Religion : A kind of faith, this is what modern dictionaries refer religion as. This Wrong notion is has led to many misconceptions, which has put the modern man in dellusion. Religion is ONE and that refers to LOVE OF GOD. If some sect teaches how to revive the lost LOVE FOR GOD, then that sect is practicing perfect religion. Due to the effect of Age of Kali, people have taken religion as faith and are misguiding others, reagarding the same. Faith can be changed any time, but religion cannot be changed, since that is the constitutional position of the living entity, and it is true, that unless a living entity performs its true religion, it is impossible for them the live happily in this material world.
Now Most of the people , have concocted this idea that , religion is just a sentiment , Now it is very essential to analyze this statement.
People in general are made to believe that , since you cannot see GOD it is merely a sentiment to imagine a GOD and believe that he would do everything for you and you have to just prayer.
Well these people are not only ignorant but also unintelligent to think that all that you see around has come into existence through a bigbang. For example if you read darwin's theory of evolution, it has no evidence of a monkey giving birth to a man, how is that then we can believe that men have evovled from monkeys, Also, It is stated that there was a big bang and all the planets were created , this sounds more like a fairy tale story then scientific,Even if we were to believe that there was a big bang then who created this big bang?
Well all these and many more such questions can be put against such a story describing evolution. This theory proposed by some atheist scientist can be taken to be as sentimental, since it has no solid proof. Also if that is what modern, life is based on then , people , living such a life are sentimental and not the people who follow religion.
Religion is to be followed,for a peaceful and happy life, for that to happen, The Lord himself , comes time and again on to this material word to recite the real religion and sets the Rules to be followed called Dharma.
Moreover, scientific , discoveries, in every field, namely, medical ,engineering ,etc which man claims to have achieved is a mere discovery of things which were already there, nothing is created by modern science. The real advance of technology and science can be considered ,when the modern scientific community is able to stop death, or old age, or disease or create a life, which is not possible, till then modern science is just a sentiment , since on the so called discoveries, which are made possible by the grace of GOD , are claimed by man . So this is what is called Sentiment.
But Vedic wisdom, propagates real religion, through all its litetrature, It explains the real identity of a living entity and how the whole universe was created, also, it gives specific examples which, proves its authenticity and , then it shows the path to practice real religion , through its various books, this is what is science, which explains every thing with logic and philosophy. It comes directly from LORD KRISHNA and is meant as a guideline to ultimately attain perfection of life through devotional service to LORD. And it is found that every sect which preaches religion , has its basis in Vedas, if followed properly without ammending it as per own whims.
So now it is for you to decide, whether the world we are living in today is sentimental or the religious institutions are sentimental. Today's Modern world is based on sentimental emotions which will bind a living entity. People are bond with ,lust, greed, anger, false pride, false ego, but there is no love to be found.
GOD is the Supreme authority of LOVE , the SUPREME LOVER, as per the Vedic text, and all the religious processes are directed towards loving GOD since that is what the living entities were created for. Instead of understanding this simple theory , we are wasting time on friends, family, girlfriend, boyfriend and so many others calling this to be love. Religion shows many ways to achieve that perfect LOVE. Since we are ignorant and put into illusion , someway or other our loving propensity is frustrated due to contact with the material atmosphere causing other sentiments as lust, greed , hate, anger etc. Hence true love is possible only with GOD , since it is from him that we got this propensity and he is the reserviour of LOVE .
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
LAW OF KARMA.
It is said that a intelligent person learns from his own mistakes , but a truly wise person learns from the mistakes of others. But in todays world to find a person who learns from his mistakes are rare, so how can we expect any wise people. Learning from ones mistakes is an art which needs to be developed as a habit in one self, once this art is mastered , then a person can become wise and try to learn from the mistakes committed by others. TO learn from once mistake one has to identify their mistake, but due to false ego and civilizationf on "me" and "mine" everyone has become so blind that no body is ready to admit their mistakes sincerely with a view to improve them, rather it is considered heroic and brave to try to blame others for everything that is wrong and force the other person for all that is went wrong with any relation or any dealing.
This practice is very dangerous since people have forgotten the most important law that binds all the living entities to their actions. This law is evident and can be seen in every facet of life. This law is the law for karma(work). It is most commonly know by the phrase "As you sow , so you reap".
Karma is defined as a action of a living entity which is done own his own accord to satisfy his desires . If the act is good the result will be good , but it if the action is bad it will have bad effects, and all these effects will have to be borne by the living entity in this of future lives.
Just like any government in the world is governed by the particular laws for a proper functioning of the country , similarly , the greatest government (universe) is governed by the law of karma.
Law of karma explains for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. What every actions which are caused by the living entity will be borne by the living entity alone.
Bhagvat Gita says ,
karmani yevadikaraste
ma phaleshu kadacana
ma karma phal hetur bhur
ma te sanga steva akarmani.
It means, that the living entities are entitled to carry out their prescribed duties , but are not entitled to the fruits of these activities at any time, since the living entity did not cause the results of these activities , and this should not be the reason for the inaction.
So as per the above sloka , it is clear that , living entity is only a medium to perform the actions through mind and body for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. He is the one who gives us the respective duties and , He is the one who causes the results of such activities, the energy to carry out the prescribed duty is also supplied by him, hence , there is no reason for a living entity to claim the results of activities which it has not perform. But this should not be the reason for inaction on the part of the living entity. As explained in the sloka next to this, that it is impossible for the living entity to sit ideal without doing any action.
This practice is very dangerous since people have forgotten the most important law that binds all the living entities to their actions. This law is evident and can be seen in every facet of life. This law is the law for karma(work). It is most commonly know by the phrase "As you sow , so you reap".
Karma is defined as a action of a living entity which is done own his own accord to satisfy his desires . If the act is good the result will be good , but it if the action is bad it will have bad effects, and all these effects will have to be borne by the living entity in this of future lives.
Just like any government in the world is governed by the particular laws for a proper functioning of the country , similarly , the greatest government (universe) is governed by the law of karma.
Law of karma explains for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. What every actions which are caused by the living entity will be borne by the living entity alone.
Bhagvat Gita says ,
karmani yevadikaraste
ma phaleshu kadacana
ma karma phal hetur bhur
ma te sanga steva akarmani.
It means, that the living entities are entitled to carry out their prescribed duties , but are not entitled to the fruits of these activities at any time, since the living entity did not cause the results of these activities , and this should not be the reason for the inaction.
So as per the above sloka , it is clear that , living entity is only a medium to perform the actions through mind and body for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord. He is the one who gives us the respective duties and , He is the one who causes the results of such activities, the energy to carry out the prescribed duty is also supplied by him, hence , there is no reason for a living entity to claim the results of activities which it has not perform. But this should not be the reason for inaction on the part of the living entity. As explained in the sloka next to this, that it is impossible for the living entity to sit ideal without doing any action.
LIFE IS SHORT ---- UTILIZE IT !!!!!!!
LIFE IS SHORT --- ENJOY IT!!!!!!!!! , This has become a common notion and a slogan today , with every young mind been captivated and constantly brain washed to think that LIFE is short and hence the duty of a individual is just to enjoy as much as possible, without any restrictions of any sort and do whatever you wish. This very thinking has let to a degraded lifestyle which has led to more irresponsible young populace , who think their forefathers and elders were some stupid bunch of people who used to worry so much about culture and GOD etc. And whenever these experience elders of the family try to advice the young kids, they consider them to be of old , orthodox thinking and reject their advice, only to find later in their life that they are placed in a difficult situation. Some intelligent and fortunate people admit their mistakes and start on the path of self realization, whereas others get carried away by temporary happiness and become egoistic and commit the same mistakes again to become completely illusioned and forget about GOD completely.
I have seen people who out of their sheer ignorance , very confidently advertise these things. They say as long as you earn sufficient money for your self you enjoy it and don't worry about the others , work hard and party hard simple . Wrong!!!!!! things are not that simple. Often such people are unaware of the facts working against them. As long as you have money and fortune it is very easy to get carried away by these temporary illusions of happiness. But there comes a time when you posses none , and it is these times which usually divert a sane living being towards GOD for help, but again as soon as he finds some relief he goes back to his original ways. Also after been habituated to party , drink , smoke, indulge in illicit sex , the mind is captivated by these things and a person in the absence of these things becomes restless and anxious. During the young phase of life, due to high energy and due to the wonderful illusions created by so called , dance bars, strip clubs, movies, violence, propensity for clubbing, pubbing, drinking , smoking, seems very elluring since, everywhere you look you find one or all of these things. It is very easy to get allured and fall into bad association. It tastes like nectar during the young period which is more of less 10 years, but later on which forms the major portion of the life till death these thinks are not easily available due to various restrictions and this slowly builds up frustration, which leads to anger , lust, greed, and finally illusion, which can only be broken by good assocaition.
So point to be noted here is , it is not very intelligent to loose our whole life to anger, lust, greed, lust and illusion ourselves completely for a few years for so called fun. This fun is also one of the tricks of maya , which makes you think it is fun kicks of which are felt later in the life.
As per the popular slogan, LIFE INDEED IS SHORT, so UTILIZE it to achievem higher happiness by assocaiting with GOD who has the immense capability of satisfying all your desires and give you everlasing happiness , which is never to found in this material world. SO please think over these topics and try to align them with your own lifes and see these things which are working against you. Since our existence is eternal and not this short lifetime of 50-60 years , please try to see the bigger picture and utilize this life time as a human, which is a rare benediction given to you to understand your real loving father , who thinks of your well being every moment.
I have seen people who out of their sheer ignorance , very confidently advertise these things. They say as long as you earn sufficient money for your self you enjoy it and don't worry about the others , work hard and party hard simple . Wrong!!!!!! things are not that simple. Often such people are unaware of the facts working against them. As long as you have money and fortune it is very easy to get carried away by these temporary illusions of happiness. But there comes a time when you posses none , and it is these times which usually divert a sane living being towards GOD for help, but again as soon as he finds some relief he goes back to his original ways. Also after been habituated to party , drink , smoke, indulge in illicit sex , the mind is captivated by these things and a person in the absence of these things becomes restless and anxious. During the young phase of life, due to high energy and due to the wonderful illusions created by so called , dance bars, strip clubs, movies, violence, propensity for clubbing, pubbing, drinking , smoking, seems very elluring since, everywhere you look you find one or all of these things. It is very easy to get allured and fall into bad association. It tastes like nectar during the young period which is more of less 10 years, but later on which forms the major portion of the life till death these thinks are not easily available due to various restrictions and this slowly builds up frustration, which leads to anger , lust, greed, and finally illusion, which can only be broken by good assocaition.
So point to be noted here is , it is not very intelligent to loose our whole life to anger, lust, greed, lust and illusion ourselves completely for a few years for so called fun. This fun is also one of the tricks of maya , which makes you think it is fun kicks of which are felt later in the life.
As per the popular slogan, LIFE INDEED IS SHORT, so UTILIZE it to achievem higher happiness by assocaiting with GOD who has the immense capability of satisfying all your desires and give you everlasing happiness , which is never to found in this material world. SO please think over these topics and try to align them with your own lifes and see these things which are working against you. Since our existence is eternal and not this short lifetime of 50-60 years , please try to see the bigger picture and utilize this life time as a human, which is a rare benediction given to you to understand your real loving father , who thinks of your well being every moment.
Unneccessary Invention
A few days ago , I happen to see a show called Ripely's Believe it or not at one of my cousins place. One of the incidents that was been show was of an invention done by a scientist, who underwent a surgery to insert a computer chip in his body and then programed the computer to send signals of command to the chip inorder to send signals to the brain to function as per the command.
This reasearch depicts and potrays another act of maya (illusion) and proves the effect of this age of kali on the living entities.
Now , there is absolutely no neccessity for such a waste of time in inventions which will illusion your mind further and make you nothing but a puppet in the hands of maya or illusion called technology.
Already people have become addicted to these technological maya. Modern man's life as of today has become more dependent on television, computers, telephone and cellphones. Everyone seems to be so busy either wathching some rubbish on televsion, or just talking some nonsense on the cellphones. Whenver you see a person , talking very animately on telephone and most of the time being on the phone, or internet etc, is presumed to be a very busy man and a important man. This has become a notion, but infact that very person is nothing but a puppent in the hands of technology. The so called invention mentioned above is as attempt to enslave man to the computer technology further more making it absolutely impossible for men to use whatever little intelligence that is left.
Apparently due to so much engagement and interaction with technology, people have less time for GOD , GOD who is the most intelligent being and the greatest sceintist of all, who has made these things which we use. He has given us so many things without our desire for our conveniece , so that we could live happily and eventually go back to him and enjoy with him , but what we choose to do is we get attached to these very things supplied to as a tools to be used to live life.
Just a small glimpse on the greatness and intelligent marvel of the Almighty Lord is visible in the construction and working of our own bodies. Construction and working of our body is highly advanced and complex technology which is beyond the modern science to even percive and what to speak of developing such a complex system at work. The cell which is the buliding block of the entire body is a highly complex structure which has mechnisms comparable to motors in a manufacturing unit. So in terms of analogy , we can compare a single cell to a manufacturing unit , which has many coupled motors and similar mechanisms working in perfect synchonization , under the direction of scripted or encoded instructions through DNA's , to produce proteints and other neccessary ingredients for proper working of the entire machine called body.
This body is empowered with the marginal energy of GOD called the spirit soul to carry out these and many other operations in the whole body. AS we all know inorder to move any particle energy is required , thus this energy is supplied by the self or the soul . And where does the self derive its energy from? from the Almighty and the Supreme reserviour of energy GOD.
Further description on the working of the cell and a evidence of intelligent design could be found from the following links.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3398897723006201061&q=%22unlocking+the+mysteries+of+life%22&hl=en
So coming back to the point, these highly complex construction of the body is not possible to be acheived by chance or by any human endeavor, This also explains that even the Chemical evolution theory cannot produce these well organized mechanisms , since though we have all the chemicals , but we cannot produce even a single cell.
The revealed scriptures , the Vedas , indicate, that though these machines called the body are so intelligently build and is marvelous as per material or our mudane starndards, for the LORD it is most insignificant and it is said to be the inferior energy of the LORD. Existenace of the inferior enery indicates a superior energy of the LORD , which is said to be the individual soul and it is the part and parcel of the LORD. It is this superior energy which is most dear to him and it is this energy of the LORD , which exhibits, consioucness, and not the machine (body). Machine as we see in this very world is dead, or inactive in nature, it is works only when it interacts with a superior energy that it starts working. For example a computer will only start if there is some person to operate the computer, we donot have any practical experience wherein the computer starts automatically and works as per its on whims and executes all the functions automatically without a superior intelligence.
Hence this very idea of inventing something which would control your already illusioned brain using computer signals ,is not an act of intelligent scientific invention , but a act to be condemned and it is influenced by ignorance of this age, to achieve some false presitge. Please do ponder upon these topics . because these form the basis of our very existence in todays dangerous and risky world.
This reasearch depicts and potrays another act of maya (illusion) and proves the effect of this age of kali on the living entities.
Now , there is absolutely no neccessity for such a waste of time in inventions which will illusion your mind further and make you nothing but a puppet in the hands of maya or illusion called technology.
Already people have become addicted to these technological maya. Modern man's life as of today has become more dependent on television, computers, telephone and cellphones. Everyone seems to be so busy either wathching some rubbish on televsion, or just talking some nonsense on the cellphones. Whenver you see a person , talking very animately on telephone and most of the time being on the phone, or internet etc, is presumed to be a very busy man and a important man. This has become a notion, but infact that very person is nothing but a puppent in the hands of technology. The so called invention mentioned above is as attempt to enslave man to the computer technology further more making it absolutely impossible for men to use whatever little intelligence that is left.
Apparently due to so much engagement and interaction with technology, people have less time for GOD , GOD who is the most intelligent being and the greatest sceintist of all, who has made these things which we use. He has given us so many things without our desire for our conveniece , so that we could live happily and eventually go back to him and enjoy with him , but what we choose to do is we get attached to these very things supplied to as a tools to be used to live life.
Just a small glimpse on the greatness and intelligent marvel of the Almighty Lord is visible in the construction and working of our own bodies. Construction and working of our body is highly advanced and complex technology which is beyond the modern science to even percive and what to speak of developing such a complex system at work. The cell which is the buliding block of the entire body is a highly complex structure which has mechnisms comparable to motors in a manufacturing unit. So in terms of analogy , we can compare a single cell to a manufacturing unit , which has many coupled motors and similar mechanisms working in perfect synchonization , under the direction of scripted or encoded instructions through DNA's , to produce proteints and other neccessary ingredients for proper working of the entire machine called body.
This body is empowered with the marginal energy of GOD called the spirit soul to carry out these and many other operations in the whole body. AS we all know inorder to move any particle energy is required , thus this energy is supplied by the self or the soul . And where does the self derive its energy from? from the Almighty and the Supreme reserviour of energy GOD.
Further description on the working of the cell and a evidence of intelligent design could be found from the following links.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3398897723006201061&q=%22unlocking+the+mysteries+of+life%22&hl=en
So coming back to the point, these highly complex construction of the body is not possible to be acheived by chance or by any human endeavor, This also explains that even the Chemical evolution theory cannot produce these well organized mechanisms , since though we have all the chemicals , but we cannot produce even a single cell.
The revealed scriptures , the Vedas , indicate, that though these machines called the body are so intelligently build and is marvelous as per material or our mudane starndards, for the LORD it is most insignificant and it is said to be the inferior energy of the LORD. Existenace of the inferior enery indicates a superior energy of the LORD , which is said to be the individual soul and it is the part and parcel of the LORD. It is this superior energy which is most dear to him and it is this energy of the LORD , which exhibits, consioucness, and not the machine (body). Machine as we see in this very world is dead, or inactive in nature, it is works only when it interacts with a superior energy that it starts working. For example a computer will only start if there is some person to operate the computer, we donot have any practical experience wherein the computer starts automatically and works as per its on whims and executes all the functions automatically without a superior intelligence.
Hence this very idea of inventing something which would control your already illusioned brain using computer signals ,is not an act of intelligent scientific invention , but a act to be condemned and it is influenced by ignorance of this age, to achieve some false presitge. Please do ponder upon these topics . because these form the basis of our very existence in todays dangerous and risky world.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
illusion in illusion
As the residents or inhabitants of the material world we are already put under a spell of illusion (maya), which makes us think that we are the body or the mind , but factually we are a spirit soul.
On top of that illusion, the television shows and movies , tend to strenghten that illuison and make it so strong that it becomes almost impossible for a living soul to break out of that mould.
The so called forms of entertainment, which include, television, hiphop and rock music etc, reflect the modes of passion and ignorance .
Modes of nature as defined earlier comprise of 3 types, and by associating with them a living entity concots a particular conception of life.
Mode of Goodness : comprises of godly characteristics, wherein the focus of the living entity is focussed on the Supreme Personality of GODHEAD ,as the cause of all causes, and where in the living entity is aware of the repucurssions of his every action, as per the law of karma.
Mode of Passion : Has a little cocept of GOD as the order supplier,i.e If one is in need of some material benefit ,he approaches GOD. Living entities in mode of passion are generally, very active in fruitive activities to satisfy their senses. Hence driking, illicit sex, gambling and meat eating is prominent. They are attached to material achievements.
Mode of Ignorace : Characteristed by laziness and atheism and uncleaniness.
Every living entity at anytime is subject ot a mixture of these modes of nature. Sometimes Goodness is prominent and other times passion or ignorace become prominent.
Now the mode of nature in which a living entity is situated depends a great deal on the association he is in .
For example, if a person assocaites with the drunkards all the time, he would soon become a drunkard and will be thus situated in the modes of passion and ignorance, and if the same person assocaites with people in goodness, goodness will reflect in his behaviour and gradually he will leave his drinking habits.
Now todays television and in general most of the people around us are found to be in the modes of passion and ignorance. The television shows or movies , depict a picture of illicit sexual relations as a normal thing and a modern day concept , which is very common every where, every advertisement shows a half naked women ,trying to sell some products. Now these images represent the modes of ignorance and passion, since, all the televsion shows, are based on basic concept of sex , which is a product of ignorance and a bodily concept of life.
Sexual intercourse is a neccessity of the body and not of the soul. For the soul it is not essential at all. Sexual intercourse is meant to serve a specific purpose of progeny as per the Vedas, but due to prominance of ignorance and passion in the environment around us , it has become a means of enjoyment, defying its purpose , infact men have deviced ways to eradicate the progeny as a result of sex , by using contraceptive methods. This civilization is influencing every youth and damaging their original conciousness , resulting into frustration, lust, depression, anxiety, disturbance of mind, unneccessary anger and a constant fear.
It has become a common fashion to have boyfriends and girlfriends as a neccessity in the schools and colleges , and not having a so called boy friend or a girlfriend , reflects somekind of a problem with the person. And all those who boast of haveing a girl friend or boyfriend , boast of being in love. The lust to satisfy their own senses is being labelled as love , for most of them have no clue what love is. They scream at their,parents to be with a so called boyfriend or girlfriend, those very parents who made many sacrifices inorder to raise them.Inorder to have their senses satisfied by their socalled love they donot care about the love of their parents and they call this lust to be love.
All these behaviours are influnced by the society. Modern society leaders are themselves in ignorace and passion, so how is that they can lead the mass to a well behaved society of mutual love and respect. All the images being postered or shown on TV or cinema are of sex, violence or racial behaviours, drinking, gambling all the signs of ignorance and passion . Music being played as hiphop , rock have no profound message in them, most of lyrics comprise of some aggressive sarcasm or some crap laungauge which invokes lust, or makes one violent and angry .
On an average, a modern man watches TV for atleast 20-30 hrs in a week ,and listens to the so called music for atleast 50 hrs in the week , and rest of the time is spent in talking about these rubbish shows and music which are all fictituous with no real essence and no knowledge or even importance. Thus all in all major portion of a normal day of a modern man , is spend in filling his consiousness with all the crap and rubbish which is presented in a nice flowery words and forms to attract their attention and put them in illusion.
As per the Vedas , human form of life is achieved after great sacrifice and penance and after millions of years of waiting . If, Inorder to protect our so called social image and in entertaining our senses we forget the real purpose of this life , which is to get out of the illusion of boldily concept of life , by surrendering ourselves in the service of the Supreme LORD, then there is no other fool in the entire world then our own selves.
Instead of utilizing our valuable time in the service of the LORD , we are choosing to waste the time in strengthing our illusion of this body , by indulging ourselves in unneccessary activities . Moroever ladies today are obessessed with beautifying their bodies by artificail means. In their state of ignorance , they tend to forget that the bodies are perishable and will not last long , but the soul , which is so convieniently neglected is eternal .
Hence, It is my humble request to all those who read this, to please think over these points and try to dovetail your lifestyle and make your life successful. If you need help you can get in touch with people in ISKCON, who have expert staff to instruct how to practice the science of bhakti yoga , which will help in elevating one to the stage of GOODNESS and will make you happy , getting rid of all the anxieties that has been bothering you.
On top of that illusion, the television shows and movies , tend to strenghten that illuison and make it so strong that it becomes almost impossible for a living soul to break out of that mould.
The so called forms of entertainment, which include, television, hiphop and rock music etc, reflect the modes of passion and ignorance .
Modes of nature as defined earlier comprise of 3 types, and by associating with them a living entity concots a particular conception of life.
Mode of Goodness : comprises of godly characteristics, wherein the focus of the living entity is focussed on the Supreme Personality of GODHEAD ,as the cause of all causes, and where in the living entity is aware of the repucurssions of his every action, as per the law of karma.
Mode of Passion : Has a little cocept of GOD as the order supplier,i.e If one is in need of some material benefit ,he approaches GOD. Living entities in mode of passion are generally, very active in fruitive activities to satisfy their senses. Hence driking, illicit sex, gambling and meat eating is prominent. They are attached to material achievements.
Mode of Ignorace : Characteristed by laziness and atheism and uncleaniness.
Every living entity at anytime is subject ot a mixture of these modes of nature. Sometimes Goodness is prominent and other times passion or ignorace become prominent.
Now the mode of nature in which a living entity is situated depends a great deal on the association he is in .
For example, if a person assocaites with the drunkards all the time, he would soon become a drunkard and will be thus situated in the modes of passion and ignorance, and if the same person assocaites with people in goodness, goodness will reflect in his behaviour and gradually he will leave his drinking habits.
Now todays television and in general most of the people around us are found to be in the modes of passion and ignorance. The television shows or movies , depict a picture of illicit sexual relations as a normal thing and a modern day concept , which is very common every where, every advertisement shows a half naked women ,trying to sell some products. Now these images represent the modes of ignorance and passion, since, all the televsion shows, are based on basic concept of sex , which is a product of ignorance and a bodily concept of life.
Sexual intercourse is a neccessity of the body and not of the soul. For the soul it is not essential at all. Sexual intercourse is meant to serve a specific purpose of progeny as per the Vedas, but due to prominance of ignorance and passion in the environment around us , it has become a means of enjoyment, defying its purpose , infact men have deviced ways to eradicate the progeny as a result of sex , by using contraceptive methods. This civilization is influencing every youth and damaging their original conciousness , resulting into frustration, lust, depression, anxiety, disturbance of mind, unneccessary anger and a constant fear.
It has become a common fashion to have boyfriends and girlfriends as a neccessity in the schools and colleges , and not having a so called boy friend or a girlfriend , reflects somekind of a problem with the person. And all those who boast of haveing a girl friend or boyfriend , boast of being in love. The lust to satisfy their own senses is being labelled as love , for most of them have no clue what love is. They scream at their,parents to be with a so called boyfriend or girlfriend, those very parents who made many sacrifices inorder to raise them.Inorder to have their senses satisfied by their socalled love they donot care about the love of their parents and they call this lust to be love.
All these behaviours are influnced by the society. Modern society leaders are themselves in ignorace and passion, so how is that they can lead the mass to a well behaved society of mutual love and respect. All the images being postered or shown on TV or cinema are of sex, violence or racial behaviours, drinking, gambling all the signs of ignorance and passion . Music being played as hiphop , rock have no profound message in them, most of lyrics comprise of some aggressive sarcasm or some crap laungauge which invokes lust, or makes one violent and angry .
On an average, a modern man watches TV for atleast 20-30 hrs in a week ,and listens to the so called music for atleast 50 hrs in the week , and rest of the time is spent in talking about these rubbish shows and music which are all fictituous with no real essence and no knowledge or even importance. Thus all in all major portion of a normal day of a modern man , is spend in filling his consiousness with all the crap and rubbish which is presented in a nice flowery words and forms to attract their attention and put them in illusion.
As per the Vedas , human form of life is achieved after great sacrifice and penance and after millions of years of waiting . If, Inorder to protect our so called social image and in entertaining our senses we forget the real purpose of this life , which is to get out of the illusion of boldily concept of life , by surrendering ourselves in the service of the Supreme LORD, then there is no other fool in the entire world then our own selves.
Instead of utilizing our valuable time in the service of the LORD , we are choosing to waste the time in strengthing our illusion of this body , by indulging ourselves in unneccessary activities . Moroever ladies today are obessessed with beautifying their bodies by artificail means. In their state of ignorance , they tend to forget that the bodies are perishable and will not last long , but the soul , which is so convieniently neglected is eternal .
Hence, It is my humble request to all those who read this, to please think over these points and try to dovetail your lifestyle and make your life successful. If you need help you can get in touch with people in ISKCON, who have expert staff to instruct how to practice the science of bhakti yoga , which will help in elevating one to the stage of GOODNESS and will make you happy , getting rid of all the anxieties that has been bothering you.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Basics of Bhagvat Gita
Bhagvat Gita is a divine conversation between the Supreme Soul (GOD) and the minute soul (Living Entity).
Arjuna the most elevated devotee and the most dear friend of Lord Sri Krishna , lost his composure when he saw his very close friends and relatives in the battlefield of Kurushetra.
He lost his composure and was distressed with the thought of killing the very people whom he adored. This situation pertains to everyone in the material world , where in at some point of time everyone has to face such situations.
Lord Sri Krishna , says in Bhagvat Gita that all the sorrows and happiness , we experience in this material world is due to misidentification of ourselves.
What is this misidentification ?
Identifying onself with the material body or the mind is described herein as misidentification.
SO if we are not this body or the mind then what are we ?
Bhagvat Gita says, we are spirit souls. Our existence is not material , but spiritual. Our true identity is spiritual.
How can I believe that we are not this body and we are spirit soul, I dont see the soul?
There are many things which we dont see , but we believe them by our intelligence, for example air.
Similarly if we observe carefully , we can see the diffrence , between a dead body and the living body is the absence of soul. When a dead body is seen , it has all the organs and every other part which is present in a living body , but the dead body does not move, this should be proof enough to identify a living force , which moves the body of a living person , which apparently is missing from the dead body, and that living force is the spirit soul, out true identity.
Consciousness spread all over the body is the sympton of the presence of the spirit soul.
Arjuna the most elevated devotee and the most dear friend of Lord Sri Krishna , lost his composure when he saw his very close friends and relatives in the battlefield of Kurushetra.
He lost his composure and was distressed with the thought of killing the very people whom he adored. This situation pertains to everyone in the material world , where in at some point of time everyone has to face such situations.
Lord Sri Krishna , says in Bhagvat Gita that all the sorrows and happiness , we experience in this material world is due to misidentification of ourselves.
What is this misidentification ?
Identifying onself with the material body or the mind is described herein as misidentification.
SO if we are not this body or the mind then what are we ?
Bhagvat Gita says, we are spirit souls. Our existence is not material , but spiritual. Our true identity is spiritual.
How can I believe that we are not this body and we are spirit soul, I dont see the soul?
There are many things which we dont see , but we believe them by our intelligence, for example air.
Similarly if we observe carefully , we can see the diffrence , between a dead body and the living body is the absence of soul. When a dead body is seen , it has all the organs and every other part which is present in a living body , but the dead body does not move, this should be proof enough to identify a living force , which moves the body of a living person , which apparently is missing from the dead body, and that living force is the spirit soul, out true identity.
Consciousness spread all over the body is the sympton of the presence of the spirit soul.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Definitions
GOD : GOD is defined as the supreme living entity from whom everything emanates.
Person who is full with six opulences namely, full in wealth,full in fame, full in beauty, full in strength, full in renunciation and full in intelligence.
Living Entity :
Very Minute particles of the Supreme Person (GOD) and who are subordinate and servants to GOD are defined as Living entities. They have minute parts of opulences possesed by the LORD bestowed on them as per their work in previous lives. For example, Some may be intelligent, some may be beautiful, some may be Rich , some may be famous and some may be great renunciate etc. But NO living entity has all the opulences or even one of the opulences in full. Living entity or spirit soul are also called the marginal energies of the LORD.
Material Nature(Maya) :
Material nature is described as the inferior energy of the LORD or the illusory energy of the LORD which keeps the living entity entangled in a conditioned state covering the actual identity of the living entity as a spirit soul.
Conditioned state : Conditioned state is one in which a living entity is forced to live under certain conditions imposed by the material nature. These conditions can be classified into 3 types, namely
1. Goodness
2. Passion
3. Ignorance.
Spiritual Energy : Spiritual Energy is the superior energy of the LORD , to which the living entity or the spirit soul constitutionally belongs.
Person who is full with six opulences namely, full in wealth,full in fame, full in beauty, full in strength, full in renunciation and full in intelligence.
Living Entity :
Very Minute particles of the Supreme Person (GOD) and who are subordinate and servants to GOD are defined as Living entities. They have minute parts of opulences possesed by the LORD bestowed on them as per their work in previous lives. For example, Some may be intelligent, some may be beautiful, some may be Rich , some may be famous and some may be great renunciate etc. But NO living entity has all the opulences or even one of the opulences in full. Living entity or spirit soul are also called the marginal energies of the LORD.
Material Nature(Maya) :
Material nature is described as the inferior energy of the LORD or the illusory energy of the LORD which keeps the living entity entangled in a conditioned state covering the actual identity of the living entity as a spirit soul.
Conditioned state : Conditioned state is one in which a living entity is forced to live under certain conditions imposed by the material nature. These conditions can be classified into 3 types, namely
1. Goodness
2. Passion
3. Ignorance.
Spiritual Energy : Spiritual Energy is the superior energy of the LORD , to which the living entity or the spirit soul constitutionally belongs.
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