2. The Irrational of so called Rationalism
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4. Introduction Dear Friend, this is an essential matter.
I am a servitor of Srila Prabhupada and I wish to show you all the importance of consciousness as our only connection with the antimaterial dimension.
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5. There are people who state that it is rational to not accept what cannot be seen.
They justify all kinds of experiments on living beings, genes, cells, virus, etc. to prove that matter is the original cause, and they deny the existence of someone superior to them.
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6. Let´s study this proposal
If matter is the only cause there would be no law to follow.
The laws of nature would be accidental and the only justification for action would be the whim that anyone of us may have.
This is the justification of the materialists to enjoy with no superior consciousness, even if this gives suffering to other living beings.
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7. Life is a marvelous thing that makes a small being like you and me become observers of the universe
We draw conclusions from our own observations for our life
I observe matter, matter does not observe me. Who is superior then?
I produce, manipulate and use matter. Matter does not influence my free will.
How can we be products of something inferior to us in quality?
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8. Consciousness has many symptoms, necessities, instincts, dreams and ideas that are not limited to the existence of the body and the material mind
To think, to wish, and to feel for example
Love, affection, honesty, compassion are not functional elements to survive.
The physical body is only a dress of our consciousness
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9. While the body grows old, consciousness remains young
Even old people are lustful
There is no difference between the hunger of young, old, white, yellow, dog or elephant. Consciousness is different from the body and from its different stages or forms
Whoever stops learning begins to grow old
Take care
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10. To say that matter is the cause of consciousness is the most contradictory dogma, or the top level of blind faith that may exist.
Bhagavat Gita gives us important information about this subject. The secret to understand the Gita is:
At least in theory you must accept that an eternal soul is responsible for all his actions and that the soul travels life after life, from one body to the other, in order to be able to understand the truth and real love.
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11. Additionally, this information answers humanities greatest questions like:
The reason for the apparent injustice and inequality
The purpose of our existence.
The answers for where we come from, to whom we owe our existence, and where we can go from here
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12. The soul is the fundamental conscious principal
He has it´s origin in the brightness of the soul of all creation.
Endowed with a small amount of the characteristics as his supreme father, each soul has the free will and the potency to evolve and influence matter.
The soul is invited to be reunited with the father in the transcendental world but has the option to explore the material world.
There he wants to be independent and tries to substitute God himself or with other persons like his wife, children, idols etc.
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13. Our apathy to surrender to the Lord creates a fascinating adventurous attempt to become a creator in this material world.
Love is voluntary. Only by having a deep desire to attain love, it will become something tangible to reach
God does not want to impose Himself on anyone, as no one can really impose his love on somebody else
to learn what is right and what is wrong—that is how the path of responsibility begins
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14. Science has been able to study the partial depth of some part of matter, but is completely ignorant about the soul
Natural science completely ignores the possibility of a previous and subsequent state of consciousness after death
Psychology, medicine, archeology etc. have theories based on mere speculation—matter as the cause of everything
But even they admit that matter escapes out of their control or observation capacity.
Quantum mechanics, the theory of relativity and the theory of the “super strings” are all based on the ideas of subtle influences on visible matter.
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15. They don´t know where it begins nor where it ends but they claim to have some information about the middle. Thus they invent false conclusions and want to play as if they were the creator
Arguing that sex, power and money are the only things of value, they made out of this world what you see now
But is remarkable that not even with material success they are happy
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16. The Real thing is consciousness.
Avinasi tu tad viddhi
Yena sarvam idam tatam
Vinasam avyayasyasya
Na kascit kartum arhati
That which pervades the entire
body you should know to be
indestructible. No one is able to
destroy that imperishable soul.
Bhagavad Gita 2.17
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17. What is the best investment?
Don´t forget. Whatever you don´t give away is what you loose some day
Give your love
Give your Knowledge
Give your strength
Everything belongs to the One who gave it to you (God)
Only He keeps you forever
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18. And the change of body is the possibility to escape from matter- to free yourself from the cycle of birth and death
Dehino smin yatha dehe kaumaram yauvanam jara tatha dehantara-praptir dhiras tatra na muhyati (Gita 2.13)
As the embodied soul
continuously passes,
in this body, from boyhood
to youth to old age, the
soul similarly passes into
another body at death.
A sober person is not
bewildered by such a change.
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19. The body is lent to you so that you can learn how to serve and love
Vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya navani grhnati naro parani tatha sarirani vihaya jirnany anyani samyati navani dehi
Bhagavad Gita 2.22
As a person puts on new
garments, giving up old ones,
the soul similarly accepts
new material bodies, giving
up the old and useless ones.
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20. Discover your superior identity
Visaya vinivartante niraharasya dehinah
Rasa-varjam raso ‘py asya param drstva nivartate
Bhagavad Gita 2.59
The embodied soul may be
Restricted from sense
Enjoyment, though the
Taste for sense objects
Remains. But, ceasing
Such engagements by
Experiencing a higher taste,
He is fixed in consciousness.
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21. divine son of a maidservant
Get out of the unhealthy platform of judging other people based on their birth or appearance
Vidya-vinaya-sampanne brahmane gavi hastini suni caiva sva-pake ca panditah sama darsinah (Gita 5.18)
The humble sages, by firtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater (outcaste).
Narada Muni
divine son of a maidservant
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22. Enjoy to know that everything is controlled by our only friend, our eternal guardian
sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca
vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo vedanta-krd veda-vid eva caham
Bhagavad Gita 15.15
I am seated in everyone's
heart, and from Me come
remembrance, knowledge
and forgetfulness. By all the
Vedas I am to be known;
indeed I am the compiler of
Vedanta, and I am the
knower of the Vedas.
Radha Gopinath
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23. Sarva Dharman
To live in god consciousness is a spiritual science. Your own consciousness can verify the existence of a great love . This love comes from God and is also for him
Only to love him means to love everybody
Live in this love and share it
That´s how life is worth to be lived
Chant his name to ask for his help
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24. Sri Sri Guru Gouranga ki jaya
A contribution of the Vaisnava Academy from the Higher Institute of Vedic Studies Vrinda-SEVA- Member of the World Vaisnava Association Visva Vaisnava Raj Sabha
Sri Sri Guru Gouranga ki jaya
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