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The Acaryas of Gaudia Vaisnavism stress the importance of the Srimad Bhagavatam they encourage us to bring every aspect of our lives , wherever we find ourselves , within the purview of its teachings . Harmonizing ourselves even if there appears discord , with Divinity directly or indirectly.  every aspect of life . Spiritual and material goals can be linked nicely together, be it social, political, artistic economic , any one of the  sciences , all can be  expertly linked   with the Bhagavatam. The writing of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami are especially directed at a Western audience , he expertly  addresses modern life and how to  harmonize everything with  the Vedas . Vedic literatures are  so  very broad . Vedic logic and rationality brings  one to the understanding  everyone is on an independent journey accompanied by their own free will that’s wired into a material responsive universe . Included are various levels of educational systems, a systematic purification is in operation as well as compliance and an  obvious need for governance ,  to ensure a degree of order . This to facilitate the unlimited consciousness sparks  who endeavour for independence from Divinity , using their God-given  free will .

Bhagavad Gita itself , clearly defines the differences in the psychology of individuals who are situated within material nature ,  where  the living entitles can operate outside of Divinity. Three modes of nature  goodness, passion, and ignorance , these are mixes of different types of consciousness that unlimitedly influence the conscious beings  on a gross and subtle level , if we take math , 3×3 = 9 , 9×9 = 81 , 81×81 = 65610 ad infinitum , thus multitudes of mentalities.

So, like an artists pallet with  three primary colours , consciousness is constantly being churned , influenced, and entangled in the complexity of material nature.  Accordingly, Divinity has methods that He sets out in the Vedas , which are the breathing and direction of Visnu ,  to begin to  disentangle all beings from their struggle within material nature , its done either gradually ,  or  in quicker ways . Currently , Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has offered immediate relief and access to the highest of all spiritual realms, a  rather special benediction ,   involving understanding the inner most  hearts of the most intimate devotees of God .

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Expert and thoughtful men, relish Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the mature fruit of the desire tree of Vedic literatures. It emanated from the lips of Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī. Therefore this fruit has become even more tasteful, although its nectarean juice was already relishable for all, including liberated souls.

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In the two previous ślokas it has been definitely proved that the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the sublime literature which surpasses all other Vedic scriptures due to its transcendental qualities. It is transcendental to all mundane activities and mundane knowledge. In this śloka it is stated that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is not only a superior literature but is the ripened fruit of all Vedic literatures. In other words, it is the cream of all Vedic knowledge. Considering all this, patient and submissive hearing is definitely essential. With great respect and attention, one should receive the message and lessons imparted by the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

The Vedas are compared to the desire tree because they contain all things knowable by man. They deal with mundane necessities as well as spiritual realization. The Vedas contain regulated principles of knowledge covering social, political, religious, economic, military, medicinal, chemical, physical and metaphysical subject matter and all that may be necessary to keep the body and soul together. Above and beyond all this are specific directions for spiritual realization. Regulated knowledge involves a gradual raising of the living entity to the spiritual platform, and the highest spiritual realization is knowledge that the Personality of Godhead is the reservoir of all spiritual tastes, or rasas.

The sum total of all these rasas is called affection or love. Primarily, such signs of love are manifested in adoration, service, friendship, paternal affection, and conjugal love. And when these five are absent, love is present indirectly in anger, wonder, comedy, chivalry, fear, shock and so on. For example, when a man is in love with a woman, the rasa is called conjugal love. But when such love affairs are disturbed there may be wonder, anger, shock, or even horror. Sometimes love affairs between two persons culminate in ghastly murder scenes. Such rasas are displayed between man and man and between animal and animal. There is no possibility of an exchange or rasa between a man and an animal or between a man and any other species of living beings within the material world. The rasas are exchanged between members of the same species. But as far as the spirit souls are concerned, they are one qualitatively with the Supreme Lord. Therefore, the rasas were originally exchanged between the spiritual living being and the spiritual whole, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The spiritual exchange or rasa is fully exhibited in spiritual existence between living beings and the Supreme Lord.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is therefore described in the śruti-mantras, Vedic hymns, as “the fountainhead of all rasas.” When one associates with the Supreme Lord and exchanges one’s constitutional rasa with the Lord, then the living being is actually happy.

These śruti-mantras indicate that every living being has its constitutional position, which is endowed with a particular type of rasa to be exchanged with the Personality of Godhead. In the liberated condition only, this primary rasa is experienced in full. In the material existence, the rasa is experienced in the perverted form, which is temporary. And thus the rasas of the material world are exhibited in the material form of raudra (anger) and so on.

Therefore, one who attains full knowledge of these different rasas, which are the basic principles of activities, can understand the false representations of the original rasas which are reflected in the material world. The learned scholar seeks to relish the real rasa in the spiritual form. In the beginning he desires to become one with the Supreme. Thus, less intelligent transcendentalists cannot go beyond this conception of becoming one with the spirit whole, without knowing of the different rasas.

In this śloka, it is definitely stated that spiritual rasa, which is relished even in the liberated stage, can be experienced in the literature of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam due to its being the ripened fruit of all Vedic knowledge. By submissively hearing this transcendental literature, one can attain the full pleasure of his heart’s desire. But one must be very careful to hear the message from the right source. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is exactly received from the right source. It was brought by Nārada Muni from the spiritual world and given to his disciple Śrī Vyāsadeva. The latter in turn delivered the message to his son Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, and Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī delivered the message to Mahārāja Parīkṣit just seven days before the King’s death. Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī was a liberated soul from his very birth. He was liberated even in the womb of his mother, and he did not undergo any sort of spiritual training after his birth. At birth no one is qualified, neither in the mundane nor in the spiritual sense. But Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī, due to his being a perfectly liberated soul, did not have to undergo an evolutionary process for spiritual realization. Yet despite his being a completely liberated person situated in the transcendental position above the three material modes, he was attracted to this transcendental rasa of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is adored by liberated souls who sing Vedic hymns. The Supreme Lord’s pastimes are more attractive to liberated souls than to mundane people. He is of necessity not impersonal because it is only possible to carry on transcendental rasa with a person.

In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam the transcendental pastimes of the Lord are narrated, and the narration is systematically depicted by Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī. Thus the subject matter is appealing to all classes of persons, including those who seek liberation and those who seek to become one with the supreme whole.

In Sanskrit the parrot is also known as śuka. When a ripened fruit is cut by the red beaks of such birds, its sweet flavor is enhanced. The Vedic fruit which is mature and ripe in knowledge is spoken through the lips of Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who is compared to the parrot not for his ability to recite the Bhāgavatam exactly as he heard it from his learned father, but for his ability to present the work in a manner that would appeal to all classes of men.

The subject matter is so presented through the lips of Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī that any sincere listener that hears submissively can at once relish transcendental tastes which are distinct from the perverted tastes of the material world. The ripened fruit is not dropped all of a sudden from the highest planet of Kṛṣṇaloka. Rather, it has come down carefully through the chain of disciplic succession without change or disturbance. Foolish people who are not in the transcendental disciplic succession commit great blunders by trying to understand the highest transcendental rasa known as the rāsa dance without following in the footsteps of Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who presents this fruit very carefully by stages of transcendental realization. One should be intelligent enough to know the position of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by considering personalities like Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who deals with the subject so carefully. This process of disciplic succession of the Bhāgavata school suggests that in the future also Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam has to be understood from a person who is factually a representative of Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī. A professional man who makes a business out of reciting the Bhāgavatam illegally is certainly not a representative of Śukadeva Gosvāmī. Such a man’s business is only to earn his livelihood. Therefore one should refrain from hearing the lectures of such professional men. Such men usually go to the most confidential part of the literature without undergoing the gradual process of understanding this grave subject. They usually plunge into the subject matter of the rāsa dance, which is misunderstood by the foolish class of men. Some of them take this to be immoral, while others try to cover it up by their own stupid interpretations. They have no desire to follow in the footsteps of Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī.

One should conclude, therefore, that the serious student of the rasa should receive the message of Bhāgavatam in the chain of disciplic succession from Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, who describes the Bhāgavatam from its very beginning and not whimsically to satisfy the mundaner who has very little knowledge in transcendental science. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is so carefully presented that a sincere and serious person can at once enjoy the ripened fruit of Vedic knowledge simply by drinking the nectarean juice through the mouth of Śukadeva Gosvāmī or his bona fide representative.

Globalism has got out of balance led by the USA , what’s required is a return of nationalism with friendly respect for others culture, traditions religion and political systems , along with fair trade and sharing of technologies and resources..The Vedic way , one important aspect of such a system as defined in the Vedas is that its led by the intelligentsia.

The businessman has no place in controlling how society should be tuned , not only domestically but more importantly internationally , big business has caused big problems,  its goal of trickle down wealth is a pipe dream , a con sold to the unintelligent public and taught through educational systems , as much as Darwinian educational systems are cheating everyone so too is the global pipe dream of peace unity and harmony.

The actual truth in life across the world, across the universe and even in a spiritual kingdom, is simultaneously one and difference.

There are three states of consciousness  the Vedas give details of .

Deep sleep , dreaming, and  wakefulness.  In deep sleep conditioned life is  practically halted , almost entirely,  Srila Jiva Goswami , the renowned Vedic scholar , has compared this state to the impersonal brahman effulgence of oneness or nirvana. One totally forgets everything of life and the anxiety of pleasure of future conditions of upcoming karmic synchronicity.  Factually happiness , in the material world boils down to  an absence of distress  and can never be compared to the real happiness within our spiritual consciousness experienced with original spiritual senses as they  experience an unlimited flow of ever new  beauty and increasing enthusiasm to satisfy the emaculate senses of Divinity and His associates.

In  a dreaming condition, the living being is partially active , in  a  subtle realm ,  living out further karma.  Dreaming has many possibilities attached to it with certain impressions or messages sometimes given.

It is said night time dream or daytime dream , its a  similar experience , a man can have sex in his dream and pass semen , so real is the experience.

In Wakefulness, a full illusion and misidentification  of the false  body , mind, takes place . karma is experienced in its  full capacity , as one experiences what  appears reality,  but it’s just a longer dream .

Where is  reality ? That is the  subject of the Vedas , and those wishing to live in reality, can  easily familiarise themselves by  studying the Bhagavad Gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam , and begin to understand consciousness that is not conditioned by the material energies,  but is situation in its original pure intended state .

Unless one is a connoisseur of trancendental taste of artistic mellows ,one will find no need to enter a spiritual plane or possess a spiritual body, 8,400,000 other options of material bodies are available in the varieties of species of life , remember,  mutations of the ACTG of a genetic code , do not cause speciation , rather a supervision of gentic codes ,tailored to suit a specific particle of consciousness,  entangled in matter .and what to speak of the innumerable inhabitants of the higher , lower or middle planetary systems throughout the universe which are all delineated in the Vedas  , who all enjoy their senses but in relatively inferior fashion when compared ultimately to the trancendental expressions or rasa in pure spiritual forms with pure spiritual senses that are ever increasing in capacity and experienced as ever new enthusiasm.

In the Vedas there is a  sanskrit verse  mentioning   wondering Wondering Wondering all over the universe looking for full satisfaction of the soul , the solution comes when by good fortune one gets the association of one of the residents of the spiritual kingdom , arrangements are always made for the sincere seeker and multidimensional space time are no hindrance, nothing gets in the way of pure spiritual knowledge,  so access is available immediately , by practice,  one can immediately take up ones eternal attraction and join an appropriate family and friends , such is the access given to us by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His following.

Social systems of the Vedas have form & spirit . The form is important, but the essence is the spirit. Thus, from four social classes, and its social systems one progresses to the social and spiritually progressive psth of karma yoga, leading to extensive knowledge through jnana yoga , leading to working exclusively for Krishna in niskarma yoga , leading to  deep remembrances of Krishna,  akin to astanga yoga ,  then the process of aquiring through the different depths of meditations as given by the Goswamis of Vrndavana bhakti yoga in practice  , ie sadhana  practice & bhakti yoga in ragganuga practice ,cultivating remembrances in spontaneous devotion in love .

Ragganuga bhakti is again given trancendental   categorization in  spontaneous ontological calculations of love,  based on loving  service in more neutral positions to parenthood to friendship to relationship in conjugal  love , and further categories are described in conjugal love , technically called Svakiya and Parakiya

As a comparson  , one ultimately finds in the  loving relationships of young lovers all the qualities of the other types of relationships, ie friendship,  a service attitude and also a caring motherly effection ,but the confidentiality of the lovers can not be brought into any of the other types of relationships.

The Vedas culminate in an indepth exposition of the highest and most intimate of relationships that is possible with Divinity,  it looks externally something like relationships found in this world,  but really there is no comparison to the ever new , ever fresh exchanges of spiritual love with an eternal spiritual body and  with unlimited spiritual senses , that is ever new and ever increasing in quality.

Comparison between cut broken cheap glass and the best of the diamonds can never be made , but perhaps by a fool ,who has no culture ,education, or intelligence may equate it , or think his broken glass to be a diamond.

We should remember the great philosophical treatise Bhagavad Gita was spoken on a battlefield , it  was intended to establish fair play, including perfect  political and social justice systems , that Krishna had come  to reestablish , in Bhagavad Gita krishna says He appears to reestablish principles for mankind.

  Although negotiations were originally intended  by Krishna toward the opposing parties, unfortunately, those acting as His  enemies  refused to correct  wrong behaviours  , ignoring  ethical practices acted  ruthlessly . Those who ignore teachings of  Bhagavad Gita which  give a thorough analysis of all kinds of theological positions and  a thorough run down on all kinds of human psychology  telling  of the original political system that are beneficial for mankind. Krishna wants the   intelligentsia at the helm , not politicians.  Krishna says , over and over again ,  He needs to  come to re-establish truth and justice, sometimes He will  send a representative to do so . The conditioned  psychological effects of consciousness within matter, along with  unfolding time, cause forgetfulness and degradation of mankind.

The reason we choose to come to this world , according to the Vedas ,  is for  lordship , but the  tiny spark of consciousness is always dependent and never  independent . We should understand Divinities Lordship and how it’s  only ever based on pure Love ,  only He  can simultaneously reciprocate with countless persons in purity and love  in  fulfilling  and ever  increasing ways .

The political and social justice systems of the Vedas are a progressive journey for everyone , social and spiritual mobility is its intention, and it’s has been in operation for trillions of years .One is recommended to study the  contents of the Bhagavad Gita.

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 the origins of loving exchanges and exchanging our  love with Divinity or Krishna and His associates.

How is this to be  achieved ?   by  testing the motives of the  sincere servant  , real love is always unconditional , increasing and unpredictable , part of the transition from selfish love , or lust to enjoy , is  facilitating  the exhaustive desires of an individual to become this 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 ourselves of supposed enemies, that disturb our Lordship plans  . 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 in the Vedas ,   how the intriguing complexities of the illusory energy  work  in its granting free will followed by   determinism, driven by subtle laws .  Its  purposes and powers are  to throw and cover the particle of consciousness , a consciousness that has been connected to the ethereal , quantum, and classical planes of the physical nature . The spirit soul and their  journey’s are  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 .

In 1997, 50 prominent foreign policy experts, including former senators, military leaders, and diplomats, sent an open letter to then-President Bill Clinton outlining their opposition to NATO expansion. “It is a policy error of historic proportions,” they wrote.

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

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

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

We can learn from the past , the mistakes of encroachment or expansion into other territories, Russia’s origins, and the history of its church is in Kiev.  Thinking foreign policy and international relations is important for stability in the world. Joe Bidens government an  example, of  failing to listen to scholars or geopolitical experts with experience , Joe Biden appears naive when it comes to foreign policy , he has brought Russia and China together,  along with other nations, and has created a very unstable world . The USA has a  38 trillion debt and is looking for new markets to service that debt . It  appears  he sees  Nato expansion and a risk worth taking .a dangerous game .

Perhaps John Kennedy had more respect for his adversaries,  and in the famous peace he gave, he glorified Russia’s history and culture and sought peace.

An agreement was eventually reached between Kennedy & Khrushchev. Publicly, the Soviets would dismantle their offensive weapons in Cuba, subject to #United Nations verification, in exchange for a #US public declaration &agreement not to invade Cuba again. Nato invasions  and WW3 , unfortunately maybe .

Joe Biden , and the current administration has led a damaging  USA  led liberal left agenda, he and  his team do not appear to approve of  traditional cultural differences , of other  countries ,  he has  aggressively pushed his agenda to the point  where we are on the verge of a major conflict,  the  world is more  divided   and less united . He was  and still is the most harmful president in recent times.  and the most unfortunate thing is the world waits , for the unthinking and politically naive USA citizens , who really believe USA are Gods chosen people for establishing ” freedom and liberty ”  worldwide,  they caste their votes in November, fools voting in fools for sure .

But philosophically thinking sometimes people become tools for massive destructive karmic changes , unfit persons become pawns in the hands of karmic fate and synchronicity , things played out  played out  in a  destined  history We have to take into account the karma of the planet, the collective karma .

Much harm is being done to so many by  so few , and a price will have to be paid one way or another.

The Vedas record these calculations in the politically astute Artha Veda .

A taste of relationships , a taste of time , a taste of humour, a taste of beauty , a taste of enthusiasm , a taste of appreciation , tastes and flavours are abound , but you have to admit they are temporary and generally they are in decline,  what a sad state of affairs. The origins of full flavours , the Vedas indicate,  are found when tasting temporary flavours longer satisfy , and also when the intelligence of Buddhi yoga develops , such intelligence reveals , that the bodily sences are experiencing fleeting moments , along with the mind that calculates what is acceptable and whats not , only the really intelligent persons can discriminate between the consciousness and the matter that surrounds it , and know its a completely different energy.

It is the arrangements  of Krishna that those who  come to this world are abke yo experience a reflection of the super subjective reality ,  but such a  taste or a reflection  of permanent , will be no substitute for the origins of sensual flavours and unlimited flavours of spiritual emotions ,  where the  full experiences  can be found , and  that are recorded by Srila Jiva Goswami,  Srila Rupa Goswami , Srila Ragganatha das Goswami and Srila Sanatana Goswami , to name but a few of the trancendental Proffesors of the Gaudia Vaisnava school.

The Vedic literature indicates that those who are caught up in temporary affairs can not give their attention to the permanent ,  so this is a great problem for the individuals , we have to extract ourselves from the temporary addictions and strive for the permanent and the 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 , we must research these  topic , and 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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