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10月27日 The jiva-soul does not originate from the Brahmajoyti or some impersonal all-pervasive light. THE SECRET BOOK OF ORIGINS.
QUANTUM PHYSICS OR THE SCIENCE OF POSSIBILITIES. UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSAL CREATION. INTRODUCTION “Because the Kingdom of God is an Eternal Personal Active Loving Devotional Place that is ever lasting and never aging, the atma-vigraha bodies are always there – Nitya-siddha means — eternally established. This is what permanence, perpetual and eternity means – no beginning, no end and never changing (although līlā-rasa — the mellows of a pastime, can change in the spiritual universe). Generally nitya-siddha means one never falls to the sub-conscious lower self or dream state. The nitya-siddha personality, identity and form refer to ones original Krishna Conscious body that is always there, even when ones dreaming (jiva-sub-consciousness) lower self is in the material universe. ALL those who choose to forget Krishna and enter the forgetful temporary material universe of the sub-conscious lower self, have an original nitya-siddha body. Every living entity has an original nitya-siddhasvarupa-sat-cit-ananda-atma-vigraha body they realize if they are Krishna Conscious, or cannot realize when not Krishna Conscious”. The Secret Book Of Origins CHAPTER ONE
The following quotes are from His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, the founder of the ISKCON Movement (The International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
Srila Prabhupada: - “We never had any occasion when we were separated from Krishna. Just like one man is dreaming and he forgets himself. In dream he creates himself in different forms: now I am the King discussing like that. This creation of himself is as seer and subject matter or seen, two things. But as soon as the dream is over, the 'seen' disappears. But the seer remains. Now he is in his original position”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “Our separation from Krishna is like that. We dream this body and so many relationships with other things. First the attachment comes to enjoy sense gratification. Even with Krishna desire for sense gratification is there. There is a dormant attitude for forgetting Krishna and creating an atmosphere for enjoying independently. Just like at the edge of the beach, sometimes the water covers, sometimes there is dry sand, coming and going. Our position is like that, sometimes covered, sometimes free, just like at the edge of the tide. As soon as we forget, immediately the illusion is there. Just like as soon as we sleep, dream is there”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “We cannot say therefore that we are not with Krishna. As soon as we try to become Lord, immediately we are covered by Maya. Formerly we were with Krishna in His Lila or sport. But this covering of Maya may be of very, very, very, very long duration; therefore many creations are coming and going. Due to this long period of time it is sometimes said that we are ever-conditioned. But his long duration of time becomes very insignificant when one actually comes to Krishna consciousness. Just like in a dream we are thinking very long time, but as soon as we awaken we look at our watch and see it has been a moment only. Just like with Krishna’s friends, they were kept asleep for one year by Brahma, but when they woke up and Krishna returned before them, they considered that only a moment had passed”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “So this dreaming condition is called non-liberated life, and this is just like a dream. Although in this material calculation it is a long, long period, as soon as we come to Krishna consciousness then this period is considered as a second. For example, Jaya and Vijaya. They had their Lila with Krishna, but they had to come down for their little mistake. They were given mukti, merging into the Brahma-sayujya (Impersonal Brahmajoyti) after being killed three times as demons. This Brahma-sayujya mukti is non-permanent”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “Every living entity wants pleasure, but Brahma-sayujya is minus pleasure. There is eternal existence only. So when they do not find transcendental bliss, they fall down to make a compromise with material bliss. Just like Vivekananda founded so many schools and hospitals. So even Lord Brahma, he is still material and wants to lord it over. He may come down to become a germ, but then he may rise up to Krishna consciousness and go back to home, back to Godhead. This is the position”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “So when I say Yes, there is eternal Lila with Krishna, that means on the evidence of Jaya-Vijaya. Unless one develops full devotional service to Krishna, he goes up only up to Brahma-sayujya but falls down. But after millions and millions of years of keeping oneself away from the Lila of the Lord, when one comes to Krishna consciousness this period becomes insignificant, just like dreaming”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “Because he falls down from Brahma-sayujya, he thinks that may be his origin, but he does not remember that before that even he was with Krishna. So the conclusion is that whatever may be our past, let us come to Krishna consciousness and immediately join Krishna. Just like with a diseased man, it is a waste of time to try to find out how he has become diseased, better to spend time curing the disease”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “On the top of the tree there is a nice tal-fruit. A crow went there and the fruit fell down. Some panditas, big, big learned scholars saw this and discussed: the fruit fell due to the crow agitating the limb. No, the fruit fell simultaneously with the crow landing and frightened the crow so he flew away. No, the fruit was ripe and the weight of the crow landing broke it from the branch, and so on and so on. What is the use of such discussions? So whether you were in the Brahma-sayujya or with Krishna in His Lila, at the moment you are in neither, so the best policy is to develop your Krishna consciousness and go there, never mind what is your origin. Brahma-sayujya and Krishna Lila--both may be possible, but when you are coming down from Brahma-sayujya or when you are coming down from Krishna Lila, that remains a mystery. But at the present moment we are in Maya's clutches, so at present our only hope is to become Krishna conscious and go back to Home, back to Godhead. The real position is servant of Krishna, and servant of Krishna means in Krishna Lila. Directly or indirectly, always we are serving Krishna’s Lila”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “Even in dream. Just like we cannot go out of the sun when it is daytime, so where is the chance of going out of Krishna Lila? The cloud may be there, it may become very grey and dim, but still the sunlight is there, everywhere, during the daytime. Because I am part and parcel of Krishna, I am always connected. My finger, even though it may be diseased, remains part and parcel of my body. Therefore, we try to treat it, cure it, because it is part and parcel. So Krishna comes Himself when we forget Him, or He sends His representative”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “Awakening or dreaming, I am the same man. As soon as I awaken and see myself, I see Krishna. Cause and effect are both Krishna. Just like cotton becomes thread and thread becomes cloth, still, the original cause is cotton. Therefore, everything is Krishna in the ultimate sense. When we cannot contact Krishna personally, we contact His energies. So there is no chance to be outside Krishna’s Lila. But differences we see under different conditions. Just like in the pool of water and in the mirror the same me is reflecting, but in different reflections. One is shimmering, unsteady, one is clear and fixed. Except for being in Krishna consciousness, we cannot see our actual position rightly; therefore the learned man sees all living entities as the same parts and parcels of Krishna. Material existence is impersonal because my real personality is covered. But we should think that because I am now covered by this clay, I am diseased, and we should think that I must get to business to get myself uncovered, not wonder how I got this way. Now the fruit is there, take it and enjoy, that is your first business. God is not bound by cause. He can change; He is the Cause of all Causes. Now don't waste your time with this "Kaka taliya nyaya," crows and tal-fruit logic."
Srila Prabhupada tells us clearly we were originally with Krishna in His Lila or pastime and for devotees to except this fact and get on with the job of spreading Krishna consciousness.
The following is the explanation of our original position to help the Impersonalists and neophyte devotees, who still stubbornly believe we all originate from the Brahma-sayujya (Brahmajoyti) to understand our original position as our Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha body.
The full meanings of the Sanskrit words Atma (soul’s perpetual individual higher self) Vigraha (souls higher eternal form or body) – Both are the Krishna Conscious self, identity, constitution and personality (also atma can mean jiva however, in this thesis, the jiva (soul’s lower self) is the sub-consciousness transpositional state of the full conscious atma (the souls higher self) that transmits the dreaming material illusion. The non-Krishna Conscious sub-consciousness only exists when one is not Krishna Conscious).
Atma-vigraha: - The reason why the Sanskrit words atma-vigraha is used is due to the closest Sanskrit words that reveal oneself in their full Krishna Conscious identity. The words ‘ātma-lińgam’ also means real form of the self but that form is on Brahma Loka or Satyaloka, and is an ethereal form that is part of the material universe - Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.2.28. The proper use of the word is mukta-lingam — lingam, the transcendental self and mukta mean liberation, refers to ones original Krishna Conscious body and form (atma-vigraha) they eternal serve Krishna as in Goloka-Vrindavan, which is the Eternal Kingdom of God way beyond Brahma Loka (Satyaloka) which is part of the impermanent illusionary dreaming universe.
These are just a few meanings of the Sanskrit word jiva. The Sanskrit word jiva has around 170 different meanings according to the way the word is used. The word lingam generally means form but, like other Sanskrit words, can have multiple meaning.
For example, the jiva means soul or living entity in English however, is that the soul in the Spiritual universe in its eternal Krishna Conscious personal form, or the soul in the material dreaming impermanent universe in its non Krishna conscious Impersonal form? Or can it mean both?
Krishna is also referred to as the Super-soul (Supreme Jiva) and the maintainer of all other individual jivas. Jīva-kalām – Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, from whom all living entities expand. Jīva-bhūta-ātma-bhūte - who is the life and the Supersoul.
In this thesis the jiva-atma has two meanings: -
1. Jiva-atma means the individual spirit soul (spirit in this thesis means full Krishna Consciousness active devotion (higher self), which is the atma-vigraha Krishna Conscious spiritual (devotional) body. The higher consciousness is also called the Jīva-tattva, which is the true original position of the living entities as always a person serving Krishna (atma-vigraha’s) Sadā ātma-sthaiḥ means those who are situated in eternity as persons.
Jiva-atma (jiva – souls, atma – self) in this thesis will refer to the sub-consciousness (lower self), a transmitted non-Krishna conscious State of mind blocking out all awareness of the real self which is further called the atma–vigraha full-Consciousness (the always Krishna Conscious bodily form) in this thesis and the source of the translocated jiva-atma or jivatma. Therefore it is the jiva-sub-consciousness, while forgetful of Krishna and who they themselves are, creates the illusionary material non-Krishna Conscious universe where the sub-conscious jiva is obviously absorbed in ‘lowers self’ non-Krishna conscious illusions or dreams. These jiva-sub-conscious imaginative thoughts are also known as the Jīva-lokaḥ, or the conditioned soul trapped in the material world.
The jīva-śakti also can have two meanings: -
The jīva-śakti or tatastha-sakti (lower self) marginal potency as the formless ‘non-spiritual’ sparks of living atomic particles (in this thesis the English word Spiritual means pure Krishna Conscious active personal devotional service) the jīva-śakti lower self, is neither active in the Spiritual universe due to its sub-conscious creation of the non-Krishna conscious material universe, nor active in the material universe either.
Question - So where has the sub-conscious forgetful state of the atma-vigraha body gone?
Answer - Because the Kingdom of God is an eternal personal active loving devotional place that is ever lasting and never aging, the atma-vigraha bodies are always there – nitya-siddha means — eternally established. This is what impermanence and eternity means. Generally nitya-siddha means never falls to the sub-conscious lower self or dream state. In this thesis nitya-siddha refers to ones original Krishna Conscious state. ALL those who choose to forget Krishna and enter the forgetful temporary material universe of the sub-conscious lower self. Every living entity has an original nitya-siddhasvarupa-sat-cit-ananda-atma-vigraha body they realize if they are Krishna Conscious, or cannot realize when not Krishna Conscious.
Question - So how does the individual atma-vigraha fall down from Krishna’s loving service?
Answer - The answer is simple, it doesn’t because that atma-vigraha body is eternal and is the real identity and personality of you and me.
Question - So why am I now in the material universe living in a biological body that gets diseased, grows old and dies, forcing me to go through the pain and delusion of rebirth and forgetfulness?
Answer - In Goloka Vrindavan there is always free will and choice otherwise there can be no question of voluntary loving Krishna. The original constitutional position of the living entity is a person and that identity and personality is the form and body called the atma-vigraha, not in the form, it is ones original appearance! Krishna is the Supreme Atma-Vigraha Body and maintainer of all His Spiritual creation. Now if one chooses to forget Krishna or attempts to enjoy like Krishna, the Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha body is no longer viable for their new separate desires of expression. A good example is when one is in the light, they see their own body and the associates of that body, but as soon as the light is turned off, they no longer see their body or the associates of that body. Their body and Krishna’s perpetual Kingdom id there but they are unable to see reality due to the darkness. In this way as soon as we forget Krishna, we forget ourselves and we are left to wonder the darkness of our imagination. That imagination is desires of grandeur that we call the material universe. Krishna is so kind that even being in the darkness of the material illusion, that is called the jiva-sub-consciousness or lower self in this thesis, is also sanctioned and managed by Him.
Question - So why is it said we are an atom of effulgence or spiritual spark?
Answer - One can appear as that deceptive inactive state of sub-conscious oneness, or an individual spark of light because they are no longer interested in creating counterfeit ethereal and biological temporary bodily identities and personalities. Such a state of non-participation with the sub-conscious active thought, desires dreams, is due to the frustration of impermanence that governs the material universal darkness, as well as its Impersonal so called liberation state of ‘non-thought’. Such illusions are due to a long, long; long ago desire to enjoy autonomously from Krishna, where one has forgotten their true Spiritual Personal atma-vigraha origins. The sub-conscious illusions blocks ones appreciation of their real Krishna Conscious individual self (atma-vigraha body). This state of sub-conscious inactiveness one escapes to in an attempt to be liberated, borders the sub-conscious material active impermanent state called the tatastha-sakti. The idea that this state of sub-consciousness originally appears as ‘an individual atomic unconscious spark’ is only believed by less intelligent devotees who foolishly believe this impersonalism is the original source of the jiva-soul, or, for the Impersonalist Yogis and Mayavadis can appear as an ‘all pervasive bright light’, however both are an illusion manufactured in the darkness of their own sub-consciousness (remember when the light is turned out you no longer see your body or the associates of your body) within the deep shadows of forgetfulness of Krishna, where one forgets they are a atma-vigraha Krishna Conscious body, not as a Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha body because they are already and always was and will be that personal individual body! Only in the deep darkness of ones ignorant sub-consciousness does one appear to exist as a spiritual spark or an atom of effulgence. The material universe and the Impersonal Brahmajoyti is also the dream of the Maha-Vishnu expansion of Lord Krishna, Lord of the Universe and all the atma-vigrahas, who facilitates the mistaken desires of those who choose to forget Krishna and simultaneously themselves and exist in but a shadow of there real self. Explained in more detail later
The Impersonal Brahmajoyti, a concoction of the jiva-sub-consciousness, is not a Spiritual place because there is no devotion to Krishna in that inactive state where the jiva-sub-consciousness imagines itself existing as a vibrating spark of living impersonal light when not active in its material hallucinations of various ethereal and biological bodily vessels and their sub-conscious imagined surroundings. This jiva-sub-conscious illusion is also known as the Jīva-lokaḥ, or the conditioned soul trapped in the material world. Jīva-gatim — the true nature of the living entity. Even without any knowledge of God (Krishna) or our own real eternal individual bodily Spiritual form, we are still all eternally connected to our perpetual body in Gods Kingdom, even while we are transmitting our forgetful dreams within the material universe or non-active-dreams within the Brahmajoyti. Jīva-śakti can also refer to the higher self but is generally a Sanskrit word used to describe the lower self, or the conditioned state of existing in the ‘darkness’ or ‘shadow of ones self’ or ‘the jiva-sub-conscious dream’, which is the material impermanent universe that includes its Impersonal counterfeit motionless liberation of suspension of thought into the ‘Personal Brahmajoyti’ unreal replication, opposite or shadow called the Impersonal Brahmajoyti, which is the silhouette of the real Personal Brahmajoyti. Explained more clearly on page 53). The following is adapted from the Veda Hare Krishna planetarium index explaining correctly the origin of jiva-atma-sub-consciousness (that dreams of material existence) as a split non-Krishna conscious personality originating from the Krishna Conscious perpetual atma-vigraha body: - This painting represents the two different conscious levels of the living entity – The Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha higher self and the non-Krishna Conscious jiva-atma lower self or sub-consciousness
‘I am therefore the atma-vigraha part and parcel and eternal servant of the Lord. My nitya-siddhasvarupa, spiritual body, is similar in form to any of the jiva-atma however, can created various ethereal and biological bodies identities and forms in the material world that have absolutely no resemblance to my real atma-vigraha body. But it is of the same quality as myself yet on a level of un-consciousness that is unaware of Krishna or the body my original body I serve Krishna as. Although I could stay here eternally in Lord's loving company in Goloka-Vrindavan and participate in His Lila (pastime), I decided to explore the material universal dream world created by my forgetful sub-consciousness thus beginning my journey... The Lord does not interfere with my free will by preventing me from leaving Him but is unlimitedly happy when I return to Him again:
"Having attained me [Svarupa], a friend more dear than life, as if He had not seen me for a long time, taking my hand in His lotus hand, asking me wonderful questions, bringing happiness to all the people of Vraja, and walking as gracefully as an elephant, the handsome Lord entered the village of Vraja." (Brhad-bhagavatamrta 2.6.76, by Sanatana Goswami)
"After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogis in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection." (BG 8.15)
The Kingdom of God, or the transcendental world of sac-cid-ananda-vigraha (eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss and all living entities original have form and body) is the abode of the Supreme Lord Krishna in Goloka Vrindavan and His expansion Vishnu in His unlimited eternal forms. The authentic Personal Brahman or Brahmajoyti is the Vaikuntha’s and their inhabitants surrounding the transcendental body of Lord Krishna in the Bona Fide Perpetual Personal Universe where all life is individual and has an eternal body.
The Personal authentic Brahman or Brahmajoyti is form and held together by form. The comatose withdrawn multi personality unconscious version of the Brahmajoyti is Impersonal and, just as that sub-consciousness is the shadowy silhouette of the atma-vigraha spiritual body in Goloka-Vrindavan, the Impersonal Brahmajoyti is the demarcated or shadow of the Personal Brahmajoyti in the sub-conscious dream. This exists at the edge of the material universe where material desires and thoughts exist as a non-dreaming state, where ones sub-consciousness not only originally consciously walked away from its own full consciousness or body serving Krishna, but have now, deep within their sub-conscious dream, have now also walked away from the dreamed-up bodily creations, opting for a total sub-conscious shut down that the ‘sub-consciousness has deluded itself to be an eternal state of liberation, but, just as the material universe is temporary, so is this impersonal imaginary escape into the impersonal sub-conscious version of the Brahmajoyti.
Eventually the sub-consciousness comes out of their non-dreaming state because it is the nature of life to be fully active, be it in the fully conscious state in Goloka-Vrindavan, or the sub-conscious state in the material universe. Activity and personal form is the original nature and appearance of the soul.
The material universe in this thesis is the sub-conscious dream of the full conscious atma-vigraha body. It is said the effulgence of the Impersonal Brahmajoyti is very bright but that brightness cannot be compared the pure personal selfless loving (devotional) brightness surrounding Krishna’s Personal Body where all the atma-vigraha’s reside and who ARE that brilliance AS their perpetual bodily selves. Is this proper understanding of Personalism getting through? The Impersonal Brahmajoyti is part of the illusionary dreaming sub-consciousness projected simultaneously by the sleeping Maha-Vishnu expansion of Krishna, and those who have forgotten Krishna and the original perpetual body they serve Krishna with. Krishna’s Maha Vishnu expansion makes the material universe possible and always accompanies the forgetful jiva-sub-consciousness.
The Impersonal Brahmajoyti is a bogus illusionary isolated inactive imaginary cessation of sub-consciousness, mistaken as liberation, which is also temporary, like the material universe that the contaminated active‘sub-consciousness’ is trying to break out from. Real liberation is to re-establish ones original pure personal active Krishna Consciousness, as their original fully conscious awake self (atma-vigraha body)
The jiva-sub-consciousness takes this path because they are unable to see and recognize Krishna and there real self, form and body as already explained. Nor do they want to continue existing in the active material universe. Atma-jiva also means marginal potency that is the original eternal never-ending Krishna Conscious form
jīva-rūpa — the identity of the living entity (higher self) that is the original eternal never ending Krishna Conscious form (atma-vigraha) and refers to the Spiritual devotional (Krishna Conscious unending universe free from impermanence, birth, death, disease, old age and death) where the jīva-rūpa — the identity of the living entity has eternal form (atma-vigraha) serving Krishna. The higher consciousness is also called the Jīva-tattva, which is the true original Personal position of the living entities always personally serving Krishna (atma-vigraha’s) Therefore in this thesis, the atma-vigraha’s ‘lower self’ is called the dreaming jiva-sub-consciousness. This lower self or sub-conscious dream state is also called ‘the conditioned living entities’. While absorbed in the conditioned unconscious state, they are unaware of their real fully Krishna conscious bodily form.
A crude example of understanding what is explained here is, when one sleeps at night, they dream of so many places, and of having so many different personalities and identities in those sub-conscious dreams. While in such a deep sub-conscious dream state, one forgets their biological body from whence they are dreaming from. In the same way, the entire temporary material vast universe is nothing other than the dream of the real self or body (atma-vigraha)
"It is not possible to be disconnected, but it is possible to be covered". – Srila Prabhupda - Srimad Bhagavatam commentary to 3.25.13, Bombay, April, 1974
"Upon attaining the goal of the Supreme Soul, He serves in his own personal luster and color and in his own personal form of bliss. At that time, the jiva again attains his imperishable form, completely uncovered and free from impediment". - Pada-ratnavali commentary to Srimad Bhagavatam 8.24.48
Srila Prabhupada in his purport on this verse further adds: -
‘Therefore the purpose of human life is to purify oneself of this contamination so that one can regain his spiritual form and not undergo this cycle of birth and death. The recommended process of decontamination is devotional service to the Lord. There are various processes for self-realization, such as karma, jñāna and yoga, but none of them is equal to the process of devotional service - The living entity should become purified and regain his svarūpa, his original identity
Srila Prabhupada also further says in the purport of Bhagavad-Gita as it is Chapter 2 - text 28
“The material body has no factual existence in relation to the eternal soul. It is something like a dream. In a dream we may think of flying in the sky, or sitting on a chariot as a king, but when we wake up we can see that we are neither in the sky nor seated on the chariot”.
"Each and every living entity is originally attached to a particular type of transcendental service, because he is eternally the servitor of the Lord". - Srimad Bhagavatam 3.9.11, purport
When the light of loving devotional service to Krishna is turned on, one sees that all the ‘sub-conscious’ shadows of ones real self (atma-vigraha body) in the form of ethereal bodies and unlimited biological bodies within the material manifestation are originally all devotees of Krishna. When the light of loving devotional service is turned off by selfishness and forgetfulness of Krishna, one is left in the darkness of that material universal dream where they no longer see or remember Krishna or their own original transcendental body they serve Krishna as.
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Chapter one part 2
“The real meaning of the word Internet is: - ‘the linking up of ones projected speculative relayed conscious thoughts, derived from ones valid bodily identity and profile, and then relayed, via ones Computer, X-Box, Play Station or Nintendo, facilitating the connection to ones thoughts to an extensive array of computer networks, web pages, destinations and virtual games without really going anywhere.
The real explanation of the jiva (soul’s lower self) sub-consciousness: - ‘is the non-Krishna Conscious disseminated nescience thoughts relayed from ones atma - [self-soul] and vigraha –[body] full Consciousness (higher self) without being aware that this transmutation of consciousness to sub-consciousness has taken place. The sub-conscious jiva is the transpositional state of the atma-vigraha body. The jiva- sub-consciousness is an illusion created by one who chooses to forget Krishna.
A further meaning of the word Internet is ‘the linking up of ones projected transmitted consciousness with extensive realms, networks and destinations without really going anywhere. In the case of the atma-vigraha body in Goloka-Vrindavan, it is the forgetfulness of Krishna that instigates instantly the further absentmindedness of oneself (atma-vigraha bodily personality) simultaneously. The non-Krishna Conscious thoughts, in modern scientific terminology, becomes the virtual internet (transmitted consciousness) super-highway (the material universe) that creates the many bodies and places for the transmitted jiva-soul-consciousness to live out extended non-Krishna Conscious dreams.
The sub-consciousness (jiva, atma or soul) is unaware of its original perpetual atma-vigraha bodily form that is facilitating and transmitting the virtual illusionary reality (via the jiva (sub-consciousness) as the material impermanent universe. When the sub-consciousness (jiva) begins it transformation back to its full consciousness body (atma-vigraha), the nescience jiva consciousness is disseminated by the effulgent personal atma-vigraha full bodily consciousness.
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabupada, says on the top of his Back to Godhead Magazine - Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience. Light represents the higher self and nescience represents the lower self, as soon as there is light, the nescience or darkness disappears.
Technically there is no structure to the individual jiva sub-consciousness (soul’s lower self) in its manifestation within the illusionary abstract world of the material universe because it is only an extensive state on non-Krishna (God as He is known with His Personal name) Conscious dreaming, originating from the atma – vigraha form (soul’s higher bodily individual self that is eternally serving God) yet having no memory of that form while in the sub-conscious darkness of the lower self.
The jiva-sub-consciousness is in effect, illusionary transmitted dreaming consciousness originating from a personal foundation, yet unaware of its eternal bodily source were one is always blissfully Krishna Conscious in their full constitution, unaffected by the influence of the temporary material universal dream (Maya). How this apparent contraction is possible will be explained in the thesis.
There are two aspects of ones eternal consciousness; one personified as an eternal body, the other personified as temporary dreams.
2. Ones full consciousness (atma, the souls higher self means Krishna Conscious self. Vigraha means individual Krishna Conscious form that is always absorbed in serving Krishna (God) and his devotees in the Kingdom of God Known as Goloka-Vrindavan in the Sanskrit Vedas.
3. Ones sub-consciousness (jiva, the individual souls lower self) existing as transmitted sub-consciousness dispersed from the atma-vigraha full consciousness self and body as a non Krishna Conscious ambience to the material universe.
As ones jiva-sub-consciousness (soul) moves towards (serving Gods Personal body) Krishna Consciousness, a transmutation begins to take place, the jiva-sub-consciousness sets in motion its return journey and begins to dissipate or transform back as its original full Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha perpetual body (higher self) beyond this temporary material universe, that is governed by forgetfulness, suffering, birth, disease, old age and death.
The jiva-sub-conscious (lower self) trapped in the material universe, is always in the non-Krishna Conscious state (eternally conditioned while spellbound in the material dream) just as the Fully Krishna Conscious state is always in the fully Conscious perpetual devotional appearance of the atma-vigraha body (eternally liberated in the Kingdom of God) when fully aware of its higher self.
In other words, as one begins to understand they have a higher self beyond their present biological body and the material universe, that devotional knowledge will disseminate the nescience of the lower self sub-conscious illusions and identity that presently seem real.
Just like when the light is on, not only can one see their own body, but they also see those they are associating with. In conclusion, when the light of devotion and Knowledge is out, due to forgetfulness of Krishna (God), one can no longer be them-selves or know their real form always serving Krishna (God) in His eternal Personal Universe where birth, disease, old age and death do not exist.
The jiva-sub-conscious is always in the non-Krishna Conscious state (eternally conditioned) just as the Fully Krishna Conscious state is always the atma-vigraha body (eternally liberated) In other words, in ones full consciousness, the effulgence of the atma-vigraha bodily personification of that consciousness disseminates the nescience of the jiva-sub-conscious lower self illusions.
In this thesis the atma-vigraha is the full consciousness and the jiva is the illusionary sub-consciousness however, for those who view the atma (soul) and the jiva (soul) as the same, then it can be said that the full conscious jiva is the higher self and Krishna Conscious, while the sub-conscious jiva is the lower self and always in trapped ethereal, biological consciousness in the material world. The purpose of Lord Krishna-Caitanya’s Sankirtan Movement in our present age of Kali-yuga is withdrawal from the sub-consciousness to the fully conscious through the process of Chanting Hare Krishna.
In the presents of Krishna’s Perpetual Spiritual Universe, Goloka-Vrindavan (the Kingdom of God), the only reality is that bliss eternal abode. In comparison, the impermanent material universe is nothing other than a flickering frustrating dream. All individuals in Krishna’s abode that chooses not to remain Krishna Conscious create their-own dream-state existence and enter the dark sub-conscious real of the eternal existence. It is that extended separated sub-consciousness we call the jiva.
All jiva’s (the sub-conscious state of the atma-vigraha) originate from a personal Krishna Conscious individual body called atma (the soul or jiva’s higher self) vigraha (form) The fleeting material universe, created by the sub-conscious jiva, is nothing other than an fleeting illusion. The jiva-sub-consciousness, trapped in the material universe, is always trying to break through that illusion. The sub-conscious-jiva’s intrinsic nature is to believe it has a spiritual origin, even though unaware of what that spiritual origin is. The jiva-sub-consciousness has no idea they have a higher consciousness self-existing as an eternal devotional person. Instinctively the jiva sub-consciousness is always reminded they originate, (even though the jiva-consciousness has forgotten or trying to forget), from a Perpetual universe where everywhere is full of individual life and form devoid of impermanence, suffering, birth, disease, old age or death. This is why religion is inherent in all cultures.
The search for paragons is always inherent in human nature, for the reason that the material world is not the real home of the jiva-consciousness, intrinsically every jiva instinctively knows this, even when covered by ignorance and forgetfulness.
One, who has reached the human species, after transmigrating through the lower species of life, can have these emotions of curiosity, if their human body has sufficient brain substance? Such embodied jiva’s will always know something is not quite right and become philosophers, poets, writers, scientists and astronomers in their quest to find out the truth and purpose of the life and the universe. As those emotion becomes more intense, the search for self realization begins and if it is intensely sincere, you do not even have to look for a Krishna Conscious Guru or Spiritual Master because he will find you. To be precise, that intense inbuilt search will come across the path of a Spiritual Master because whether one remembers or not, Krishna is always within them.
The meaning of illusion is non-Krishna (God) Conscious desires and thoughts that appear real but temporary in the material world created by the sub-conscious mind unaware of their atma-vigraha bodily source.
Such sub-conscious dreams fade away and disappears in due course, just like the dreams one has at night. Such non-Krishna dreams are figments of the imagination (sub-consciousness) manifested as the temporary material universe.
The jiva (life force, soul or living entity existing as the sub-conscious non-Krishna conscious lower self distinct from the Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha body or real self) existing in the material universe, is simply ‘the dreaming sub-consciousness forgetful state of the full consciousness’ moulded by NON-Krishna Conscious thoughts, desires and eventually karma. We call that sub-consciousness, originating or transmitted from its eternal self and form, the life force or soul in English in its lower self-manifestation.
That’s why words such as life force, living entity, soul and even jiva are vague with impersonal connotations
The Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavat Purana - vedanta) calls this transmitted life force, the jiva consciousness, and explains how the jiva (soul) enters the impermanent material universe, originating from an eternal perpetual universe where everything is alive with personality and form that never decays or fades away. It is from the individual Krishna Conscious body existing in the Kingdom of God (Goloka-Vrindavan), the jiva-sub-consciousness originates and projects an illusionary existence that is the material universe.
The way this happens is due to non-Krishna Conscious thoughts that have a simultaneous two fold effect –
1. The higher self that is always aware of their full consciousness and eternal body due to being Krishna Conscious
2. The lower self, existing in the sub-conscious mind unaware of their full consciousness and eternal bodily form.
As soon as one forgets Krishna and serving His blissful form, one’s forgetfulness enters into their sub-conscious realm where one not only forgets Krishna, but they also forget their own body and become absorbed in their own non-Krishna Conscious dreams through the sub-conscious medium (jiva-soul.) The consequences of forgetting Krishna and ones real eternal Krishna Conscious atma- (self) vigraha- (form) body, is an imagined universe separated from Krishna and ones real self and form. The material universe (dream) is nothing other than generated fading thoughts that create unlimited bodily vessels, made provisional because of the capricious nature of the jiva soul sub-consciousness.
There is no such thing as a spark of life or independent disconnected jiva, atma or life force in the material universe that is separated from, or a different entity from ones real eternal nitya siddhasvarupa sat cit ananda atma vigraha personality.
· Nitya – Eternally Krishna Conscious without beginning or end. Nitya-siddha means — eternally established. This is what impermanence and eternity means. Generally nitya-siddha means never falls to the sub-conscious lower self or dream state. In this thesis nitya-siddha refers to ones original Krishna Conscious body that is always there even when ones dreaming (jiva-sub-consciousness) lower self is in the material universe.
· Siddhasvarupa – A Krishna Conscious unique, original and servitor personal relationship with Krishna that can only be awakened when one is Krishna Conscious. It is impossible to understand whom one really is in Krishna Lila (pastime) while still absorbed in the sub-conscious-jiva projected hallucinations. · Sat – Krishna Conscious eternity. · Cit – Krishna Conscious Knowledge. · Ananda – Krishna Conscious bliss. · Atma (soul’s higher self, personality and individuality) – Krishna Conscious self, identity, and personality (also atma can mean jiva however, in this thesis, the jiva (soul’s lower self) is the sub-consciousness of the full conscious atma (the souls higher self) that transmits the dreaming material illusion. The non-Krishna Conscious sub-consciousness only exists when one is not Krishna Conscious). · Vigraha (soul’s higher body form) – is the atma’s individual eternal bodily Krishna Conscious form The only difference is if one is Krishna Conscious or not Krishna Conscious. All existence in the material universe is not real because it is temporary; it is only an illusionary transmitted dream, or translocated consciousness originating from ones individual personality and form in the only reality in creation, known as Goloka-Vrindavan and the Vaikuntha Spiritual (devotional) Sky.
Another further meaning of the word Internet is: - ‘the linking up of ones projected speculative relayed conscious thoughts, derived from ones valid bodily identity and profile, and then relayed, via ones Computer, X-Box, Play Station or Nintendo, facilitating the connection to ones thoughts to an extensive array of computer networks, web pages, destinations and virtual games without really going anywhere.
The real explanation of the jiva (soul’s lower self) sub-consciousness: - ‘is the non-Krishna Conscious disseminated nescience thoughts relayed from ones atma - [self-soul] and vigraha –[body] full Consciousness (higher self) at the speed of thought without being aware that this transmutation of consciousness to sub-consciousness has taken place. The sub-conscious jiva is the transpositional state of the atma-vigraha body. The jiva- sub-consciousness is an illusion created by one who chooses to forget Krishna. The sub-consciousness (jiva) is unaware of its original perpetual atma-vigraha bodily form that is facilitating and transmitting the virtual illusionary reality (via the jiva (sub-consciousness) as the material impermanent universe. When the sub-consciousness (jiva) begins it transformation back to its full consciousness body (atma-vigraha), the nescience jiva consciousness is disseminated by the effulgent personal atma-vigraha full bodily consciousness.
A further meaning of the word Internet is ‘the linking up of ones projected transmitted consciousness with extensive realms, networks and destinations without really going anywhere. In the case of the atma-vigraha body in Goloka-Vrindavan, it is the forgetfulness of Krishna that instigates instantly the further absentmindedness of oneself (atma-vigraha bodily personality) simultaneously. The non-Krishna Conscious thoughts, in modern scientific terminology, becomes the virtual internet (transmitted sub-consciousness) super-highway (the material universe) that creates the many bodies and places for the transmitted jiva-soul-consciousness to live out extended non-Krishna Conscious dreams. The jiva-soul is ‘thought’ transmitted as the virtual Internet super highway. A crude example of this can be compared to the present hi-tech virtual reality Internet revolution. The material hallucination world to the Krishna Conscious atma vigraha IS what the Internet virtual super highway and 3.D. computer games are to the biological human body in the scientific technological age of the 21st century. Another crude example of how this works: - Today modern scientists are sending probes out into space or in medicine they are sending probes deep into the biological body, these probes become an extension of their senses but have no effect directly on their senses. In this way, they can go deep into space or deep within the biological body without really going there. This is because they have extended their influence or conscious awareness with the extensions of their sensual perception. None of the extensions carrying their consciousness are real. Or another example is telephones and the new 3 dimensional televisions that will be widely available around 2020; one can be transported to a lounge room anywhere in the world, but are they really there? Through the visual senses they will appear real and sitting in your lounge room however, it is only an illusion. They are not real in that transmitted form but they are real at the source of that transmission. Therefore not only is the transmission of the real self’s consciousness (the atma-vigraha body) is not real, neither is the form of transport real. In this way, there is no real substance to the jiva sub-consciousness, just as there is no substance to the transmitted 3D television singles broadcasted from the television studio or some computer anywhere on the planet. In this way EVERYTHING is broadcasted from Goloka-Vrindavan as the material universe by the sub-consciousness (lower self).
Due to the temporary nature of the material universe, prompted by forgetfulness, the jiva consciousness sheds a lifeless phenomenon (container), these thought-generated-containers (biological bodied) without the presents of the jiva-soul consciousness, eventually breaks down and expands the lifeless aspect of the material universe with fossilized dust, gases and sand that eventually become rocks, mountains, planets, moons, solar systems and galaxies over trillions of years however, the material universe is an ever expanding illusion. The planets that support life are shaped and molded by Brahma and his architect Visvakama.
The material dreaming universal phenomena is constantly repeated by the non-Krishna Conscious thoughts of those atma-vigrahas who have entered the dark realms of their sub-conscious mind due to forgetting Krishna and themselves. In this way, all matter comes from life. How this happens will be gradually explained in this thesis. There is no difference between desires, thoughts and actions on the absolute level. Either one is thinking of serving Krishna (serving in full consciousness) or not thinking of Krishna (selfishly existing in the darkness of their sub-consciousness).
If one chooses to not serve Krishna with every thought and action, then they disqualify themselves from living in the perpetual Goloka-Vrindavan dominion (Krishna’s Kingdom) as well as disqualifying themselves from being their full Krishna conscious genuine bodily self.
In this way, the sub-conscious mind, forgetful of their atma-vigraha body, leave the Kingdom of Krishna (God) as the transmitted dreaming sub-consciousness (jiva). Based on non-Krishna Conscious desires and thoughts, this dreaming sub-consciousness then becomes covered by its own generated ethereal body, cast by those non-Krishna Conscious desires and thoughts. Eventually the ethereal body further generates a biological body, this is where the distinction between desires, thoughts and actions begin to manifest and Karma begins to exist in the human biological form of life. The generated biological body is like a garment covering the already embodied jiva-soul. This is very difficult to understand, what is written here in ‘THE SECRET BOOK OF ORIGINS’, is how this happens and is also the correct understanding of what the jiva (life force or souls lower self) is and where it originates.
The Sanskrit word jiva in this thesis means transmitted sub-conscious dreaming thoughts that originate from its eternal individual Krishna Conscious atma- (self) vigraha- (form) everlasting body in Krishna’s abode, without being aware of that Krishna Conscious body.
· The ATMA-VIGRAHA BODY is the higher self and is always ones Krishna Conscious individual bodily form.
· The sub-consciousness: - lower self, or the illusory dream appears sometimes as an individual spark of effulgence after its attempts to enjoy in the material illusory universe, but more often imagines itself as the all-pervasive self centred oneness. (Impersonalist yogis, Mayavadis, jains and Buddhists) This deluded sub-consciousness in a psychosis of denial originates from the same atma-vigraha individual permanent bodily source; unaware of that origin that is always an independent individual bodily servant of Krishna. Just as when one dreams in their present biological body, they are unaware of that biological body from whence they are dreaming from
Lord Krishna’s eternal Kingdom is known as Goloka-Vrindavan, or the Kingdom of God. Some scholars call the atma-vigraha body, the jiva or atma soul – all are correct. However, to make this book easier to understand, the Sanskrit word JIVA refers to the transmitted forgetful sub-consciousness that emanates from the eternal and never changing Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha body that is always serving Krishna (God) in Goloka-Vrindavan. The forgetful Krishna Consciousness that creates the dreamy sub-consciousness of the atma-vigraha personalities in Goloka-Vrindavan is called the televised transmitted jiva–sub-consciousness. The jiva sub-consciousness has no knowledge of it atma-vigraha Krishna Conscious body and therefore goes on too create many different levels of extended sub-conscious levels within the material illusion that often exist in an impersonal shrewdness where their universe appears all one with them.
This delusion is possible because the sub-consciousness jiva is isolated within its own dreaming consciousness and can dream up anything they desire – at least in the beginning stages of their dream, before they become trapped by karma, when they enter the illusionary heavenly planets in the material creation. When one is fully awake and aware Krishna Consciousness in a selfless devotional mood, the jiva-sub-consciousness ceases to exist because of its transformation from lower self back to higher self. By failing to remember Krishna, one falls, due to forgetfulness, to the jiva-sub-conscious lower self’s thoughts and desires that reverberates sub-conscious thoughts of non-Krishna Conscious origins (desires and wishes) that broadcast the realism-dream-state-illusion of the impermanent material universe. The English word for life force, jiva, atma-vigraha, is soul or living entity. In later chapters the description of Goloka-Vrindavan and the Vishnu Planets in the Vaikunthas will also be explained. This goes into a deeper understanding and explains how ones real self (atma-vigraha) serves Krishna in unlimited ways, even when sleeping and dreaming in a Krishna Conscious atmosphere.
In this way, the dreams of the atma-vigraha are always Krishna Conscious and are never about the material universe. It is impossible to dream of the material universe in ones atma-vigraha transcendental (Krishna Conscious) body. Only the sub-consciousness, that is completely unaware of the atma-vigraha body, can dream of the material universe.
When one dreams of Krishna in the Kingdom of God in their real form (atma-vigraha), such dreams expand one’s relationship with Krishna in unlimited unique ways, then there are Krishna Conscious dreams within those dreams, on and on and on – this is how one can be a servant, a son or daughter, a friend, a parent, a lover, a bird for Krishna to enjoy, a tree, a blade of grass for Krishna to walk on, a star (all fully Krishna Conscious) in the sky for Krishna to dance under during the moon lit night, or even an enemy of Krishna in His Lila or pastime. Also Krishna Himself has unlimited expansions that allows Him to Be with every individual simultaneously and appear as other expanded personalities, such as Balarama, Radharani, Lord Rama and multi varieties of Vishnu to name a few - all at the same time. This is explained in the Caitanya Caritamrta however, these secrets of secrets can only be understood when one is fully selflessly Krishna Conscious and can never be imitated.
Brahman must be held together by form because it IS the form of Krishna and His individual servants. The Brahma Samhita and other Vedic texts are often misconstrued, depicting an impersonal origin and misconception of how and where the individual jiva (sub-consciousness) originally exists; the great Vaisnavas who gave us this transcendental text did not intend this misapprehension of Impersonal impressions. Many of us just have not gone deep enough into the real meanings of Devotion and Personalism that is the foundation of the Brahma Samhita and the Vedanta.
Text 21 of the Brahma Samhita
The same individual life jiva is eternal and is for eternity and without a beginning joined to the Supreme Lord by the tie of an eternal kinship or relationships. He is transcendental Spiritual (devotional) potency. Just as the sun is eternally associated with its rays, so the transcendental Supreme Lord Krishna is eternally joined with the atma-vigrahas personalities in their full expression of devotional individuality, which is their originally position and who they really are.
The atma-vigrahas are the infinitesimal in comparison to Lord Krishna however, the analogy of the sun and the sun-rays is only a metaphor, Krishna in his Supreme Personal top most Form is not an effulgent sun but a Supreme Person.
In the same way, the individual atma-vigrahas, (also referred to as jiva’s by scholars, though, in this thesis, the Sanskrit word “jiva” will refer to the non-Krishna Cognisant sub-consciousness of the atma-vigraha) are not atomic rays or particles surrounding the sun because they are also individual persons (atma-vigraha’s having an original bodily form). The word nitya-sambandhah is significant here meaning possessing an eternal relationship with Krishna in a spiritual (devotional) sense. The Sanskrit word para means spiritual devotion. The atma-vigraha’s (always Krishna Conscious as their real self and form) and the discharged non-Krishna sub-conscious thoughts (jiva) are simultaneously without beginning or and always joined. Unlike Krishna and the individual atma-vigraha servitors, the dreaming wide-ranging jiva sub-consciousness can appear to exist as an atomic spark of inactive consciousness, only after choosing to forget Krishna and them selves (atma-vigraha), by attempting an independent non-Krishna Conscious existence in the material universe, then further attempting to end that material active existence by switching off thoughts and entering the Impersonal Brahmajoyti, which is another creation of the jiva sub-consciousness. The independent non-Krishna Conscious projected sub-consciousness originates and is transmits thoughts as the material universe without any memory of its atma-vigraha origins and form that is always in Krishna’s perpetual abode. The jiva-sub-consciousness (soul) not only roams throughout the material impermanent universe in a variety of bodies, but may also eventually, if it stays long enough, finds its way to the Impersonal inactive deceptive Impersonal Brahmajoyti.
The word Brahmajoyti or Brahman has two meanings,
1. Impersonal Brahman, which is an illusion created by the non-Krishna sub-conscious mind (the lower self) attained after becoming frustrated and fed up with the temporary nature of the active material universe, where the jiva sub-conscious takes on the characteristics of an atomic inactive spark in a ray of effulgence however, just like the material universe, such a state of sub-consciousness is an illusion and also temporary.
2. Personal Brahman where the spiritual Krishna Conscious Personal universal active brahmajoyti exists with innumerable spiritual (devotional) planets, which are dominated by plenary expansions of Lord Krishna and inhabited by ever-liberated (Krishna Conscious) living beings (atma-vgraha bodies) that ARE the Brahman effulgence. This real meaning of the word Brahmajoyti explains that the living effulgence (individual persons) surrounding Krishna’s transcendental body. It is therefore clear that that effulgence is nothing other than unlimited eternal personalities as their Spiritual bodies serving on unlimited ever lasting devotional Vishnu Planets (Vaikuntha) where the living entities (atma-vigraha’s) in there four armed form serve Vishnu, or in any multi variety form that Lord Vishnu’s Lila calls for. After all, animal, birds, trees and stars in the sky, also exist eternally in the Spiritual Universe however these secrets can never be understood unless one is Krishna Conscious, which means always being absorbed in every deed, thought, action in the one you love the most, which is inherently Krishna for all living entities, soul’s, life force’s in their original individual Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha form. (The higher self)
The concept of a, ‘atom in the effulgent ray of Krishna’s effulgence, is Impersonal nonsense and the creation of the jiva-sub-consciousness in the non- Krishna Conscious lower self.
Just as Krishna has an eternal original bodily form, the atma-vigraha’s are also an original eternal individual bodily form that is always serving Krishna. 10月24日 The greening of the real ISKCON
The real ISKCON Spiritual movementEach of us is born into a situation we deserve and the more mature and pure ISKCON devotees realize this, more souls from the higher planets, who want to go back to Godhead and get out of this material universe, will line up and take birth within the ISKCON to re-establish their Krishna Consciousness.
It all depends on present devotees becoming purified enough to be blessed with such advanced souls instead of attracting jiva-souls only interested in material advancement decorated with religiosity.
It most importantly depends on devotees in our time at the beginning of the 21st century, becoming purified enough to be blessed with such advanced souls. If we build the Krishna Conscious Conditions that can protect their upbringing by being genuinely pure ourselves, they will come and take birth in our families.
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Maharaj Prabhupad said he would have had many children if he were convinced they would be given a pure Krishna Conscious up bringing – he chose not to have children because he was disappointed with the lack of seriousness devotees and sannyasi’s had in his Gaudiya Math mission, many thought it was just an Indian religion for Indians. The fact was, the chance to develop ones Krishna Consciousness is for all embodied jiva-souls and such convictions can only truly establish Lord Caitanya’s Sankirtan Movement’
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Maharaj Prabhupad also felt advanced souls from the higher planetary systems, who wanted an easy way out of the material universe, would be reluctant to take birth at such a time in our kali-yuga, which had been previously blessed by the appearance of Lord Krishna Himself 500 years ago in the conjugal union of Radha and Krishna (The form of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu), if the mission of delivering all embodied jiva-souls from all over the world; Europe to the Americas, the African, the Chinese, the Australians, as well as all the other 8000,000 lower species of biological bodies the jiva-souls are trapped in.
It is said that the appearance in the cycles Kali-yugas’ of Lord Caitanya is extremely rare, and that our Kali-yuga is very special because many jiva-souls from the heavenly planets, as well as souls who have transmigrated through the lower species of life on this planet, have all will be given the opportunity to discover their real eternal atma-vigraha identity as they are guided back to Goloka-Vrindavan (the Kingdom of God)
The mission of Lord Caitanya given to our Western culture and revived back in India by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who sowed the seeds of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) all over the world.
Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada did take the mission of his Spiritual Master to heart and saw that ultimately all living entities all over the planet and the universe were originally all devotees of Krishna, His convictions sowed the seeds of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) all over planet. Within a mere ten years (1966-1976) his ISKCON society had became the quickest growing religion in resent history. Other religions took thousands of years to reach all corners of the globe.
It is said that the appearance in the cycles Kali-yugas of Lord Caitanya is extremely rare, and that our Kali-yuga is very special because many jiva-souls from the heavenly planets, as well as souls who have transmigrated through the lower species of life on this planet, have all will be given the opportunity to discover their real eternal atma-vigraha identity as they are guided back to Goloka-Vrindavan (the Kingdom of God)
To same this essay may be a disturbing historical perspective about how many were bullied emotionally and physiologically in the early pioneering years of ISKCON and in some cases, sexual abused. It might be also disturbing to some that such abuse and ignorance went hand in hand with the beginnings of the ISKCON Movement at a time when no-one new anything about Krishna.
It might also be disturbing to some that such abuse and ignorance goes hand in hand with the natural evolution of the conditioned embodied jiva-souls as they withdrawal from the previous violent history struggling for existence as they transmigrate through the lower species and evolving to the various barbaric human species that are the back drop and dark beginnings of the ISKCON pioneering movement that surfaced at mid way through a violent war torn the 20th century plagued with human rights abuses.
We foolishly think we are advanced! We have no idea how fallen ALL of us really are. We think we have some understanding of Spiritual life, what a joke, we are nowhere near understanding what a real Krishna Conscious devotee is! First so called ‘devotees’ must understand they are not the biological vessel they possess. It so difficult to understand we are not the biological body we occupy and even more difficult understanding that everyone we meet is not we think they are.
This is because of the built-up or backlogs of past conditioning (karma) and bad habits that had engrained and deeply riveted the embodied jiva-soul into believing ‘they are their biological vessel’
The trapped embodied jiva-soul has previously moved through millions of life times including bodies affected with the ill assets of the Kali-yuga.
This is the past conditioning from whence all new converts where delivered!!
The past must be correctly understood with a cool head and with absolute Knowledge without mundane worldly sentimentality, religiosity and commonplace ignorant justice (example: what about the inhumane slaughter of the cow) in order to understand Srila Prabhupada's mission.
Only when REAL compassionate selfless devotees learn to look beyond the biological identity and personality of the biological body, will they also understand what it means to be Krishna Conscious – only a Krishna conscious jiva-soul can see the ‘devotee’ within all biological and ethereal vessels the trapped jiva-soul is covered with. A true devotee will not see some nonsense spark of light as their origins, he will see that every jiva-soul has a unique individual eternal relationship with Krishna that can only be revealed when one is fully Krishna Conscious.
All the early pioneering struggles in ISKCON were expected. If one can understand from whence we have evolved from, then no-one should be surprised at what is really the natural violence, abuse and degradation our society really is under the surface – its not just ISKCON facing all these problems, it’s the entire human race! WHY!!? Because of the background of Kali-yuga from whence all new converts where delivered.
The past must be correctly understood with absolute Knowledge without mundane worldly emotional vengeful sentimentality, humdrum religiosity and commonplace ignorant justice (example: what about the inhumane slaughter of the cow) in order to understand Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
If we can not understand these points, then our ignorance will only lead to our ignorant limited knowledge festering angrily away and riveting us further into biological bodily identity and our present version of ISKCON will end up as another mundane worldly materially motivated religion like the Catholic Church, that many foolish devotees are using as a ‘religious’ benchmark to blend into Wester Society – Big mistake! ISKCON is not meant to be mundane like Christianity, Islam, Judaism or Buddhism because the foundations stem from a Pure Spiritual source that has no place for heavenly rewards within the material universe that other religions can only offer. Krishna is the Supreme Personality Of Godhead, which is our conviction.
We will know if we are properly following Srila Prabhupada’s teachings because if we are, then jiva-souls from the heavenly planets that want to be Krishna Conscious and ‘get out’ of the material universe, will take birth and help attract the fallen conditioned souls with their genuine transparency. Such souls will not be swallowed up by the glitter of modern science and technology as most of the raw first generation and their carer’s were. We only attract what we deserve, no more, no less.
If we want to blame ‘someone’ for our suffering, of even the children (embodied jiva-soul encased in a human child bodily form) then blame ones own Karma!
The real reason for child protection is important to understand because without Krishna Conscious protection from emotional, psychological, sexual, scientific and technological abuse and indoctrinations, advanced souls, attempting to free themselves from even the luxuries of the heavenly planets, will not take birth in ISKCON families because devotees have not attained the level of Krishna Consciousness that can protect their welfare and therefore attract such divine souls.
We only attract embodied jiva-soul who deserves the conditions we live in
Advanced souls know the quickest way back home back to Godhead is to take birth in the Kali-yuga within Lord Caitanya's Movement. They are waiting patiently until they feel it’s safe to come here and take birth. Safe from not only emotional, psychological and sexual abuse, but also the indoctrinations of modern science, technology and exposure to mundane television, movies, computer games etc which is another form of abuse because such things interferes with one trying to always remember Krishna.
This answers why there were so many difficulties during the pioneering beginnings of ISKCON. It is not a material problem; it is a Krishna Conscious problem.
The answer is simply said – we all must become selflessly Krishna Conscious, however this is also hard due to identifying with the biological vessel we are presently trapped in. This is due to the backdrop of millions of past lives struggling through the biological species of life and the past history of the human race. When that happens, the souls who take birth on this planet will bring with them an amazing level of consciousness and a new golden Age within Kali-Yuga centred on Lord Chaitanya's sankirtan movement (the congregational chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra)
It may surprise everyone to learn that what has happened since 1966 is all part of an ‘opportunity’ to take up Lord Chaitanya’s movement in our generation, or not reach the standard and leave it to another generation in another time and place, possibly hundreds of years from now.
It is destined that somewhere in our Kali-yuga ISKCON, or the mission of Lord Caitanya. WILL be established so those embodied jiva-soul’s from the heavenly planets and those embodied jiva’s coming up through the natural biological evolution on this planet, can easily be delivered from the impermanent material universe of both our earthly planet and the heavenly planets.
In the Kali-Yuga Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON has presently 'mercifuly' attracted both low class converts with bad habits and jiva-souls 'coming up through the lower species' who take birth in ISKCON, giving them a chance to attain their 'old' original Krishna consciousness presently covered by the pollution and 'coverings' of millions of life times experiences that jacket their consciousness and the knowledge of whom their real self ('atma-vigraha body)' really was always 'originally' serving Lord Krishna. (This is more clearly explained in the Secret Book Of Origins chapter 6) Also all the jiva-souls Srila Prahupada has rekindled the gift of Lord Chaitnaya are given the opportunity to become Krishna Conscious and 'reawaken' other conditioned souls from the progressive onslaught of Kali-Yuga. In this way they are given the chance to effect other conditioned souls on this planet with their advancing purified consciousness and further attract jiva-souls who are from the higher planetary systems who want to leave the material universe and go back to Goloka-Vrindavan (the Kingdom Of God) Pure souls like Srila Prabhupada and those we only read about in the Srimad Bhagavatam in our present age of Godlessness and degradation can take birth here if devotees provide the pure foundations for their Krishna Conscious upbringing. The problem ISKCON has faced is actually expected in a pioneering movement born out of the spiritual ignorance and decay of the 20th century. The Gaudiya Math was stagnated and useless in spreading Krishna Consciousness except for one great soul, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. As ISKCON devotees become more purified, more advanced souls will feel safe to take birth and not experience the emotional, psychological and sexual abuse of that went on in the beginning of the attempted purification days of the 20th Century - as purity or Krishna Consciousness takes hold, the real ISKCON will shine throughout human society. ISKCON is above the Varna-ashrama society it will eventually establish and guide. This will only happen when devotees are Krishna Conscious beyond imitation. What has happened in the last 40 years is just part of the greening of ISKCON Aspiring to serve the Vaisnavas, sincerely Caitanya dasa10月4日 Talking about Origin of the jiva chapter 4 of 35
THE SECRET BOOK OF ORIGINS.
QUANTUM PHYSICS OR THE SCIENCE OF POSSIBILITIES. UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSAL CREATION. “Because the Kingdom of God is an Eternal Personal Active Loving Devotional Place that is ever lasting and never aging, the atma-vigraha bodies are always there – Nitya-siddha means — eternally established. This is what permanence, perpetual and eternity means – no beginning, no end and never changing (although līlā-rasa — the mellows of a pastime, can change in the spiritual universe). Generally nitya-siddha means one never falls to the sub-conscious lower self or dream state. The nitya-siddha personality, identity and form refer to ones original Krishna Conscious body that is always there, even when ones dreaming (jiva-sub-consciousness) lower self is in the material universe. ALL those who choose to forget Krishna and enter the forgetful temporary material universe of the sub-conscious lower self, have an original nitya-siddha body. Every living entity has an original nitya-siddhasvarupa-sat-cit-ananda-atma-vigraha body they realize if they are Krishna Conscious, or cannot realize when not Krishna Conscious”. The Secret Book Of Origins The following quotes are from His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, the founder of the ISKCON Movement (The International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
Srila Prabhupada: - “We never had any occasion when we were separated from Krishna. Just like one man is dreaming and he forgets himself. In dream he creates himself in different forms: now I am the King discussing like that. This creation of himself is as seer and subject matter or seen, two things. But as soon as the dream is over, the 'seen' disappears. But the seer remains. Now he is in his original position”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “Our separation from Krishna is like that. We dream this body and so many relationships with other things. First the attachment comes to enjoy sense gratification. Even with Krishna desire for sense gratification is there. There is a dormant attitude for forgetting Krishna and creating an atmosphere for enjoying independently. Just like at the edge of the beach, sometimes the water covers, sometimes there is dry sand, coming and going. Our position is like that, sometimes covered, sometimes free, just like at the edge of the tide. As soon as we forget, immediately the illusion is there. Just like as soon as we sleep, dream is there”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “We cannot say therefore that we are not with Krishna. As soon as we try to become Lord, immediately we are covered by Maya. Formerly we were with Krishna in His Lila or sport. But this covering of Maya may be of very, very, very, very long duration; therefore many creations are coming and going. Due to this long period of time it is sometimes said that we are ever-conditioned. But his long duration of time becomes very insignificant when one actually comes to Krishna consciousness. Just like in a dream we are thinking very long time, but as soon as we awaken we look at our watch and see it has been a moment only. Just like with Krishna’s friends, they were kept asleep for one year by Brahma, but when they woke up and Krishna returned before them, they considered that only a moment had passed”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “So this dreaming condition is called non-liberated life, and this is just like a dream. Although in this material calculation it is a long, long period, as soon as we come to Krishna consciousness then this period is considered as a second. For example, Jaya and Vijaya. They had their Lila with Krishna, but they had to come down for their little mistake. They were given mukti, merging into the Brahma-sayujya (Impersonal Brahmajoyti) after being killed three times as demons. This Brahma-sayujya mukti is non-permanent”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “Every living entity wants pleasure, but Brahma-sayujya is minus pleasure. There is eternal existence only. So when they do not find transcendental bliss, they fall down to make a compromise with material bliss. Just like Vivekananda founded so many schools and hospitals. So even Lord Brahma, he is still material and wants to lord it over. He may come down to become a germ, but then he may rise up to Krishna consciousness and go back to home, back to Godhead. This is the position”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “So when I say Yes, there is eternal Lila with Krishna, that means on the evidence of Jaya-Vijaya. Unless one develops full devotional service to Krishna, he goes up only up to Brahma-sayujya but falls down. But after millions and millions of years of keeping oneself away from the Lila of the Lord, when one comes to Krishna consciousness this period becomes insignificant, just like dreaming”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “Because he falls down from Brahma-sayujya, he thinks that may be his origin, but he does not remember that before that even he was with Krishna. So the conclusion is that whatever may be our past, let us come to Krishna consciousness and immediately join Krishna. Just like with a diseased man, it is a waste of time to try to find out how he has become diseased, better to spend time curing the disease”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “On the top of the tree there is a nice tal-fruit. A crow went there and the fruit fell down. Some panditas, big, big learned scholars saw this and discussed: the fruit fell due to the crow agitating the limb. No, the fruit fell simultaneously with the crow landing and frightened the crow so he flew away. No, the fruit was ripe and the weight of the crow landing broke it from the branch, and so on and so on. What is the use of such discussions? So whether you were in the Brahma-sayujya or with Krishna in His Lila, at the moment you are in neither, so the best policy is to develop your Krishna consciousness and go there, never mind what is your origin. Brahma-sayujya and Krishna Lila--both may be possible, but when you are coming down from Brahma-sayujya or when you are coming down from Krishna Lila, that remains a mystery. But at the present moment we are in Maya's clutches, so at present our only hope is to become Krishna conscious and go back to Home, back to Godhead. The real position is servant of Krishna, and servant of Krishna means in Krishna Lila. Directly or indirectly, always we are serving Krishna’s Lila”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “Even in dream. Just like we cannot go out of the sun when it is daytime, so where is the chance of going out of Krishna Lila? The cloud may be there, it may become very grey and dim, but still the sunlight is there, everywhere, during the daytime. Because I am part and parcel of Krishna, I am always connected. My finger, even though it may be diseased, remains part and parcel of my body. Therefore, we try to treat it, cure it, because it is part and parcel. So Krishna comes Himself when we forget Him, or He sends His representative”.
Srila Prabhupada: - “Awakening or dreaming, I am the same man. As soon as I awaken and see myself, I see Krishna. Cause and effect are both Krishna. Just like cotton becomes thread and thread becomes cloth, still, the original cause is cotton. Therefore, everything is Krishna in the ultimate sense. When we cannot contact Krishna personally, we contact His energies. So there is no chance to be outside Krishna’s Lila. But differences we see under different conditions. Just like in the pool of water and in the mirror the same me is reflecting, but in different reflections. One is shimmering, unsteady, one is clear and fixed. Except for being in Krishna consciousness, we cannot see our actual position rightly; therefore the learned man sees all living entities as the same parts and parcels of Krishna. Material existence is impersonal because my real personality is covered. But we should think that because I am now covered by this clay, I am diseased, and we should think that I must get to business to get myself uncovered, not wonder how I got this way. Now the fruit is there, take it and enjoy, that is your first business. God is not bound by cause. He can change; He is the Cause of all Causes. Now don't waste your time with this "Kaka taliya nyaya," crows and tal-fruit logic."
Srila Prabhupada tells us clearly we were originally with Krishna in His Lila or pastime and for devotees to except this fact and get on with the job of spreading Krishna consciousness.
The following is the explanation of our original position to help the Impersonalists and neophyte devotees, who still stubbornly believe we all originate from the Brahma-sayujya (Brahmajoyti) to understand our original position as our Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha body.
The full meanings of the Sanskrit words Atma (soul’s perpetual individual higher self) Vigraha (souls higher eternal form or body) – Both are the Krishna Conscious self, identity, constitution and personality (also atma can mean jiva however, in this thesis, the jiva (soul’s lower self) is the sub-consciousness transpositional state of the full conscious atma (the souls higher self) that transmits the dreaming material illusion. The non-Krishna Conscious sub-consciousness only exists when one is not Krishna Conscious).
Atma-vigraha: - The reason why the Sanskrit words atma-vigraha is used is due to the closest Sanskrit words that reveal oneself in their full Krishna Conscious identity. The words ‘ātma-lińgam’ also means real form of the self but that form is on Brahma Loka or Satyaloka, and is an ethereal form that is part of the material universe - Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.2.28. The proper use of the word is mukta-lingam — lingam, the transcendental self and mukta mean liberation, refers to ones original Krishna Conscious body and form (atma-vigraha) they eternal serve Krishna as in Goloka-Vrindavan, which is the Eternal Kingdom of God way beyond Brahma Loka (Satyaloka) which is part of the impermanent illusionary dreaming universe.
These are just a few meanings of the Sanskrit word jiva. The Sanskrit word jiva has around 170 different meanings according to the way the word is used. The word lingam generally means form but, like other Sanskrit words, can have multiple meaning.
For example, the jiva means soul or living entity in English however, is that the soul in the Spiritual universe in its eternal Krishna Conscious personal form, or the soul in the material dreaming impermanent universe in its non Krishna conscious Impersonal form? Or can it mean both?
Krishna is also referred to as the Super-soul (Supreme Jiva) and the maintainer of all other individual jivas. Jīva-kalām – Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, from whom all living entities expand. Jīva-bhūta-ātma-bhūte - who is the life and the Supersoul.
In this thesis the jiva-atma has two meanings: -
1. Jiva-atma means the individual spirit soul (spirit in this thesis means full Krishna Consciousness active devotion (higher self), which is the atma-vigraha Krishna Conscious spiritual (devotional) body. The higher consciousness is also called the Jīva-tattva, which is the true original position of the living entities as always a person serving Krishna (atma-vigraha’s) Sadā ātma-sthaiḥ means those who are situated in eternity as persons.
Jiva-atma (jiva – souls, atma – self) in this thesis will refer to the sub-consciousness (lower self), a transmitted non-Krishna conscious State of mind blocking out all awareness of the real self which is further called the atma–vigraha full-Consciousness (the always Krishna Conscious bodily form) in this thesis and the source of the translocated jiva-atma or jivatma. Therefore it is the jiva-sub-consciousness, while forgetful of Krishna and who they themselves are, creates the illusionary material non-Krishna Conscious universe where the sub-conscious jiva is obviously absorbed in ‘lowers self’ non-Krishna conscious illusions or dreams. These jiva-sub-conscious imaginative thoughts are also known as the Jīva-lokaḥ, or the conditioned soul trapped in the material world.
The jīva-śakti also can have two meanings: -
The jīva-śakti or tatastha-sakti (lower self) marginal potency as the formless ‘non-spiritual’ sparks of living atomic particles (in this thesis the English word Spiritual means pure Krishna Conscious active personal devotional service) the jīva-śakti lower self, is neither active in the Spiritual universe due to its sub-conscious creation of the non-Krishna conscious material universe, nor active in the material universe either.
Question - So where has the sub-conscious forgetful state of the atma-vigraha body gone?
Answer - Because the Kingdom of God is an eternal personal active loving devotional place that is ever lasting and never aging, the atma-vigraha bodies are always there – nitya-siddha means — eternally established. This is what impermanence and eternity means. Generally nitya-siddha means never falls to the sub-conscious lower self or dream state. In this thesis nitya-siddha refers to ones original Krishna Conscious state. ALL those who choose to forget Krishna and enter the forgetful temporary material universe of the sub-conscious lower self. Every living entity has an original nitya-siddhasvarupa-sat-cit-ananda-atma-vigraha body they realize if they are Krishna Conscious, or cannot realize when not Krishna Conscious.
Question - So how does the individual atma-vigraha fall down from Krishna’s loving service?
Answer - The answer is simple, it doesn’t because that atma-vigraha body is eternal and is the real identity and personality of you and me.
Question - So why am I now in the material universe living in a biological body that gets diseased, grows old and dies, forcing me to go through the pain and delusion of rebirth and forgetfulness?
Answer - In Goloka Vrindavan there is always free will and choice otherwise there can be no question of voluntary loving Krishna. The original constitutional position of the living entity is a person and that identity and personality is the form and body called the atma-vigraha, not in the form, it is ones original appearance! Krishna is the Supreme Atma-Vigraha Body and maintainer of all His Spiritual creation. Now if one chooses to forget Krishna or attempts to enjoy like Krishna, the Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha body is no longer viable for their new separate desires of expression. A good example is when one is in the light, they see their own body and the associates of that body, but as soon as the light is turned off, they no longer see their body or the associates of that body. Their body and Krishna’s perpetual Kingdom id there but they are unable to see reality due to the darkness. In this way as soon as we forget Krishna, we forget ourselves and we are left to wonder the darkness of our imagination. That imagination is desires of grandeur that we call the material universe. Krishna is so kind that even being in the darkness of the material illusion, that is called the jiva-sub-consciousness or lower self in this thesis, is also sanctioned and managed by Him.
Question - So why is it said we are an atom of effulgence or spiritual spark?
Answer - One can appear as that deceptive inactive state of sub-conscious oneness, or an individual spark of light because they are no longer interested in creating counterfeit ethereal and biological temporary bodily identities and personalities. Such a state of non-participation with the sub-conscious active thought, desires dreams, is due to the frustration of impermanence that governs the material universal darkness, as well as its Impersonal so called liberation state of ‘non-thought’. Such illusions are due to a long, long; long ago desire to enjoy autonomously from Krishna, where one has forgotten their true Spiritual Personal atma-vigraha origins. The sub-conscious illusions blocks ones appreciation of their real Krishna Conscious individual self (atma-vigraha body). This state of sub-conscious inactiveness one escapes to in an attempt to be liberated, borders the sub-conscious material active impermanent state called the tatastha-sakti. The idea that this state of sub-consciousness originally appears as ‘an individual atomic unconscious spark’ is only believed by less intelligent devotees who foolishly believe this impersonalism is the original source of the jiva-soul, or, for the Impersonalist Yogis and Mayavadis can appear as an ‘all pervasive bright light’, however both are an illusion manufactured in the darkness of their own sub-consciousness (remember when the light is turned out you no longer see your body or the associates of your body) within the deep shadows of forgetfulness of Krishna, where one forgets they are a atma-vigraha Krishna Conscious body, not as a Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha body because they are already and always was and will be that personal individual body! Only in the deep darkness of ones ignorant sub-consciousness does one appear to exist as a spiritual spark or an atom of effulgence. The material universe and the Impersonal Brahmajoyti is also the dream of the Maha-Vishnu expansion of Lord Krishna, Lord of the Universe and all the atma-vigrahas, who facilitates the mistaken desires of those who choose to forget Krishna and simultaneously themselves and exist in but a shadow of there real self. Explained in more detail later
The Impersonal Brahmajoyti, a concoction of the jiva-sub-consciousness, is not a Spiritual place because there is no devotion to Krishna in that inactive state where the jiva-sub-consciousness imagines itself existing as a vibrating spark of living impersonal light when not active in its material hallucinations of various ethereal and biological bodily vessels and their sub-conscious imagined surroundings. This jiva-sub-conscious illusion is also known as the Jīva-lokaḥ, or the conditioned soul trapped in the material world. Jīva-gatim — the true nature of the living entity. Even without any knowledge of God (Krishna) or our own real eternal individual bodily Spiritual form, we are still all eternally connected to our perpetual body in Gods Kingdom, even while we are transmitting our forgetful dreams within the material universe or non-active-dreams within the Brahmajoyti. Jīva-śakti can also refer to the higher self but is generally a Sanskrit word used to describe the lower self, or the conditioned state of existing in the ‘darkness’ or ‘shadow of ones self’ or ‘the jiva-sub-conscious dream’, which is the material impermanent universe that includes its Impersonal counterfeit motionless liberation of suspension of thought into the ‘Personal Brahmajoyti’ unreal replication, opposite or shadow called the Impersonal Brahmajoyti, which is the silhouette of the real Personal Brahmajoyti. Explained more clearly on page 53). The following is adapted from the Veda Hare Krishna planetarium index explaining correctly the origin of jiva-atma-sub-consciousness (that dreams of material existence) as a split non-Krishna conscious personality originating from the Krishna Conscious perpetual atma-vigraha body: - This painting represents the two different conscious levels of the living entity – The Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha higher self and the non-Krishna Conscious jiva-atma lower self or sub-consciousness
‘I am therefore the atma-vigraha part and parcel and eternal servant of the Lord. My nitya-siddhasvarupa, spiritual body, is similar in form to any of the jiva-atma however, can created various ethereal and biological bodies identities and forms in the material world that have absolutely no resemblance to my real atma-vigraha body. But it is of the same quality as myself yet on a level of un-consciousness that is unaware of Krishna or the body my original body I serve Krishna as. Although I could stay here eternally in Lord's loving company in Goloka-Vrindavan and participate in His Lila (pastime), I decided to explore the material universal dream world created by my forgetful sub-consciousness thus beginning my journey... The Lord does not interfere with my free will by preventing me from leaving Him but is unlimitedly happy when I return to Him again:
"Having attained me [Svarupa], a friend more dear than life, as if He had not seen me for a long time, taking my hand in His lotus hand, asking me wonderful questions, bringing happiness to all the people of Vraja, and walking as gracefully as an elephant, the handsome Lord entered the village of Vraja." (Brhad-bhagavatamrta 2.6.76, by Sanatana Goswami)
"After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogis in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection." (BG 8.15)
The Kingdom of God, or the transcendental world of sac-cid-ananda-vigraha (eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss and all living entities original have form and body) is the abode of the Supreme Lord Krishna in Goloka Vrindavan and His expansion Vishnu in His unlimited eternal forms. The authentic Personal Brahman or Brahmajoyti is the Vaikuntha’s and their inhabitants surrounding the transcendental body of Lord Krishna in the Bona Fide Perpetual Personal Universe where all life is individual and has an eternal body.
The Personal authentic Brahman or Brahmajoyti is form and held together by form. The comatose withdrawn multi personality unconscious version of the Brahmajoyti is Impersonal and, just as that sub-consciousness is the shadowy silhouette of the atma-vigraha spiritual body in Goloka-Vrindavan, the Impersonal Brahmajoyti is the demarcated or shadow of the Personal Brahmajoyti in the sub-conscious dream. This exists at the edge of the material universe where material desires and thoughts exist as a non-dreaming state, where ones sub-consciousness not only originally consciously walked away from its own full consciousness or body serving Krishna, but have now, deep within their sub-conscious dream, have now also walked away from the dreamed-up bodily creations, opting for a total sub-conscious shut down that the ‘sub-consciousness has deluded itself to be an eternal state of liberation, but, just as the material universe is temporary, so is this impersonal imaginary escape into the impersonal sub-conscious version of the Brahmajoyti.
Eventually the sub-consciousness comes out of their non-dreaming state because it is the nature of life to be fully active, be it in the fully conscious state in Goloka-Vrindavan, or the sub-conscious state in the material universe. Activity and personal form is the original nature and appearance of the soul.
The material universe in this thesis is the sub-conscious dream of the full conscious atma-vigraha body. It is said the effulgence of the Impersonal Brahmajoyti is very bright but that brightness cannot be compared the pure personal selfless loving (devotional) brightness surrounding Krishna’s Personal Body where all the atma-vigraha’s reside and who ARE that brilliance AS their perpetual bodily selves. Is this proper understanding of Personalism getting through? The Impersonal Brahmajoyti is part of the illusionary dreaming sub-consciousness projected simultaneously by the sleeping Maha-Vishnu expansion of Krishna, and those who have forgotten Krishna and the original perpetual body they serve Krishna with. Krishna’s Maha Vishnu expansion makes the material universe possible and always accompanies the forgetful jiva-sub-consciousness.
The Impersonal Brahmajoyti is a bogus illusionary isolated inactive imaginary cessation of sub-consciousness, mistaken as liberation, which is also temporary, like the material universe that the contaminated active‘sub-consciousness’ is trying to break out from. Real liberation is to re-establish ones original pure personal active Krishna Consciousness, as their original fully conscious awake self (atma-vigraha body)
The jiva-sub-consciousness takes this path because they are unable to see and recognize Krishna and there real self, form and body as already explained. Nor do they want to continue existing in the active material universe. Atma-jiva also means marginal potency that is the original eternal never-ending Krishna Conscious form
jīva-rūpa — the identity of the living entity (higher self) that is the original eternal never ending Krishna Conscious form (atma-vigraha) and refers to the Spiritual devotional (Krishna Conscious unending universe free from impermanence, birth, death, disease, old age and death) where the jīva-rūpa — the identity of the living entity has eternal form (atma-vigraha) serving Krishna. The higher consciousness is also called the Jīva-tattva, which is the true original Personal position of the living entities always personally serving Krishna (atma-vigraha’s) Therefore in this thesis, the atma-vigraha’s ‘lower self’ is called the dreaming jiva-sub-consciousness. This lower self or sub-conscious dream state is also called ‘the conditioned living entities’. While absorbed in the conditioned unconscious state, they are unaware of their real fully Krishna conscious bodily form.
A crude example of understanding what is explained here is, when one sleeps at night, they dream of so many places, and of having so many different personalities and identities in those sub-conscious dreams. While in such a deep sub-conscious dream state, one forgets their biological body from whence they are dreaming from. In the same way, the entire temporary material vast universe is nothing other than the dream of the real self or body (atma-vigraha)
"It is not possible to be disconnected, but it is possible to be covered". – Srila Prabhupda - Srimad Bhagavatam commentary to 3.25.13, Bombay, April, 1974
"Upon attaining the goal of the Supreme Soul, He serves in his own personal luster and color and in his own personal form of bliss. At that time, the jiva again attains his imperishable form, completely uncovered and free from impediment". - Pada-ratnavali commentary to Srimad Bhagavatam 8.24.48
Srila Prabhupada in his purport on this verse further adds: -
‘Therefore the purpose of human life is to purify oneself of this contamination so that one can regain his spiritual form and not undergo this cycle of birth and death. The recommended process of decontamination is devotional service to the Lord. There are various processes for self-realization, such as karma, jñāna and yoga, but none of them is equal to the process of devotional service - The living entity should become purified and regain his svarūpa, his original identity
Srila Prabhupada also further says in the purport of Bhagavad-Gita as it is Chapter 2 - text 28
“The material body has no factual existence in relation to the eternal soul. It is something like a dream. In a dream we may think of flying in the sky, or sitting on a chariot as a king, but when we wake up we can see that we are neither in the sky nor seated on the chariot”.
"Each and every living entity is originally attached to a particular type of transcendental service, because he is eternally the servitor of the Lord". - Srimad Bhagavatam 3.9.11, purport
When the light of loving devotional service to Krishna is turned on, one sees that all the ‘sub-conscious’ shadows of ones real self (atma-vigraha body) in the form of ethereal bodies and unlimited biological bodies within the material manifestation are originally all devotees of Krishna. When the light of loving devotional service is turned off by selfishness and forgetfulness of Krishna, one is left in the darkness of that material universal dream where they no longer see or remember Krishna or their own original transcendental body they serve Krishna as.
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Chapter one part 2
“The real meaning of the word Internet is: - ‘the linking up of ones projected speculative relayed conscious thoughts, derived from ones valid bodily identity and profile, and then relayed, via ones Computer, X-Box, Play Station or Nintendo, facilitating the connection to ones thoughts to an extensive array of computer networks, web pages, destinations and virtual games without really going anywhere.
The real explanation of the jiva (soul’s lower self) sub-consciousness: - ‘is the non-Krishna Conscious disseminated nescience thoughts relayed from ones atma - [self-soul] and vigraha –[body] full Consciousness (higher self) without being aware that this transmutation of consciousness to sub-consciousness has taken place. The sub-conscious jiva is the transpositional state of the atma-vigraha body. The jiva- sub-consciousness is an illusion created by one who chooses to forget Krishna.
A further meaning of the word Internet is ‘the linking up of ones projected transmitted consciousness with extensive realms, networks and destinations without really going anywhere. In the case of the atma-vigraha body in Goloka-Vrindavan, it is the forgetfulness of Krishna that instigates instantly the further absentmindedness of oneself (atma-vigraha bodily personality) simultaneously. The non-Krishna Conscious thoughts, in modern scientific terminology, becomes the virtual internet (transmitted consciousness) super-highway (the material universe) that creates the many bodies and places for the transmitted jiva-soul-consciousness to live out extended non-Krishna Conscious dreams.
The sub-consciousness (jiva, atma or soul) is unaware of its original perpetual atma-vigraha bodily form that is facilitating and transmitting the virtual illusionary reality (via the jiva (sub-consciousness) as the material impermanent universe. When the sub-consciousness (jiva) begins it transformation back to its full consciousness body (atma-vigraha), the nescience jiva consciousness is disseminated by the effulgent personal atma-vigraha full bodily consciousness.
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabupada, says on the top of his Back to Godhead Magazine - Godhead is light. Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience. Light represents the higher self and nescience represents the lower self, as soon as there is light, the nescience or darkness disappears.
Technically there is no structure to the individual jiva sub-consciousness (soul’s lower self) in its manifestation within the illusionary abstract world of the material universe because it is only an extensive state on non-Krishna (God as He is known with His Personal name) Conscious dreaming, originating from the atma – vigraha form (soul’s higher bodily individual self that is eternally serving God) yet having no memory of that form while in the sub-conscious darkness of the lower self.
The jiva-sub-consciousness is in effect, illusionary transmitted dreaming consciousness originating from a personal foundation, yet unaware of its eternal bodily source were one is always blissfully Krishna Conscious in their full constitution, unaffected by the influence of the temporary material universal dream (Maya). How this apparent contraction is possible will be explained in the thesis.
There are two aspects of ones eternal consciousness; one personified as an eternal body, the other personified as temporary dreams.
2. Ones full consciousness (atma, the souls higher self means Krishna Conscious self. Vigraha means individual Krishna Conscious form that is always absorbed in serving Krishna (God) and his devotees in the Kingdom of God Known as Goloka-Vrindavan in the Sanskrit Vedas.
3. Ones sub-consciousness (jiva, the individual souls lower self) existing as transmitted sub-consciousness dispersed from the atma-vigraha full consciousness self and body as a non Krishna Conscious ambience to the material universe.
As ones jiva-sub-consciousness (soul) moves towards (serving Gods Personal body) Krishna Consciousness, a transmutation begins to take place, the jiva-sub-consciousness sets in motion its return journey and begins to dissipate or transform back as its original full Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha perpetual body (higher self) beyond this temporary material universe, that is governed by forgetfulness, suffering, birth, disease, old age and death.
The jiva-sub-conscious (lower self) trapped in the material universe, is always in the non-Krishna Conscious state (eternally conditioned while spellbound in the material dream) just as the Fully Krishna Conscious state is always in the fully Conscious perpetual devotional appearance of the atma-vigraha body (eternally liberated in the Kingdom of God) when fully aware of its higher self.
In other words, as one begins to understand they have a higher self beyond their present biological body and the material universe, that devotional knowledge will disseminate the nescience of the lower self sub-conscious illusions and identity that presently seem real.
Just like when the light is on, not only can one see their own body, but they also see those they are associating with. In conclusion, when the light of devotion and Knowledge is out, due to forgetfulness of Krishna (God), one can no longer be them-selves or know their real form always serving Krishna (God) in His eternal Personal Universe where birth, disease, old age and death do not exist.
The jiva-sub-conscious is always in the non-Krishna Conscious state (eternally conditioned) just as the Fully Krishna Conscious state is always the atma-vigraha body (eternally liberated) In other words, in ones full consciousness, the effulgence of the atma-vigraha bodily personification of that consciousness disseminates the nescience of the jiva-sub-conscious lower self illusions.
In this thesis the atma-vigraha is the full consciousness and the jiva is the illusionary sub-consciousness however, for those who view the atma (soul) and the jiva (soul) as the same, then it can be said that the full conscious jiva is the higher self and Krishna Conscious, while the sub-conscious jiva is the lower self and always in trapped ethereal, biological consciousness in the material world. The purpose of Lord Krishna-Caitanya’s Sankirtan Movement in our present age of Kali-yuga is withdrawal from the sub-consciousness to the fully conscious through the process of Chanting Hare Krishna.
In the presents of Krishna’s Perpetual Spiritual Universe, Goloka-Vrindavan (the Kingdom of God), the only reality is that bliss eternal abode. In comparison, the impermanent material universe is nothing other than a flickering frustrating dream. All individuals in Krishna’s abode that chooses not to remain Krishna Conscious create their-own dream-state existence and enter the dark sub-conscious real of the eternal existence. It is that extended separated sub-consciousness we call the jiva.
All jiva’s (the sub-conscious state of the atma-vigraha) originate from a personal Krishna Conscious individual body called atma (the soul or jiva’s higher self) vigraha (form) The fleeting material universe, created by the sub-conscious jiva, is nothing other than an fleeting illusion. The jiva-sub-consciousness, trapped in the material universe, is always trying to break through that illusion. The sub-conscious-jiva’s intrinsic nature is to believe it has a spiritual origin, even though unaware of what that spiritual origin is. The jiva-sub-consciousness has no idea they have a higher consciousness self-existing as an eternal devotional person. Instinctively the jiva sub-consciousness is always reminded they originate, (even though the jiva-consciousness has forgotten or trying to forget), from a Perpetual universe where everywhere is full of individual life and form devoid of impermanence, suffering, birth, disease, old age or death. This is why religion is inherent in all cultures.
The search for paragons is always inherent in human nature, for the reason that the material world is not the real home of the jiva-consciousness, intrinsically every jiva instinctively knows this, even when covered by ignorance and forgetfulness.
One, who has reached the human species, after transmigrating through the lower species of life, can have these emotions of curiosity, if their human body has sufficient brain substance? Such embodied jiva’s will always know something is not quite right and become philosophers, poets, writers, scientists and astronomers in their quest to find out the truth and purpose of the life and the universe. As those emotion becomes more intense, the search for self realization begins and if it is intensely sincere, you do not even have to look for a Krishna Conscious Guru or Spiritual Master because he will find you. To be precise, that intense inbuilt search will come across the path of a Spiritual Master because whether one remembers or not, Krishna is always within them.
The meaning of illusion is non-Krishna (God) Conscious desires and thoughts that appear real but temporary in the material world created by the sub-conscious mind unaware of their atma-vigraha bodily source.
Such sub-conscious dreams fade away and disappears in due course, just like the dreams one has at night. Such non-Krishna dreams are figments of the imagination (sub-consciousness) manifested as the temporary material universe.
The jiva (life force, soul or living entity existing as the sub-conscious non-Krishna conscious lower self distinct from the Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha body or real self) existing in the material universe, is simply ‘the dreaming sub-consciousness forgetful state of the full consciousness’ moulded by NON-Krishna Conscious thoughts, desires and eventually karma. We call that sub-consciousness, originating or transmitted from its eternal self and form, the life force or soul in English in its lower self-manifestation.
That’s why words such as life force, living entity, soul and even jiva are vague with impersonal connotations
The Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavat Purana - vedanta) calls this transmitted life force, the jiva consciousness, and explains how the jiva (soul) enters the impermanent material universe, originating from an eternal perpetual universe where everything is alive with personality and form that never decays or fades away. It is from the individual Krishna Conscious body existing in the Kingdom of God (Goloka-Vrindavan), the jiva-sub-consciousness originates and projects an illusionary existence that is the material universe.
The way this happens is due to non-Krishna Conscious thoughts that have a simultaneous two fold effect –
1. The higher self that is always aware of their full consciousness and eternal body due to being Krishna Conscious
2. The lower self, existing in the sub-conscious mind unaware of their full consciousness and eternal bodily form.
As soon as one forgets Krishna and serving His blissful form, one’s forgetfulness enters into their sub-conscious realm where one not only forgets Krishna, but they also forget their own body and become absorbed in their own non-Krishna Conscious dreams through the sub-conscious medium (jiva-soul.) The consequences of forgetting Krishna and ones real eternal Krishna Conscious atma- (self) vigraha- (form) body, is an imagined universe separated from Krishna and ones real self and form. The material universe (dream) is nothing other than generated fading thoughts that create unlimited bodily vessels, made provisional because of the capricious nature of the jiva soul sub-consciousness.
There is no such thing as a spark of life or independent disconnected jiva, atma or life force in the material universe that is separated from, or a different entity from ones real eternal nitya siddhasvarupa sat cit ananda atma vigraha personality.
· Nitya – Eternally Krishna Conscious without beginning or end. Nitya-siddha means — eternally established. This is what impermanence and eternity means. Generally nitya-siddha means never falls to the sub-conscious lower self or dream state. In this thesis nitya-siddha refers to ones original Krishna Conscious body that is always there even when ones dreaming (jiva-sub-consciousness) lower self is in the material universe.
· Siddhasvarupa – A Krishna Conscious unique, original and servitor personal relationship with Krishna that can only be awakened when one is Krishna Conscious. It is impossible to understand whom one really is in Krishna Lila (pastime) while still absorbed in the sub-conscious-jiva projected hallucinations. · Sat – Krishna Conscious eternity. · Cit – Krishna Conscious Knowledge. · Ananda – Krishna Conscious bliss. · Atma (soul’s higher self, personality and individuality) – Krishna Conscious self, identity, and personality (also atma can mean jiva however, in this thesis, the jiva (soul’s lower self) is the sub-consciousness of the full conscious atma (the souls higher self) that transmits the dreaming material illusion. The non-Krishna Conscious sub-consciousness only exists when one is not Krishna Conscious). · Vigraha (soul’s higher body form) – is the atma’s individual eternal bodily Krishna Conscious form The only difference is if one is Krishna Conscious or not Krishna Conscious. All existence in the material universe is not real because it is temporary; it is only an illusionary transmitted dream, or translocated consciousness originating from ones individual personality and form in the only reality in creation, known as Goloka-Vrindavan and the Vaikuntha Spiritual (devotional) Sky.
Another further meaning of the word Internet is: - ‘the linking up of ones projected speculative relayed conscious thoughts, derived from ones valid bodily identity and profile, and then relayed, via ones Computer, X-Box, Play Station or Nintendo, facilitating the connection to ones thoughts to an extensive array of computer networks, web pages, destinations and virtual games without really going anywhere.
The real explanation of the jiva (soul’s lower self) sub-consciousness: - ‘is the non-Krishna Conscious disseminated nescience thoughts relayed from ones atma - [self-soul] and vigraha –[body] full Consciousness (higher self) at the speed of thought without being aware that this transmutation of consciousness to sub-consciousness has taken place. The sub-conscious jiva is the transpositional state of the atma-vigraha body. The jiva- sub-consciousness is an illusion created by one who chooses to forget Krishna. The sub-consciousness (jiva) is unaware of its original perpetual atma-vigraha bodily form that is facilitating and transmitting the virtual illusionary reality (via the jiva (sub-consciousness) as the material impermanent universe. When the sub-consciousness (jiva) begins it transformation back to its full consciousness body (atma-vigraha), the nescience jiva consciousness is disseminated by the effulgent personal atma-vigraha full bodily consciousness.
A further meaning of the word Internet is ‘the linking up of ones projected transmitted consciousness with extensive realms, networks and destinations without really going anywhere. In the case of the atma-vigraha body in Goloka-Vrindavan, it is the forgetfulness of Krishna that instigates instantly the further absentmindedness of oneself (atma-vigraha bodily personality) simultaneously. The non-Krishna Conscious thoughts, in modern scientific terminology, becomes the virtual internet (transmitted sub-consciousness) super-highway (the material universe) that creates the many bodies and places for the transmitted jiva-soul-consciousness to live out extended non-Krishna Conscious dreams. The jiva-soul is ‘thought’ transmitted as the virtual Internet super highway. A crude example of this can be compared to the present hi-tech virtual reality Internet revolution. The material hallucination world to the Krishna Conscious atma vigraha IS what the Internet virtual super highway and 3.D. computer games are to the biological human body in the scientific technological age of the 21st century. Another crude example of how this works: - Today modern scientists are sending probes out into space or in medicine they are sending probes deep into the biological body, these probes become an extension of their senses but have no effect directly on their senses. In this way, they can go deep into space or deep within the biological body without really going there. This is because they have extended their influence or conscious awareness with the extensions of their sensual perception. None of the extensions carrying their consciousness are real. Or another example is telephones and the new 3 dimensional televisions that will be widely available around 2020; one can be transported to a lounge room anywhere in the world, but are they really there? Through the visual senses they will appear real and sitting in your lounge room however, it is only an illusion. They are not real in that transmitted form but they are real at the source of that transmission. Therefore not only is the transmission of the real self’s consciousness (the atma-vigraha body) is not real, neither is the form of transport real. In this way, there is no real substance to the jiva sub-consciousness, just as there is no substance to the transmitted 3D television singles broadcasted from the television studio or some computer anywhere on the planet. In this way EVERYTHING is broadcasted from Goloka-Vrindavan as the material universe by the sub-consciousness (lower self).
Due to the temporary nature of the material universe, prompted by forgetfulness, the jiva consciousness sheds a lifeless phenomenon (container), these thought-generated-containers (biological bodied) without the presents of the jiva-soul consciousness, eventually breaks down and expands the lifeless aspect of the material universe with fossilized dust, gases and sand that eventually become rocks, mountains, planets, moons, solar systems and galaxies over trillions of years however, the material universe is an ever expanding illusion. The planets that support life are shaped and molded by Brahma and his architect Visvakama.
The material dreaming universal phenomena is constantly repeated by the non-Krishna Conscious thoughts of those atma-vigrahas who have entered the dark realms of their sub-conscious mind due to forgetting Krishna and themselves. In this way, all matter comes from life. How this happens will be gradually explained in this thesis. There is no difference between desires, thoughts and actions on the absolute level. Either one is thinking of serving Krishna (serving in full consciousness) or not thinking of Krishna (selfishly existing in the darkness of their sub-consciousness).
If one chooses to not serve Krishna with every thought and action, then they disqualify themselves from living in the perpetual Goloka-Vrindavan dominion (Krishna’s Kingdom) as well as disqualifying themselves from being their full Krishna conscious genuine bodily self.
In this way, the sub-conscious mind, forgetful of their atma-vigraha body, leave the Kingdom of Krishna (God) as the transmitted dreaming sub-consciousness (jiva). Based on non-Krishna Conscious desires and thoughts, this dreaming sub-consciousness then becomes covered by its own generated ethereal body, cast by those non-Krishna Conscious desires and thoughts. Eventually the ethereal body further generates a biological body, this is where the distinction between desires, thoughts and actions begin to manifest and Karma begins to exist in the human biological form of life. The generated biological body is like a garment covering the already embodied jiva-soul. This is very difficult to understand, what is written here in ‘THE SECRET BOOK OF ORIGINS’, is how this happens and is also the correct understanding of what the jiva (life force or souls lower self) is and where it originates.
The Sanskrit word jiva in this thesis means transmitted sub-conscious dreaming thoughts that originate from its eternal individual Krishna Conscious atma- (self) vigraha- (form) everlasting body in Krishna’s abode, without being aware of that Krishna Conscious body.
· The ATMA-VIGRAHA BODY is the higher self and is always ones Krishna Conscious individual bodily form.
· The sub-consciousness: - lower self, or the illusory dream appears sometimes as an individual spark of effulgence after its attempts to enjoy in the material illusory universe, but more often imagines itself as the all-pervasive self centred oneness. (Impersonalist yogis, Mayavadis, jains and Buddhists) This deluded sub-consciousness in a psychosis of denial originates from the same atma-vigraha individual permanent bodily source; unaware of that origin that is always an independent individual bodily servant of Krishna. Just as when one dreams in their present biological body, they are unaware of that biological body from whence they are dreaming from
Lord Krishna’s eternal Kingdom is known as Goloka-Vrindavan, or the Kingdom of God. Some scholars call the atma-vigraha body, the jiva or atma soul – all are correct. However, to make this book easier to understand, the Sanskrit word JIVA refers to the transmitted forgetful sub-consciousness that emanates from the eternal and never changing Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha body that is always serving Krishna (God) in Goloka-Vrindavan. The forgetful Krishna Consciousness that creates the dreamy sub-consciousness of the atma-vigraha personalities in Goloka-Vrindavan is called the televised transmitted jiva–sub-consciousness. The jiva sub-consciousness has no knowledge of it atma-vigraha Krishna Conscious body and therefore goes on too create many different levels of extended sub-conscious levels within the material illusion that often exist in an impersonal shrewdness where their universe appears all one with them.
This delusion is possible because the sub-consciousness jiva is isolated within its own dreaming consciousness and can dream up anything they desire – at least in the beginning stages of their dream, before they become trapped by karma, when they enter the illusionary heavenly planets in the material creation. When one is fully awake and aware Krishna Consciousness in a selfless devotional mood, the jiva-sub-consciousness ceases to exist because of its transformation from lower self back to higher self. By failing to remember Krishna, one falls, due to forgetfulness, to the jiva-sub-conscious lower self’s thoughts and desires that reverberates sub-conscious thoughts of non-Krishna Conscious origins (desires and wishes) that broadcast the realism-dream-state-illusion of the impermanent material universe. The English word for life force, jiva, atma-vigraha, is soul or living entity. In later chapters the description of Goloka-Vrindavan and the Vishnu Planets in the Vaikunthas will also be explained. This goes into a deeper understanding and explains how ones real self (atma-vigraha) serves Krishna in unlimited ways, even when sleeping and dreaming in a Krishna Conscious atmosphere.
In this way, the dreams of the atma-vigraha are always Krishna Conscious and are never about the material universe. It is impossible to dream of the material universe in ones atma-vigraha transcendental (Krishna Conscious) body. Only the sub-consciousness, that is completely unaware of the atma-vigraha body, can dream of the material universe.
When one dreams of Krishna in the Kingdom of God in their real form (atma-vigraha), such dreams expand one’s relationship with Krishna in unlimited unique ways, then there are Krishna Conscious dreams within those dreams, on and on and on – this is how one can be a servant, a son or daughter, a friend, a parent, a lover, a bird for Krishna to enjoy, a tree, a blade of grass for Krishna to walk on, a star (all fully Krishna Conscious) in the sky for Krishna to dance under during the moon lit night, or even an enemy of Krishna in His Lila or pastime. Also Krishna Himself has unlimited expansions that allows Him to Be with every individual simultaneously and appear as other expanded personalities, such as Balarama, Radharani, Lord Rama and multi varieties of Vishnu to name a few - all at the same time. This is explained in the Caitanya Caritamrta however, these secrets of secrets can only be understood when one is fully selflessly Krishna Conscious and can never be imitated.
Brahman must be held together by form because it IS the form of Krishna and His individual servants. The Brahma Samhita and other Vedic texts are often misconstrued, depicting an impersonal origin and misconception of how and where the individual jiva (sub-consciousness) originally exists; the great Vaisnavas who gave us this transcendental text did not intend this misapprehension of Impersonal impressions. Many of us just have not gone deep enough into the real meanings of Devotion and Personalism that is the foundation of the Brahma Samhita and the Vedanta.
Text 21 of the Brahma Samhita
The same individual life jiva is eternal and is for eternity and without a beginning joined to the Supreme Lord by the tie of an eternal kinship or relationships. He is transcendental Spiritual (devotional) potency. Just as the sun is eternally associated with its rays, so the transcendental Supreme Lord Krishna is eternally joined with the atma-vigrahas personalities in their full expression of devotional individuality, which is their originally position and who they really are.
The atma-vigrahas are the infinitesimal in comparison to Lord Krishna however, the analogy of the sun and the sun-rays is only a metaphor, Krishna in his Supreme Personal top most Form is not an effulgent sun but a Supreme Person.
In the same way, the individual atma-vigrahas, (also referred to as jiva’s by scholars, though, in this thesis, the Sanskrit word “jiva” will refer to the non-Krishna Cognisant sub-consciousness of the atma-vigraha) are not atomic rays or particles surrounding the sun because they are also individual persons (atma-vigraha’s having an original bodily form). The word nitya-sambandhah is significant here meaning possessing an eternal relationship with Krishna in a spiritual (devotional) sense. The Sanskrit word para means spiritual devotion. The atma-vigraha’s (always Krishna Conscious as their real self and form) and the discharged non-Krishna sub-conscious thoughts (jiva) are simultaneously without beginning or and always joined. Unlike Krishna and the individual atma-vigraha servitors, the dreaming wide-ranging jiva sub-consciousness can appear to exist as an atomic spark of inactive consciousness, only after choosing to forget Krishna and them selves (atma-vigraha), by attempting an independent non-Krishna Conscious existence in the material universe, then further attempting to end that material active existence by switching off thoughts and entering the Impersonal Brahmajoyti, which is another creation of the jiva sub-consciousness. The independent non-Krishna Conscious projected sub-consciousness originates and is transmits thoughts as the material universe without any memory of its atma-vigraha origins and form that is always in Krishna’s perpetual abode. The jiva-sub-consciousness (soul) not only roams throughout the material impermanent universe in a variety of bodies, but may also eventually, if it stays long enough, finds its way to the Impersonal inactive deceptive Impersonal Brahmajoyti.
The word Brahmajoyti or Brahman has two meanings,
1. Impersonal Brahman, which is an illusion created by the non-Krishna sub-conscious mind (the lower self) attained after becoming frustrated and fed up with the temporary nature of the active material universe, where the jiva sub-conscious takes on the characteristics of an atomic inactive spark in a ray of effulgence however, just like the material universe, such a state of sub-consciousness is an illusion and also temporary.
2. Personal Brahman where the spiritual Krishna Conscious Personal universal active brahmajoyti exists with innumerable spiritual (devotional) planets, which are dominated by plenary expansions of Lord Krishna and inhabited by ever-liberated (Krishna Conscious) living beings (atma-vgraha bodies) that ARE the Brahman effulgence. This real meaning of the word Brahmajoyti explains that the living effulgence (individual persons) surrounding Krishna’s transcendental body. It is therefore clear that that effulgence is nothing other than unlimited eternal personalities as their Spiritual bodies serving on unlimited ever lasting devotional Vishnu Planets (Vaikuntha) where the living entities (atma-vigraha’s) in there four armed form serve Vishnu, or in any multi variety form that Lord Vishnu’s Lila calls for. After all, animal, birds, trees and stars in the sky, also exist eternally in the Spiritual Universe however these secrets can never be understood unless one is Krishna Conscious, which means always being absorbed in every deed, thought, action in the one you love the most, which is inherently Krishna for all living entities, soul’s, life force’s in their original individual Krishna Conscious atma-vigraha form. (The higher self)
The concept of a, ‘atom in the effulgent ray of Krishna’s effulgence, is Impersonal nonsense and the creation of the jiva-sub-consciousness in the non- Krishna Conscious lower self.
Just as Krishna has an eternal original bodily form, the atma-vigraha’s are also an original eternal individual bodily form that is always serving Krishna. |
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