Wild horses,  the unthinking, and the unintelligent

Karl Marx said religion suppressed people and thought he knew better . A  path to freedom from conformity and authority ,  Karl thought , was intellectually , mentally, and physically highly appropriate and would bring great freedoms and happiness . Why should society accept Karl’s warped understanding of the philosophy of science and religion? It may be the case that speculative religious Zionist who want to in corrupted ways use religion for political purposes,  but that should not mean the theological teachings are bad , its how they are applied that is the problem .Karl Marx was a fool for not properly understanding mind matter and consciousness scientifically within the material world , and a greater fool to think he could bring freedom whilst at the same time binding people in a different way Many others today think in similar ways , scientific materialism and Darwinian hypothesis takes people down similar paths in the name of happiness and freedoms.  Life should not be a guessing game of following the  speculative intellect of any Tom Dick or Harry , but rather we should examine life properly and hear and understand the wise and educated in the real sciences of life , and examine their life style and character. We have experience that a child needs the authority of the loving, caring  parent who has learned parenting from generations of parents . A parent who has the appropriate experience and widom to nourish and guide the child is essential. In life, everyone needs the correct teachers , Divinity Himself has the responsibility to make sure knowledge and wisdom and progression will take place , and so He does. We should learn where .Obviously, conformity is the best course of action for the child , that brings the child other types of freedoms and learning.  In bringing up a child ,  education and development of character is essential  for the child , there is a balance to be struck between suppressing a child’s inner  nature and insisting and imposing certain standards designed to bring out a child’s best  nature in healthy and  beneficial ways for all children.

In reality, Marx  proudly sought to control people and bind them to his way of thinking , but who was his authority ? We can ask ourselves what knowledge he had , it was frustration on his behalf . Frustration is not a good place to be, to be assuming one can teach wisdom . First, put yourself in order before accepting any authority over others and take it upon oneself to lead . If we find  speculative minds  have cobbled up philosophies in life or within the sciences or taken ideas  from other similarly minded speculative persons with a world or scientific view then why would we want to put our whole  faith in such speculative subjectivity . We must be very, very careful , not to place our faith in persons who are not worthy , we must ask them their source of knowledge. Everything  someone says or their deeds  needs our thoughtful considerations . It’s important in Vedic culture that the principal of knowledge decending rather than only ascending  be examined , truth attracts truth and honesty is the essential characteristics of those worthy to hear from .Humility brings wisdom in all sorts of ways . Humility automatically attracts truth and, ultimately, pure knowledge. Conservative values stem from traditional cultures  ,  ultimately, from scientifically based theological cultures who examine objective sciences  that evaluate mind , matter, and consciousness .

Generally, people are driven by their temporary material senses and minds and are reliant on a limited faltering intelligence and an accepting and rejecting mind that is generally out of control.

Like five wild horses, without guidance and supervision a  chariot they are pulling will be headed for disaster. The horses are like our senses and the reigns  of the mind must bring them under control. That means the driver , the intelligence , needs to be selective of direction and be knowledgeable . An uncontrolled mind with no  intelligence  drag people into many  unwanted situations and world veiws .

The  intelligence is recommended in every theological science to be in  contact with their eternal passenger . The Supersoul or the Holy Ghost . Such theological intuitive inner searchings  generate much needed  inner inspiration , and God will show us truth and those who are truthful. This is the clear decending process that is criticality important for truth to become known . However, conformation is needed from those who historically have walked on the path , Divinity has pure  representations, who know Him well, and they should be recognised.  The Vedas indicates we  should learn of truth and rely on our own sincere and true heart ,  the super subjective realms of Divinity work in many ways , faith carries one a long way . As a student who seeks a proven expert in any particular field of material knowledge , so do the seekers of truth .

Today, globalists , politicians, and scientists control the people  and, in the name of freedoms , bind the people in temporary illusions and uncontrolled hankering that cause miseries and frustrations along with conflict and wars Why do they do so ? because it suits a particular economic plan that favours the exploitative businessman . Economic development has superceded common sense.   In reality, such blind leaders, along with their enablers, get the unthinking to follow the unintelligent and equally unthinking . Such persons have no long-term vision , but  profit at any cost is their motto .

Consequently,  the horses of everyone’s mad  senses and minds are completely out of control, and the world is becoming increasingly unstable with widespread suffering, and it’s  getting worse.

We must seek help from the intelligentsia and the super subjective realm and bring sanity back to everyone’s lives and  helping others do the same .

The whole of the Bhagavad Gita gives us clear indications of who they are and their qualities it also describes the demon like men . We must accept the rational and logical part of our consciousness, and except God has rationale, and thus He opens up  communication between Himself and His parts and parcels . Every theologically driven culture has this ability. Seek truth, and it will be found .

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Covered , shrunken , budding , blooming, fully blossoming

Unlike the Darwinians who consider consciousness as chance events of neurons firing in the brain originating from a primordial slime , the  Vedas take an analytical look at consciousness within matter and  clearly demonstrate  consciousness being different  from  the gross and subtle influences that matter imposes upon its original uncontaminated state , this is what is meant by spiritual consciousness,  a consciousness uncontaminated by all sorts of gross and subtle conditioning . The Vedas shows the path of  freedom  from the shackles of material existence and all its accompanying misery , birth , death , old age , disease,  misery arising from the mind , other living beings or nature itself.

Bohr , Schrödinger , Feynman , Teller, and Einstein also as physicists  examined consciouseness within the  responsive universe ,one can say the Copenhagen agreement suggests this type of consciousness scientific analysis. Unlike gross biologists , the physicists look  at life’s  fundermentals in entirely different ways . The biological thinkers bog themselves down and limit themselves , that’s not an intelligent approach to life’s fundermentals .

The Vedic terms for states of consciousness are ….ana maya, pranna maya , jnana maya , vijnana maya, and ananda maya .

In English terms, these can be compared to a flower throughout its life , first covered by the soil , this is covered consciousness,  then the flower is in bud ,  consciousness, this is  budding consciousness, then the flower begins to bloom , this is  blossoming consciousness, then the flower fully blossoms ,this is  fully blooming consciousness.

The animals and other various creatures are  categorised ,  they are considered to have covered consciousness, anu maya , and   the unthinking human who is living like a sophisticated animal without any philosophical position is in shrunken consciousness , pranna maya . The human who considers life and its purpose correctly in terms of having a philosophical outlook are considered to be in budding consciousness , jnana maya . The human who has realised to. some degree of the glory of consciousness in connections to Divinity is in blossoming consciousness , vijnana maya .  Finally, the human who has established a relationship in love with God is in fully blossoming consciousness. Ananda maya .

So literally, the science of consciousness and self realisation has been summarised fully within the Vedas and how to move through the different stages is described. Each of these categories is given a thorough analysis, and  progressive and systematic steps are given by various Vedic thinkers and teachers . These steps are recommended according to specific stages of life to suit a particular purpose at a particular time . This enables and empowers everyone in their consciousness ,  thus a step by step guidance . One should seek an expert who is in Ananda maya consciousness to help , or any person who is further progressed than ourselves will help by association.

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Srila Jiva Goswami, one of the greatest Vedic scholars, said ..”we are trying to bring perfection to imperfection..”

Ultimately, you could say atoms elements and compounds are an offering made by the material energies, they are so made by Divinity,  and reluctantly given by Him , reluctant ,  because the the living beings are attempting to bring  a perfection in their lives , but in an atmosphere that is not suitable , because atoms , elements and compounds can never satisfy our inner consciousnesss needs .What is that need , blissful, happy lives , and relationships that are increasingly rewarding , youthful or child like enthusiasm can be seen everywhere. It’s a kind of reflection of perfection . Ultimately, every theologically driven culture warns of the original pure consciousness  entanglements  in the material world,  and they provide analysis of the problems and offer solutions.  Entanglements in karmic activities and cyclic synchronicities can be very difficult to shift . Jiva Goswami indicates this in his Bhagavat Sandarbha….
The living beings conditioned concept of becoming an enjoyer of a substance that is ultimately alien to him is like the will of the wisp , AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada  said . Those fast moving atoms, elements and compounds and  particular subtle mind with given intellect are awarded within a  stipulated space and stipulated time to the  individual consciousness particle ,but they can not stay .The atoms are vibrating and producing  forms that appear as permanent reality , with a varigatedness that is indeed full of wonder , and no wonder , this is a reflection of a spiritual reality but here the essence of the pure heart is missing.
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The main problem of the atheistic person is they try to understand God with the reference point of their own limited bodies, mind and intellect.
In reality they cannot even understand how one blade of grass grows in real terms , if we ask them to create a blade in their laboratory they are lost .
Because the intellect and energies of someone or some aspect of nature is not fully conceivable to ourselves , still we see the evidence of it ..
What is the difficulty?
In his Bhagavat Sandarbha Jiva Goswami explains the energies and multifarious forms of Divinity..
It’s also explained how such forms and which particular forms appear before a particular devotee according to the relationship they have with the Lord …

Bhagavatam 10.64.26 .

“O almighty one, how is it that my eyes see You here before me? You are the Supreme Soul, whom the greatest masters of mystic yoga can meditate upon within their pure hearts only by employing the spiritual eye of the Vedas. Then how, O transcendental Lord, are You directly visible to me, since my intelligence has been blinded by the severe tribulations of material life? Only one who has finished his material entanglement in this world should be able to see You

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Mahaprabhu the perfect teacher .

In spiritual life, we must always follow the perfect examples . Many holy teachers can be given as excellent examples to follow . In the Srimad Bhagavatam, one can  particularly hear of those examples  and the of the  devotees’ who executed them.

This verse can be studied in details.

śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ

smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam

arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ

sakhyam ātma-nivedanam

Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Viṣṇu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one’s best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words)—these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service

Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu has given us a demonstration in His life and pastimes of how in this age these important processes are carried out simply and practically , He perfectly carried out all of them personally,  thus He is the perfect teacher who teaches by example.

The following verse indicates He is the perfect teacher , and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur indicates Mahaprabhu is the perfect Guru .

vairāgya-vidyā-nija-bhakti-yoga-
śikṣārtham ekaḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ
śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya-śarīra-dhārī
kṛpāmbudhir yas tam ahaṁ prapadye

Translation

“Let me take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who has descended in the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to teach us real knowledge, His devotional service and detachment from whatever does not foster Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He has descended because He is an ocean of transcendental mercy. Let me surrender unto His lotus feet.

AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada would indicate any of the nine processes if perfected can carry one to the spiritual worlds , so a very broad sweeping approach to those who practice spiritual life can be adopted and during the natural development of spiritual life and as we get older some of those proccess may be more prominent.

Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja was the founder of a large institution but would spend much time alone in writing and deep meditation.

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Caitanya Caratamrita

jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’
kṛṣṇera ‘taṭasthā-śakti’ ‘bhedābheda-prakāśa’
sūryāṁśa-kiraṇa, yaiche agni-jvālā-caya
svābhāvika kṛṣṇera tina-prakāra ‘śakti’ haya
Synonyms

Translation
“It is the living entity’s constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa because he is the marginal energy of Kṛṣṇa and a manifestation simultaneously one with and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or fire. Kṛṣṇa has three varieties of energy.

The Vedas says God is perfectly complete and, as such, is also unlimited in every respect . If He were limited in His completeness, then He would not be perfectly complete , so He is complete by His unlimitness .Also, if God were to find any limiting factors in His unlimiteness ,  He would simply expand those factors and again become complete in  his perfectly complete unlimitedness . Part of being a  big personality is to have the capacity to exchange relationships with  many many people.

Such a big personality is generally attractive in many ways , i.e., their wealth , their knowledge,  their beauty, etc etc  Also, their general capacities and knowledge of culture along with arts of many kinds , they enjoy sharing and others company.

Krishna, the supreme personality of Godhead, is indeed unlimited along with His  unlimited and attractive qualities of every kind . God is said in the Vedas to be  all attractive, and Krishna means one who attracts all .

The Verse in the Caitanya Caratamrita indicates the unlimited living beings who have expanded from the first expansion of Krishna called Balarama.

Balarama plays the role of assisting Krishna, and because Krishna has unlimited capacities to His personality, He requires unlimited living brings to reciprocate with . He wants to unlimitedly share His joy of life, and Balarama has expanded himself for that purpose . We are all those expansions,  but not “downloads ” of God or robotic in any way .We all possess  complete free will , and love in the ultimate sense of the word is perfected by  voluntarily giving oneself to another who reciprocates , but in love whether someone reciprocates or not is not calculated,  it is not a business exchange,  rather literally pure love.

Thus we should try to enter into a relationship with Krishna,  He is waiting…..

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People want freedoms in religion, politics, and sciences.

That is a natural instinct,  the individual is an individual and ever more shall be so ..

Civil society and the universal principles are to grant freedom but with freedom automatically come justice.

One cannot encroach upon another’s freedoms or exploit another for his own underhanded and wicked gains , gains that are dressed up as freedoms.

It takes the intelligentsia to understand freedoms and balance out how to administer it.  If we have some crooks stealing from everyone and then sitting down together and having the freedom to share out the stolen ” booty ” should they be given the freedom to do so ?

Freedom correctly used it highly beneficial and suppression highly damaging .

Accordingly , the Vedas has a system where everyone has freedoms, and along with it responsibility . Those responsibilities are imposed on civilians to different degrees. It’s calculated according to the phycological make up of a person that has been inacted  by karmic synchronicities over many many life journeys. Because a person’s circumstances and consciousness are  a continuous journey of knowledge and improvement . The more improved one is the more freedoms from the conditioning of the material energy they will  feel , the freedom to be effectionate and equal minded towards all living beings is the great Vedic goal and it can be experienced,  along with a humbled deep respect and most importantly a development of understanding the universe and its originator .

What I mean to say is that I am  describing   the condition of the ultimate intelligentsia and they like to and should predominantly set a path of freedoms for all by applications of truth and justice,  which the crooked judge as an encroachment of freedom and that the honest see as essential and pure .

The Srimad Bhagavatam is the science of freedom.

Pure love is called pranaya , where the love is at one with others , like green parrots flying into and playing together in a green tree . Cooperative bliss

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Yoga at its heights..

Srila Rupa Goswami gives the example of a man watching a play , the gentleman is so absorbed in the play that when the main hero dies , he also dies .

Yoga means a shift in identity .

Perhaps you may experience yourself being carried away by a beautiful piece of music on occasions , music is also a type of  yoga .

One  critically disabled person was asked how she coped with what appeared to be a limited life , she answered that she had the freedoms of her inner life , and  in her inner self takes herself to innumerable places and carries out innumerable activities. It’s a fact our life is only partially led with a body and immediate senses , the mind and intelligence are providing what some will argue as the essence,  and the spiritual meditation takes that concept incalculably further .

Our immediate circumstances are very fast flowing , fleeting, and limiting  experiences within a set time influenced by the particular conditioning of our current body that we find ourselves in . Such a body is always changing . Everyone’s body and circumstances differ  because of differences of individual karmic synchronicities . Nevertheless, no one should  ever feel themselves limited in any way .

The instant communication spoken of in quantum physics, according to the Vedas, can be taken further . It takes the well practised yogi to understand spiritual forms ,  revealed to them by a decending process.  Spiritual form within a spiritually pure mind travels instantly to its destination at the speed of the mind , incalculably greater than the speed of  light.  An instant transportation takes place , and the devoted and well practised yogis  live simultaneously in fullness both within the material worlds and the  higher realms of spiritual dimensions with Divinity and  His associates  . These yogic aspects are described in the Vedas , as well as the  Bhagavad Gita ,  krishna speaks of who is the best of the Yogis .

The Darwinian mechanic scientific materialism follower is dismissed in the Bhagavad Gita,  wherein Krishna speaks of those in the lower speculative modes who consider themselves matter having faith in only their own speculations , and thus remain in repeated births and deaths within the spectrum of species on this planet or others .

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Einstein v Bohr

Its not that they were that far apart in real terms.

“Religion without science is blind and science without religion is lame.”
Says Einstein .

The key to understanding Einstein’s statement is to consider dualism,  Einstein was not an ardent follower of scientific materialism per se .

Bohr accepted both classical and quantum physics.
As does the Vedas , the world for atom is within the Vedas..

But the vedas speaks of the ethereal subtle energies,  akin to the mind and intelligence that are the causes of atoms , along with the electromagnetic energies that are devolved from the Bramajyoti , a high grade light originated from the spiritual realms . The multidimensional material and spiritual planes are discussed in the Srimad Bhagavatam.
The world we live in is real, of course,  but temporary. The followers of Sankaracarya consider this world unreal , and in one sense, that’s true but in another not .
The consciousness and the universe are linked together by the interests and desires of the individual consciousness under the supervision of Divinity and His unlimited consciousness, and limited consciousness is eternally linked to the unlimited consciousness.
When the conscious being  understands that he or she is something different than a material body and also different from the  universal energies, being freed from scientific materialism and  clearly understanding dualism , then the real consciousness journey begins .  One should question why the living beings have  become subjected to the laws of the universe . By such enquiries, the universal order gives  reciprocation to gradually acquire knowledge and detachment from all  universal connections, and that is  the beginning of  liberation . Gradually, by understanding dualism and by  searching the inner meaning to life, one is connected to devotional activities . The cause of all causes is understood by  purified and detached persons. One can eventually enter a  plane where consciousness and the energy surrounding it are of the same nature .
Once Edward Teller had tea with Neils Bohr, and he said to Bohr, ” You have changed everything in the way we view the world, and in the future, everyone will see the world much differently..”
After a long pause, Bohr said, ” Are you saying this world is not real but like a dream?”
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In a trancendental nutshell…

The cause of this world , is one …..

The desire and subsequent actions of numerous living beings .

This is clearly explained by Srila Jiva Goswami, who is one of the greatest Vedic Proffesors , he explains all in his Bhagavat Sandarbha.
Mahavisnu did not want this material world directly but wanted to facilitate those living beings that wanted it , so a responsive universe is both personal and contains impersonal and reactionary systems.

More on this soon ..
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