Is Terrorism Inevitable?.

It is sad to see that terrorism is becoming more and more loosed upon the world. But this is not at all surprising. Given that the human society is training everyone to live on the animalistic platform of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending--it is inevitable that, just like in the jungle some of the animals will be ferocious, some human beings will naturally come out as terrorists.

There is really no way around it. It cannot be prevented through military readiness. Terrorists will always find a way to beat the system. However, if the human society can be elevated beyond the animalistic platform of sense gratification to the enlightened platform of Krishna consciousness, terrorism will be relegated to a page in the history books because no one will desire to be a terrorist in the first place.

The problem with accomplishing this is that the current leaders of the human society are themselves terrorists. They are terrorizing the babies in the abortion clinics and they are terrorizing the cows in the slaughterhouses. They simply utilize the citizens to further their own selfish aims. As you sow, so shall you reap. As long as the leaders continue their terrorizing agenda, the citizens will continue to pay the price of being terrorized. There is nothing else to do except to expand the Krishna consciousness movement more and more until that day comes when the citizens demand Krishna conscious leaders. Then we will see a terror free world.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: How to Realize the Truth?...

I have been following your course. And yes it's very comforting when you give some advice and guidance.

But does there really exist a road, a path to reality? Can a disciplined, goal oriented mind ever be free to come face to face with Reality? Shouldn't freedom of the mind be at the beginning and not at the end of the journey? But then why do we search? What are we looking for?

If we have an idea of it, then there will be no research. If we can recognize it, means we have seen it before. So what we will find will be a projection, the will, the desire of the mind and not the truth.

Can there be a middle man between you and the truth? Can God be found through someone else? Is it not the understanding of oneself the "road" to God?

The Ego cannot be suppressed and substituted with Spirituality. It is only through the understanding of the Self that we will let go, without any preconceived ideas. I feel that the Gita can only be understood by a mind that has rid itself of all that it has accumulated. We have to go beyond the mind, and this can only come about through understanding and passive observation. The Gita cannot be interpreted by a thinking mind, as all knowledge no matter how vast will always be limited. Thoughts come from memory, from all that we have accumulated.

So will chanting Krishna's name suppressing all other thoughts liberate me?

Surendra

Answer: Dovetail Through Chanting...

Here are your questions with answers:

Question: But does there really exist a road, a path to reality?
Answer: Yes, why not?

Question: Can a disciplined, goal oriented mind ever be free to come face to face with Reality?
Answer: Yes, why not?

Question: Shouldn't freedom of the mind be at the beginning and not at the end of the journey?
Answer: Yes, but you have to understand what is actual freedom of the mind, not the so-called freedom of a wild, uncontrolled mind.

Question: But then why do we search?
Answer: If you have lost something, you need to search for it. You have lost your original enlightened state of consciousness, therefore you must search for it. But if you meet someone who can tell you precisely how to revive it, there is no need for further searching. You simply have to follow his instructions. That's all. You will quickly attain enlightenment.

Question: What are we looking for?
Answer: Perfect realization of the Absolute Truth. This is original natural energy of the living being. It is called Krishna consciousness, and is also known as Christ consciousness, Allah consciousness, etc. It is attained by dovetailing your individual consciousness with the universal consciousness. Just as a bicycle rider traveling at ten miles per hour can become one in speed with a car by grabbing onto it and not letting go, we can attain our original enlightened consciousness simply by dovetailing our individual consciousness with the universal consciousness.

Your comment: If we have an idea of it then there will be no research. If we can recognize it, it means that we have seen it before. So what we will find will be a projection, the will, the desire of the mind and not the truth.
Our response: No research is necessary. The Absolute Truth is already there within you. You have seen it before and you will be able to recognize it. It is not a projection. It is the original underlying reality of all existence. Right now you are caught up in mental projections. You have to become free from mental projections by dovetailing your individual consciousness with the universal consciousness.

Question: Can there be a middle man between you and the truth?
Answer: If you are lost, can someone who knows the way give you directions? That person does not stand between you and your destination. His directions are the means of attaining your destination.

Question: Can God be found through someone else?
Answer: See the answer above. God is found through the mercy of God. If He chooses to send His mercy delivered to you by His representative, the bona fide spiritual master, that is His business. You cannot dictate to God what shall be His means of delivering you. He decides that, not us.

Question: Is it not the understanding of oneself the "road" to God?
Answer: Yes, but you must understand what is the actual nature of the self, not a pseudo-self that has been imposed upon you by the material world.

Your comments: The Ego cannot be suppressed and substituted with Spirituality. It is only through the understanding of the Self that we will let go, without any preconceived ideas. I feel that the Gita can only be understood by a mind that has rid itself of all that it has accumulated. We have to go beyond the mind, and this can only come about through understanding and passive observation. The Gita cannot be interpreted by a thinking mind, as all knowledge no matter how vast will always be limited. Thoughts come from memory, from all that we have accumulated.
Our response: Genuine spirituality revives the original ego which has been suppressed by the material world. What is that original ego? "I am not this body. I am the eternal spirit-soul, the eternal servant of God." It is a fact that we have to give up all preconceived ideas and that the Gita can only be understood by a mind that has become free from all accumulated dirt. But if you use your mind to try to go beyond your mind, you will find that you are still stuck on the platform of the mind. Even if you are thinking that you must turn off your mind, you are still on the mental platform because you are thinking that you have to turn off your mind. So such a system of passive observation although helpful to a point will in the ultimate issue be unable to deliver you to the transcendental platform.

Question: So will chanting Krishna's name suppressing all other thoughts liberate me?
Answer: You do not need to make any separate endeavor to suppress all other thoughts. All you have to do is absorb yourself fully in chanting the Hare Krishna mahamantra according the prescribed method. This will automatically dovetail your individual consciousness with the universal consciousness and thus liberate your mind from all the material thoughts that have polluted it in your millions of lifetimes in the cycle of birth and death. You will revive the original dormant enlightened consciousness that has been sleeping within you since time immemorial. You will enter into an eternal state of bliss of knowledge.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari