , its points to the significance of every person and gives value to them , the Greatness of God is that He assigns absolute importance to every living being . In the above verse, the method of how everyone can live their lives in positive therapeutic ways and benefit themselves is given , living life to the full in rich and rewarding ways , with inner nourishment , satisfied minds as well as our senses being  satisfied in balanced ways ,

Material satisfaction of the sences is required by all living beings , and humans are no different,  but the human is meant for something far greater,  and the Vedic Culture was designed in such a way that educational experiences for everyone  was linked to  life ,opening up sn untapped inner resources for enrichment of consumers and peace of mind . The huge varieties of the  different aspects of educational cultures , the arts, and various sciences were  st  every stage of life united with the ongoing experiences of sharing , living and loving centred around the source of all living and loving .

Like an artists pallet , society is of mixed colours , but a process of bringing pure knowledge in  systematic progressive ways and painting a perfect picture of a harmonious  society was the responsibility of the qualified intelligensia . Those who were Proffesors in the science of self realisation and who knew well the therapeutic methods of linking material sciences to spiritual ones .

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Everything for itself, die to live..Srila Sridhar Swami often quoted this .

Jul 29th, 2024

Hegel is the great philosophical thinker , his studies of the metaphysical and the ontological realities of life can be a useful guide to us , unfortunately those who have been taught scientific materialism since childhood,  tend to forget these great historical thinkers and , being educationally  overwhelmed are drowned in a Darwinian educational systems that present hypothesis as fact based science.

Everything for Itself is describing the Absolute Autocrate , Divinity Himself, the cause of all causes . The whole of the cosmos , atoms, elements,  compounds, and light itself  as well as the  the particles of consciousness that are expanded from one source . Everything  ultimately  has to have a source , But in the case of Divinity , there has never been a time He did not exist.

Under his supervision, and because He is all good, what’s going on in each individual’s life  if fitting for a specific purpose. There is no point in our tiny selves thinking we may know something of the karmic synchronicities of countless particals of consciousness , i.e., the living entitles.

This is a  macro observation standpoint , the workings of a multidimensional universes , naturally  the micro standpoint is extremely limited,  for instance, microbes are seen to act intelligently,  but do you think one microbe could ever grasp or understand the intelligence of Einstein or Bohr Schrödinger ,Teller or Feynman .

Epistemological systems are described in the Vedas , that the supreme consciousness can make Himself personally known to individual tiny consciousness particles is inconceivable, as much as Einstein making himself known to a microbe would be ,  but the fact is Divinity can do so , just how this is so  is written in detail throughout the Vedas including Bhagavad Gita .

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The legitimate original Varna Ashram system is highly beneficial with the inherently good qualities of  various persons naturally shared for the benefit of everyone else . In yoga systems, it’s said that life airs are dominant in different parts of the body , and so it is that different classes of men have their life airs differently situated , the most gross in the lower regions and the most spiritually and cultured persons within their brain substance. The social cohesion and social mobility running through the Varna Ashram  workings is educationally oriented. It was based on knowledge and  psychological awareness with the need for  obvious progression of a  mind , intelligence, and inner consciousness , so lifes full potential could be realised by everyone in time , time could also mean progressive succession of lives .

Naturally one should always seek good associations and guidance in any feild of life , good leadership from the highest of the Brahminical intelligensia saw to it that everyone would benefit in that way by arranging society accordingly by good administrative persons with the correct qualities. There was no question of a particular birth in a particular family limiting anyone.  Consciousness , free will, and progressive steps are able to be accessed by anyone. Only a man who is unknowing , and thus not part of an intelligensia,  would seek to limit or cage someone psychologically or physically.

Although freedoms are and should be  freely sought , the best of  freedoms should be understood.  A child is  always guided in their  expressions of freedoms by their parents for the child’s  good , education, and ultimate happiness.

Although it’s good to break out “beyond the mold ” that life trys to carve for us , first , its best to learn the ways of life and truely beneficial cultures of all kinds ,especially scientific and theological cultures,   thus  make a gradual steps  to greater freedoms  , but being  careful to understand  freedoms are not ever  found in a confined body , mind or  senses,  but rather in the super subjective realm of spontaneous love , with Divinity and his associates , based on selfless service . Fools rush in  where angels dare to tread , and careful progression is required as well as being open to persons who have a greater wisdoms , either materially or spiritually , bearing in the in absolute truth both are inextricably linked and beneficial.

The 10th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam , wherein the absolute pinnacle of all cultures are explained, comes after the careful study of the previous volumes.

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