Goat-like Leaders

My spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, often quoted the Bengali saying, "pāgale ki nā bole, chāgale ki nā khāya--There is nothing that a goat will not eat, and nothing that a madman will not speak." He used this to point a finger at the modern day thinkers and leaders of the world society who often speak all varieties of nonsensical speculations in defiance of the source of all existence, the Supreme Person. This is our present dilemma on this planet. We are stuck with goat-like leaders who do not understand the relationship between the individual self and the Supreme Self. Because we are currently being led by such non-leaders, the entire planet earth is in an ever increasingly chaotic condition. Therefore there is nothing more urgently required at the present moment than the emergence of enlightened leaders on this planet. This is the only hope for the suffering humanity.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Am I a Body without a Spirit?

How can I find out for myself that people are not the material bodies but are spiritual beings? From my personal experiences of the connection between material body states and mental states, I can't help but conclude that the two are one and the same and inseparable. Likewise, scientific research corroborates this view: There is not a need for a spirit to explain the functions and behavior of a human being. Brain imaging technologies have shown the higher states of consciousness to be the result of physical changes and functions within the brain, caused by dedication to the meditation practice. The grand illusion appears to be not the material world but the spiritual world. Could it be that I'm a body without a spirit?

I want to believe otherwise, yet, the material is all I see. The fear of death is persuasive, but it doesn't convince me.

Alexander

Answer: Try to Understanding the Animating Principle

If you were simply a bag of chemicals, there would be no reason for you to be afraid of death. What is the difference between an inanimate bag of chemicals and an animate bag of chemicals? Chemicals are chemicals, nothing more. There is no reason to give more value to the animate bag over the inanimate bag. So just try to understand why every living being, even the plants and animals, give more value to the animate bag than to the inanimate bag. In this way you can begin to understand what is the actual self, the animating principle within the body.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari