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07-20-2008, 01:45 PM
Srila Prabhupada – “This material creation is the spirit soul's dream. Actually all existence in the material world is a dream of Mahā-Viṣṇu, as the Brahma-saḿhitā describes –<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p>
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“This material world is created by the dreaming of Mahā-Viṣṇu. The real, factual platform is the spiritual world, but when the spirit soul wants to imitate the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is put into this dreamland of material creation”.<o:p></o:p>
4.29.83.http://vedabase.net/sb/4/29/83/en<o:p></o:p>
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The full eternal potential of the living entity is ALWAYS nitya-siddha. However, the dream secondary sub-consciousness state of the living entity, activated when one is NOT Krishna Conscious, is called the jiva-baddha or nitya-baddha consciousness.
This is supported by the following comment from Srila Prabhupada -
Srila Prabhupada –“When the living entities desire to enjoy themselves, they develop a consciousness of duality and come to hate the service of the Lord. In this way the living entities fall into the material world." Srimad Bhagavatam 4.28.53<o:p></o:p>
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