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Adhyātma, means ones original pure consciousness , the Atma ,  conditioned by a material body and a material mind.   Bodies are made of atoms , elements compounds, and minds are made of material  ethereal subtle elements . The original consciousness has an opportunity,  by its spontaneous free will to turn either way , like a crab on the beach can run into the water or the land .According to their individual desire , they are given a place by higher authorities  either into  the  material natures  or directly the spirtual realms .

When they choose by their own  attitudes the  lesser energies,  they are supervised by  authorities working  independently of them , in various supervisory rolls  , and they are impregnated into the lesser energies,  and the Demigods monitor  the  reactive and responsive mechanisms that are automated , and karmic synchronicities begin . The  free will and determinism of the consciousness within nature springs into action . This planet  Earth has specific laws of nature ,  but in the  higher , lower, and middle planetary systems , different laws of time and reactions   are taking effect .

The ginormous universal form of Divinity, an  expansion of Visnu,  who  directly and indirectly is being , is lying down in a mystic slumber , and through His yoga nidra sleeping and dreaming , creating the temporary illusory worlds .

They are created , maintained and annihilated in the course of time  , facilitating the activities of each individual jiva .

Everything about the creation,  although appearing impersonal,  because  everything of the universal form is ultimately directed by Krishna in His expansion of Maha Visnu. This universal form also  includes  the  cooperation of all the demigods who reside in  different planets. It is  called adhidaivata.

The physical nature that consciousness is  experiencing  and subjected to , which include psychological conditions  , constantly changes , the  material bodies  pass through six stages: they are born, they grow, they remain for some duration, they produce some by-products, they dwindle, and then they vanish. Why this is so , and how the particular physical laws are operating causing the  deteriation of cells , that eventually can not reprocess themselves,  no one knows . The scientific community is trying to artificially slow down ageing and death . This physical nature is called adhibhūta, and it’s under the laws of this part of the universe . Time and physical laws operate differently within the multidimensional universe , the Vedas indicate . After all , why assume these laws are universally the same throughout our universe. The Harvard Prof Lisa Randall assessment of multidimensional space parallels  the Vedas .

The Vedas give deep scientific insight and bring the universal order to light .

Einstein spoke of the space time continuum.  This parallels the Vedic scientific truths of the consequences of a jiva within the total material energies along with a free will ,or a free wont , free wont means , one controls the demands of the mind and senses.

The past effects the present,  the present effects the future , and the past .

Ultimately, it’s said in the Vedas that the artificial independent life of a jiva , who in reality is completely dependent on Divinity for everything , and is  being awarded and given  sanction by Divinity for everything they do ,  this power or restriction is according to previous interactions within the individuals universal affairs and interactions. Indeed Divinity Himself has to give the impetus and intelligence for the jiva to enter into his artificial material life , such are the complexities of the material matrix , Divinity has to demonstrate to the living beings and give them examples , directly or indirectly of how to utilise life and become an 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 are first enacted by Divinity , with that in mind and considering , what Shakespeare said , life is like a stage , we are actors , who is to say that , the 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s or 2056 and all those  inconsequential activities,  when compared to the eternal energies , are not constantly  being played out. 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.

I think we should see the Vedas in an extremely broad light , it teaches values to all classes of men as well as social mobility.
It’s clear that superior is a relative term .
To an extremely uncultivated fellow, values would mean something quite different than to a highly educated and cultured person , whose values and knowledge cultivation are in different places .
Naturally, Betrand Russell, in setting up his school in Sussex,  meant that he wants to teach something superior, than the students currently understand.
But Betrand himself , may not ,  because of perhaps excessive attachment to his obviously highly cultured intelligence, be able to penetrate an intellectual platform and further  understand a super subjective plane,  taught by  self realised souls and the best of the theologians.
That super subjective realm points to beauty and artistry and existence that is  far superior to the ever changing and fleeting existence in conditioned material life . Nevertheless, such knowledge can be understood by developing a deeply humble and respectful spirit and recognition of superiors.

Further ..Vedas means knowledge, so the relative knowledge Bertrand adopted and shared , parts  of which would parallel the vedas , is essential work, my only point was , Bertrand limited himself.  By attachment to an intellect , and  what he shared was also  limited to his  own ,and others subjective opinions ,  for instance to assume the orderly universe is not orderly, or that the consciousness from where such order came , had no intention of communicating its purposes to other consciousness particles would seem not to be logical . Science is  understood primarily through witnessing objectively, so excellent education will open students up to rational logical thinking and objective science.

“Once again, physicists have used an ultrasensitive underground detector to hunt for particles of mysterious dark matter—and come up empty. The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment searched for so-called weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with five times better sensitivity than any previous experiment, but saw no sign of the hypothetical particles, the LZ team reported at two conferences today—one in Chicago and the other in São Paulo.”

Science today blog.

I would suggest the concept of dark energies or dark matter could be looked at in different ways .

Almost certainty the possibility exists of a subtle interaction within such energies, an energy the scientific community know is ” out there , ”  but which is perplexing and unfathomable to them .

But , there again ,  so as well are the energies of the mind and intelligence , they have many unknown properties and so many influence but are not directly seen or at all understood 

Dark energies and dark matter, although according to Lisa Randall, the Harvard Prof , gravity is detected within them  , light does not enter , that’s why they are called dark

The Vedas and other theological sciences give  much importance to sciences , especially the third Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, as well as Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads. Unseen ethereal planes are  familiar territories in Vedic texts and its indicated the atomic plane devolves from these more finer energies ,  which originate from Sound , or a command from the super subjective plane, a consciousness , that is  personal , with will power

Marie Currie’s experiments on subtle energies are interesting mediums and psychic energies,  and we know all  world cultures have historic references to mystics. Shaman and the like,  so ultimately dark energies and dark matter may have a foundation there.

Most certainly, the Vedas indicate that .

Aug 27th, 2024
Many people are  asking the question, what is social media doing to society psychologically?  That kind of questioning or considering will not come from our  current leaders , who need you to be on society media , they need you , so they can model you the way they would like you to be and to provide the bucks for their power base . Everyone is desperate to influence somebody else , but who are the best persons to be influenced by ? And who should we avoid ?

That’s the education given in the Vedas .

Having a completely over indulgent lifestyle of spending hours with phones glued to our hands will  affect our thinking and intellectual capacity as well as our creativity.

Quite time , a time for contemplation and deep thinking is fast being eradicated from young peoples lives  . In days gone by a sense of an inner life and  even loneliness had a very creative and healthy aspect to it ,  the journey within is very fruitful .

Social media is making us creatively lazy and philosophically lazy ,as we seek to spend time feeding off the whims and reflections of others , who also spend their time,  feeding off others whims and reflections , we seek to absorb ourselves in just about anything that might titilate a lazy and uncontrolled mind , and one can ask ,what good is it .

It’s a kind of lazy feeding frenzy ,  we avoid  facing deep philosophical questions and deep obstacles that are always calling within ourselves . These deep callings are feared by many in society, especially the Darwinian educated society , they dont want to face challenges to their artificial sense of being , because they are taught there is nothing within. Truth is , by Divinities arrangements this deep sence of questioning ourselves along with a fragile and insecure existence we have , is actually very healthy and its natures way of encouraging us to find a deeper and more profound sence of ourselves , it should not be feared but embraced.

Ultimately everything has a good purpose, when used properly, including social media.

http://www.thevedicspectator.com.

Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja in setting up the Gaudia Math , which ISKCON is based upon , except for ISKCON has a unique position to teach Vedic culture to a western audience,  Srila Bhaktisiddanta brought together the teachings of all the sampradayas , those of Bramha ,Siva , laxmi and the Kumaras , each with their trancendental established ” professor ” acaryas,  who are Madhva ,Ramanuja Vishnu Swami and Nimbarka acarya.

They taught , respectively ,  purified monism ,specific monism , pure monism, and ,  one and difference . Later, Mahaprabhu taught uniquely inconceivable and simultaneously one and difference

Each of these four taught the different aspects for looking at the position of the soul,  in relationships with Divinity . These particular acaryas start their trancendental expositions,  leaving aside the teaching of Sankacarya  , namely the impersonal philosophy of the Vedas ,  the Brahman , the spiritual effulgence of Divinity.

We can see just how broad Gaudia Vaisnavism is , bringing everyone in  appropriate stages from worship of God alone , then God with his associates who are in awe of Him , then to worship of God with  His close family members , then to worship of God with his most intimate devotees , then to worship of God by those who are one with The Supreme Goddess of fortune Radharani, this worship is termed ,pranaya ,tad bhavika   oneness .It’s  like the flowers of a vine that wraps itself on a tree , the Vine is Radharani, the tree is Krishna, the flowers, are the Manjari Servants of Radharani.

More  and much more detail on the broadness of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur,  Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami , and how ISKCON is progress in its presentations of the Gaudia mission.

  I can say for myself although being in association of devotees and rendering services of all kinds ….and reading Prabhupadas books ……it was not until I heard from Srila Gour Govinda Swami…that the messages of Prabhupada and the teachings of our acaryas began to penetrant somewhat .

Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja…Once heard  Srila Gour kisore das babaji Maharaja..chant some slokas glorifying Vrsabhanu Nandini, Sri Radharani..
So although the Babaji was so called illiterate…srila Bhaktisiddanta came to understand his highest learning of bhakti rasa ..and Radha dasyam …

So hearing and getting blessings from sadhu guru is vital …and Prabhupada gives us that opportunity……after all are we should always understand a pure devotee can make other pure devotees……if he cannot..we could doubt his trancendental potency….
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Srila prabhupada Preaching something like this … the English cricketer ,and captain  of the  Eaton cricket team as well.as Cambridge University team ,  and could have played for England..but , became an active preacher ..

He was so enthusiastic to preach , much  like the monks of Iona , who lived in a remote island of the Scottish coast  ,but who later thought yo coming to the mainland to preach , so this this cricketer dedicated his life to others to give the messages of Divinity.

So he composed this ..

“Some like to live in the sound of the church and Chapel bell .

I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell “

So leaving Vrndavana,  Prabhupada you arrived in the west , although you called English green hell , the USA are the leaders of the modern world,  and some would argue spreading the influences of hell everywhere

Although become of Prabhupada and his extensive  preaching and  the expanding preaching of  his  ISKCON movement, there is a chance of the world coming to its senses.
Where everyone is searching in the wrong place for the pleasure the desperately seek ..
Tragically even fame and wealth never satisfy…and his family are mourning his loss , as so many others who die needlessly seeking happiness through artificial means .

Climbing into his backyard jacuzzi that overlooked the Santa Monica Mountains, Matthew Perry uttered the seven words that would ultimately lead to his death: “Shoot me up with a big one.”

The big one, court documents would later reveal, was a dose of ketamine, a prescription anaesthetic and a hallucinogen that has become popular for its off-label uses to treat depression and anxiety. It was the actor’s third injection of the day.

Prabhupada makes it clear  in his preaching
That what Krishna says is truth

It’s very difficult to find the truth of things today .

We live in a multi media shadow world where so called truth appears in many formats …

But the following is the judgement Prabhupada makes ..

SYNONYMS

Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me.

Part purport…
Those who are not actually philosophers, scientists, educators, administrators, etc., but who pose themselves as such for material gain, do not accept the plan or path of the Supreme Lord. They have no idea of God; they simply manufacture their own worldly plans and consequently complicate the problems of material existence in their vain attempts to solve them.

As Krishna left Vrndavana to carry out duties,  but always remember the glorious Radharani and the residents of Vraja , and thus union in seperation was felt by Him
So prabhupada left Vrndavana to carry out duties,  but anytime he could engage in deep bhajan , as he did and was fully absorbed in union in separation.
Srimati Radharani Herself, even when sitting on Krishna lap ,can feel extreme separation and call out His name , thus, union and separation are trancendentally equal,  prema vicaita .

Oh my lord of Lords , one thing is sure I’ll never find anyone more merciful than you

You came heeding the acaryas call , offering pure devotion to one and all .

I’ll never find anyone more merciful than you

You keep the whole world in your prayer ,a gift of service far from mayas lair

I’ll never find anyone more merciful than you

A taste of sublime pleasure and the pain within concured

I’ll never find anyone more merciful than you

Reaching high and to the lowest of low , a humble spirit ,boldness and compassion you show

I’ll never find anyone more merciful than you

You came and bestowed your loving glance , and your trancendental music made us dance

I’ll never find anyone more merciful than you

It’s the perfection of religion, its a scientific transition.

I’ll never find anyone more merciful than you

A guiding light the journey begun perfected by sincere daughters and sons

I’ll never find anyone more merciful than you

A view of the crying soul within material judgements you never bring

I’ll never find anyone more merciful than you

Rebel society you put in straight , rascals and demons you frustrate

I’ll never find anyone more merciful than you

A simple hearted fellow he can understand, the crooked left hanging their methods underhand

I’ll never find anyone more merciful than you

Mahaprabhu’s order that ensues, internal and external a heart enthused

I’ll never find anyone more merciful than

Passing the message complete and unchanged, Guru is one succession arranged

I’ll never find anyone more merciful than you

We are always given the impression we have never had is so good , economic development, bulging wallets ,and just about any commodities you want to access and happy, healthy lives lived . Compared to poverty, diseases, early deaths, and much misery of previous era’s

But just who are writing these narratives and who are they giving comparisons to. Actually while the Europeans lived in caves or shacks and during the industrial revolution upgraded to slums , other great societies flourished with extremely high education within  cultures  that were based on a fair and just social systems, with cleanliness and dynamic  progressively lived lives , not necessarily based on material opulence,  but more an opulence of happiness and recognition of the need to exlore the potential of inner consciousness and an absolute recognition of a controller of universal affairs. Of course we cant paint an absolutely rosey picture,  because we are within the material energies and our karmic synchronicity is chasing us down , but take a look at our modern world , who says we have never had it so good .We could name many many great civilisation  each of who lived happy healthy lives with access to extended educational resources,  both for practical means , and as well  societies who  were philosophically guided , many different types of  sciences were available for study . In society throughout history, there have been and always will be progressive intelligentsia  who wisely guide administrations and society as a whole , unfortunately in this age , they are silenced,  and a different class of person call the shots .

Caves ,apes, and evolving intelligence are fake Darwinian narratives.

We are often given false pictures of history,  ask Lucy Worsley,  the famous historian who makes history fun , but also is in no illusion  that history can be a  convenient narrative that is used to promote a false picture to fool the many .

Thus, Vedic cultures and sanskrit languages shocked the British,  who came up with an obscure excuse ,  that white men must have previously been in India hundreds of years beforehand and integrated and married Indian wives , and that was the source of intelligence in India , so proud were the British who left behind them traces of their cruelty and exploitation when they empire collapsed . Currently, the USA are the temporary leader who have have left a similar legacy of cruelty and exploitation across the globe , and in their case, currently.

Great cultures based on knowledge of consciousness and the universal connections are still influencing people positively to this day and greatly respected.

There are many reasons for Lord  Krishna coming to this worldly plane , and in reality, only His devotees know of them , both esoteric  reasons and reasons of  establishing compliance and governance within human societies . He sets standards , by His examples that great men can pursue, and this  is  achieved by  His impeccable activities . Lord Rama particular was concerned with establishing good governance,  and He demonstrates,  that a leader must listen to all the people , and be prepared to make a sacrifice , even if it might be hard to bear .

In the first Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam, we hear of Yudhisthira appearing before Bhismadeva , who was lying on a bed of arrows , preparing for death . Yudhishira lamented  that the battle at Kuruksetra was just to establish him on the throne , and so many had to die for that end  to be achieved.

But Bhismadeva informed him of several things , that eternal activities within material nature  are all under the control of time,  and ultimately Krishna says” time I am the destroyer of all things . ” Ultimately Krishna wanted , on the battlefield of Kuruksetra,  to destroy political systems that are not based on either proper Vedic standards ,  or  that are based on   personal ambitions  unfit persons  that   were exploiting politics , for their own end , and in doing causing suffering , and disrupting  the natural direction and progression in everyone’s lives , Krishna favours  harmonious respectful societies with Saintly leaders

The founder of ISKCON AC Bhaktivedanta Swami explains in his purports to the Bhismadeva incident ,  when there are  good leaders who are sensitive to all beings , and understand justice and the  regulative principles of freedom then people do not suffer  unnecessarily . Bad leaders create suffering.

One can tell the current quality of leadership,  look at turmoil in the world .

Prabhupada was also fond of quoting  a Bengali poet ,

“One who does wrong or suffers wrong is wrong. “

Thus the mature Vedic student has to realise,  that an convenient answer of ..”.it’s just your Karma..” .has to be balanced out , by seeing to it that anyone in position of power is acting absolutely correctly and impeccably,  if he or she is unqualified , unnecessary suffering ensues , and those subjected to suffering by poor and unqualified leaders , should strongly protest and seek proper justice , but only with the help of an authorised judiciary.