Adhana Lagna and the Soul

[Guest guest]

Dear Sarajit,

 

>My next question would be how we know that they hardly realise (or do

>not realise) that they are living.

 

Bhagavad-gita mentions that there are 3 stages of consciousness being

covered in the material world. It is compared, to dust on a mirror, smoke,

and the womb. So the first explains that one can still see one's spiritual

identity, but not that well, due to the dust. Then in smoke one cannot see

one's spiritual identity anymore, and in the womb one is not aware of the

outside world, and is imbedded deeply in ignorance.

 

This compares to the 3 modes of material nature, goodness, passion and

ignorance. The more the spiritual soul identifies with matter (which is

dead - not living) the more it sinks deeper into ignorance and takes the

form of lower species of life. Kasim has also nicely explained this

further.

 

Yes, the universe has a soul, we know Him as Lord Brahma. And all planets

have a soul as well. Surya, the Sun god, Chandra, the Moon god, Brhaspati

- Jupiter, Sukracarya - Venus and so on. Ultimately everything is

spiritual, and personal, but due to the external energy of the Supreme,

identification with this matter (which is only another seperated energy)

makes us believe there is no God and only matter.

 

Yours,

Dhira Krsna dasa,

Jyotisha

http://www.radhadesh.com

[Guest guest]

|| Jaya Jagannath ||

Dear Dhira, Namaste

 

Please give me the slokas from Gita for my further study. You have

explained well, but I want to know more. I am pondering... do all living

things know that they are living! Do the non-living things realise that

they have a soul?

 

Best wishes

Sarajit

 

 

Dhira Krsna BCS [Dhira.Krsna.BCS]

Saturday, October 25, 2003 4:37 AM

vedic astrology

[vedic astrology] Re: Adhana Lagna and the Soul

 

Dear Sarajit,

 

>My next question would be how we know that they hardly realise (or do

>not realise) that they are living.

 

Bhagavad-gita mentions that there are 3 stages of consciousness being

covered in the material world. It is compared, to dust on a mirror,

smoke,

and the womb. So the first explains that one can still see one's

spiritual

identity, but not that well, due to the dust. Then in smoke one cannot

see

one's spiritual identity anymore, and in the womb one is not aware of

the

outside world, and is imbedded deeply in ignorance.

 

This compares to the 3 modes of material nature, goodness, passion and

ignorance. The more the spiritual soul identifies with matter (which is

dead - not living) the more it sinks deeper into ignorance and takes the

form of lower species of life. Kasim has also nicely explained this

further.

 

Yes, the universe has a soul, we know Him as Lord Brahma. And all

planets

have a soul as well. Surya, the Sun god, Chandra, the Moon god,

Brhaspati

- Jupiter, Sukracarya - Venus and so on. Ultimately everything is

spiritual, and personal, but due to the external energy of the Supreme,

identification with this matter (which is only another seperated energy)

makes us believe there is no God and only matter.

 

Yours,

Dhira Krsna dasa,

Jyotisha

http://www.radhadesh.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Dear Sarajit,

 

>Please give me the slokas from Gita for my further study.

 

Chapter3 text 38: "As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by

dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, the living entity is

similarly covered by different degrees of this lust."

 

I will not type up the whole purport by Srila Prabhupada, but he explains

therein that the fire covered by smoke represents the human beings, the

mirror covered by dust represents birds end beasts, and the embryo, who is

helpless, to trees, who are almost devoid of consciousness.

 

Yours,

Dhira Krsna dasa,

Jyotisha

http://www.radhadesh.com