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Karl Marx thought religion suppressed people &  thought he knew better , a  path to freedom from conformity and authority,  but is it appropriate that a child leaves the authority of the loving parent, who knows how to sufficiently nourish and who loves the child , obviously conformity is the best course of action for the child

In reality,  Marx  sought to control people & bind them to his thinking , but what knowledge of life’s  purposes did he have , before excepting any authority we must know , who is their authority . AND if its their speculative mind that’s cobbled up a philosophy in life or a world or scientific view , why would we want to put our faith in such speculative subjectivity.

Generally we find people are driven by their temporary material senses and minds and a faltering intelligence.

Like five  wild horses, the senses can drag one in unwanted directions ,the reigns are the mind, and the driver should be the intelligence.

But the intelligence is recommended in all theological sciences to be in contact with his eternal passenger, the Supersoul or the holy ghost , the super subjective,  and within the super subjective realm must seek directions.

Today Globalists , politicians, and scientists control the people ,& in the name of freedom, bind them in temporary illusion & uncontrolled hankering , by getting the unthinking to follow the unintelligent.

The horses of everyone’s senses are completely out of control,  the world is in a mess and getting worse.

We must seek the super subjective realm and bring sanity back to our lives ,and help others do the same,  seek out the real intelligentsia .

The whole of the Bhagavad Gita gives us the clear rundown. We must accept the rationale part of our consciousness, and except God has rationale, and thus, communication between Him and His parts and parcels is ongoing

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This is a conversation between the founder of ISKCON and some disciples regarding directing society.

Śyāmasundara: Elizabeth, in England, she’s got a…, what she calls a “think tank,” or a board of advisors, who meet and advise her on different policies.

Prabhupāda: Privy council.

Śyāmasundara: Something like that. It’s called a “think tank,” she’s named it. It’s presided over by Lord…, Lord Goodman.

Prabhupāda: No, no. The thing is, unless the people are Kṛṣṇa conscious, either this board or that board, that will not help. First of all, people should know what is the aim of life, what is culture, how the human activity should be directed. The people should know first of all this. Otherwise, changing from frying pan to the fire, it is useless. That is going on. That change, revolution, is going on. Just like the Russian people, they changed the Czarist government into Communist government, revolution, but still they’re unhappy. They’re trying to change by another revolution. This is going on. Punaḥ punaś carvita-carvaṇānām [SB 7.5.30]. This is described in the śāstra as “chewing the chewed.” Or the same simple philosophy = “This side of stool is better than that side.” So he keeps the whole thing, stool. “This side, the dry side, is better, and the moist side, wet side, is bad.” This is no philosophy. It…, it must not be stool. It must be gold. Then it is all right, this side or that side. That philosophy, that the dry side of stool is better than the wet side, this will not help. So first, first of all, human society must know what is the aim of life. Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇu [SB 7.5.31]. We are part and parcel of God, Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu. We are suffering on account of our relationship with God. This is the cause of our suffering. Then we have to make plan how to revive our lost relationship with God. Then the… Everything is there in the Vedic literature. All directions are there. So we have to… Just like when we are in danger, we consult some learned man or physician or a lawyer, similarly we have to consult the Vedic culture, how perfect it is. This way?

So what can we conclude by AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada words?

Who do you want to control your life ?

1. The actual intelligentsia 

2.An administration independent of the intelligentsia

3. The global capatilist

4. The working class .

Who has the way & wherefore & knows the principles of fairness and sensitivity towards all life ?

The intelligentsia?

First qualification , they must understand body mind and consciousness as well as  the various sciences related to them , they must understand various psychological conditions of human existence and know  processes of improving & elevating everyone  according to time place and circumstances , setting everyone on a path of social mobility and spiritual and philosophical education .

The Mission of ISKCON is to not only to establish the traditional and original  Varna Ashram which is a  social  and spiritual system based on utilising the Intelligentsia , who  come in the form of brahmanas and Vipras ,  traditionally their duty was to  direct and advise the administrative political class , who in turn were the   legislators for  social  ,economic and justice policies ,  the  original system of the Vedas  were based on quality of individuals as well as social mobility .

ISKCON simultaneously ,  is  introducing a system to bypass the whole  Varna Ashram system ,  by bringing  to the attention of the public , the perfection of it , namely immediate knowledge of one’s original superior Dharma, ( occupation) ,whatever ones current status , by different yoga systems that  link everyone with direct  trancendental service and realisations  of God ,

The origins of this mission that was  carried out by A.C.BHAKTIVEDANTA swami are  with the great spiritual and cultural reformer Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur , who actually surprisingly worked for a period of time for the British government as a high court judge .

Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur son , Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja elaborated further on his father’s mission, gave it  shape and directed his disciples to distribute these one could say ,( new testament) teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rupa Goswami as well as Ragganatha das Goswami.

If one delves into the real history and origins of ISKCON one will find a rich literary culture as well as the epistemology of ISKCON

Vedic culture means following traditions and the highest of cultures in every field of education, including the arts . Its emphasis is to  follow great men and women , with proven qualities as  set out in the Vedas , such inspiration and the best of human qualities automatically benefit the rest of society , by good association one becomes a good and wholesome person . Bad associations  cause one to  become troubled , the education system  must teach how to identify what is good and bad association , and what the benefits are of this , thus rascals should  never be  allowed free reign , as today , especially on social media and within governments , or as business leaders .

Modern Western, lefty liberal , literally  means to follow your own mind and senses , wherever,  and get everyone one to do the same , and aggressively spread this new fangled thinking , even going to war to do so . It has  no real sense  of cultivation of consciousness or conserving traditions of culture and families .  In  the course of time   the essence of knowledge has been lost , the truth always needs reserecting messages because it gets in time replaced by speculations and subjective scientific materialism and perverse cultures. Such is the nature of material conditioned nature along with an  independent free will  .

Persons who follow false “freedoms ” and speculations will find the opposite of what they are looking for , which is perfect loving relationships , but granted, there are 8,4000000 species of life , so plenty of facilities for expression in countless bodies , and how people want to lead their lives , those likings are found in other species , and Bhagavad Gita teaches wherever your taste , an appropriate body awaits.

A human form gives one a chance for freedoms beyond one’s comprehension . it’s our responsibility as humans to know just what those freedoms are .

In reality. Nothing much changes in so-called “democracy.” The political systems are puppets to the global industrialists and national business leaders. They direct everything that political leaders might decide & fund them. Vedic culture does not give preferences to money men ,  rather, careful scrutiny is applied , after all local livelihoods and local communities are valuable assets to everyone and so are all the creatures that live nearby,  why should a distant unaccountable figure , with no cares for anything but profit. from thousands of miles away, be allowed to bring any negative impacts to anyone or to local established communities , or threaten the livelihoods and create instabilities in families or bring poverty to them ,

What right do they have ?Encroachment on others’ territories is a sign of menace and greed .

So, keeping things localised and accountable and the protection of communities is important as well as seeing to the peace and harmonious affairs of all persons and all things that live .

Such are the teachings of the political systems of the Vedas , which will be established in time , as people wake up to the fake news that Globalists rid the world of poverty,  when in reality they create instabilities and bring poverty , in so many ways . Take a look at the world around you , and whilst the Globalists march around the world with USA armies at their disposal,  how much is USA in debt ? 38 trillion dollars.

Fix your own affairs before you think about spreading aggressive militant democracy.

Some atheistic people spend their whole time hating on God , indeed they spent more time thinking of God than some theists, according to Narada Muni words in the 7th Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam ,  but because God is unaffected by praise or enmity the atheistic becomes purified even by their envy of God .

How can this be , and what are the repercussions of this , There are many other examples in the Srimad Bhagavatam of practically any emotional thought of Divinity, such as  Lust ,anger ,envy , for instance,  when  its directed towards Krishna,  purifies the persons consciousness , as much as the Sun has the potency to purify any foul substance.

When Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu recently appeared and taught that the chanting of the names of God , immediately puify a heart , that has been caught up in millions of lives of pain and struggle,  generally pain and struggle comes as a result of giving pains and causing others  to  struggle   , but nevertheless,  Mahaprabhu excuses and brings a  most magnanimous display of mercy above justice. The name and form of God are non different, and in this age , particular benedictions are awarded to anyone who chants God’s names , even without any previous qualifications or spiritual piety , of if one has led a most abominable life

Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His sankirtana movement brings the greatest benedictions , that’s beyond the  comprehension of and man or women , and freely gives a taste and understanding of the highest planes of the spiritual realms.

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Take a look at our simply put Srimad Bhagavatam  8 film clips .

YouTube . Steven mcnamara srimad bhagavatam .

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1 , The introductory film

2.  Social Development

3. The Yogic Paths

4 ,  Fundamental Science 

5 ,comparing scientific goals

6 , Social Critique

7 , Bone fide Paths

8 ,  The essence

The Vedanta sutra , are 550 shortened aphorisms taken from the  the following places , The Mahabharata,  the Puranas ,  the Rg Veda ,  the Sama Veda ,  the Artharva vedas and the Yajur Veda , so in essence  ,  all these different Sastra or sciptures and  explanations of them through various means , are contained in the Srimad Bhagavatam , and the Purports of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami explain very expertly applies  some of there  applications in current times . The Srimad Bhagavatam  is the  Vedanta Sutras’ natural commentary .

Example of an aphorism

Tat twam asi .

You are that .

This simple aphorism is elaborated upon by self realised souls ,who are in the Gaudia Vaisnava succession. They  have vijnana , means , they have realised the  topic and  will greatly elaborate on it

The first aphorism is

athato brahma jijnasa

You are not the body , you are consciousness

So we can see in this particular time period how important the Srimad Bhagavatam can be, and the spiritual master who knows the essence of the Bhagavatam can be accepted as a guide in so many ways ,

Sir Isaac Newton’s argument against atheism

Atheism is so senseless & odious to mankind that it never had many professors. Can it be by accident that all birds beasts & men have their right side & left side alike shaped (except in their bowels) & just two eyes & no more on either side the face & just two ears on either side the head & a nose with two holes & no more between the eyes & one mouth under the nose & either two fore leggs or two wings or two arms on the sholders & two leggs on the hipps one on either side & no more? Whence arises this uniformity in all their outward shapes but from the counsel & contrivance of an Author? Whence is it that the eyes of all sorts of living creatures are transparent to the very bottom & the only transparent members in the body, having on the outside an hard transparent skin, & within transparent juyces with a crystalline Lens in the middle & a pupil before the Lens all of them so truly shaped & fitted for vision, that no Artist can mend them? Did blind chance know that there was light & what was its refraction & fit the eys of all creatures after the most curious manner to make use of it? These & such like considerations always have & ever will prevail with man kind to believe that there is a being who made all things & has all things in his power & who is therfore to be feared. — as mentioned in “A short Schem of the true Religion”

Isaac Newton.

The Vedic writing confirms of course all that the great scholar presents , and anyone with any sense will do the same , the problems with the modern educational system is Darwinian hypothesis is taught as fact based science from infant school all the way to universities , when groups of school children are marched into the London science of history museum,  first thing they are overloaded with is a massive display of subjective Darwinian hypothesis , presented as fact based science.

Slaughter houses of education that attempt to present speculations as absolute truth , but times are changing the Darwinian has had his day , real scientific studies of matter , mind and consciousness are  taking its place , and that will reshape not only the way we think , but what our values and world veiw is .

The discovery Institute and the Bhaktivedanta Institute are certainly doing stirling work in that regard .

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Your mind can take you back in time , you can be present with your current experience, or the mind can take you to your future , whatever state the mind is in at death determines your next birth . Yoga means to make your mind a friend. Excessive materialism makes it an enemy

Bhagavad Gita 6th chapter specifically homes in in the mind , the ethereal mind and its impressions are carried over from previous experiences and even lives , the original spiritual body has a mind , thinking feeling and willing is the business of a mind

The advanced spiritualist is very expert in ignoring the mind as placing it where he or she wants it to be .

That takes a great deal of practice. But it can be done if one makes an effort.

The question is not to artificially control a mind  , but rather in a therapeutic way place is naturally in a positive place ,

The best place according to all theological texts is to fix the mind gradually and naturally on Divinity either directly or indirectly, if the direct path is not acceptable or one is not initially qualified , some purification maybe  needed before the mind will respond , knowledge and detachment are required to be successful.

More on this soon .

“While pantheism asserts that “all is God”, panentheism claims that God is greater than the universe. Some versions of panentheism suggest that the universe is nothing more than the manifestation of God. In addition, some forms indicate that the universe is contained within God”

Let’s see what the Vedas say.

The very first verse of the Srimad Bhagavatam gives us the full understanding of Divinity. He has unlimited expansions , and is directly and indirectly conscious of every aspect of creation.

His decent to the material realms are described in the Vedas.   A complete list of the different types of Avatars and their individual purposes are given , its also stated that as many waves in the ocean, there are incarnations in one firm or another of Divinity . Thus, it can be understood in the context of how many universes exist , along with each of their multidimensional aspects.

But as a summary and a general understanding, the first verse of the Bhagavatam offers us this.

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

The understanding is Divinity is everywhere but  no where, He is inside and outside.  How can this be , its  due to  His specific relationships ,  although He is everywhere and neutral , same time He specifically reveals Himself in  His fullness to  specific His  devotees in different circumstances according  to  how the devotees relate with Him . He says in the Bhagavad Gita, “As you do, my bhajan , I do your bhajan . Or As you relate to Me , so I relate to you .  In higher circles where Divinity or Krishna exhibits his most complete form , one has to take ones  trancendental position , behind the prominent eternal devotees who reside in Vraja , the topmost realms where the sweetness of Divinity is revealed in full . We can not possibly stand before Dhira Lalita Krishna,  Prabhupada said , ” we would burn up,” so intense is the  pure love and spiritual rasa .

Actually, even in this material world,  there are some incredible personalities , and and even they are somewhat unfathomable,  what to speak of Radha Krishna Nitya Lila.

The Goswamis of Vrndavana writings  gives us an insight,  and Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur, in his purports of  Ragganathha das Goswamis Mana Siksa book ,  says we should regard the Goswamis as our own personal Siksa Gurus.