Nix the Mix, Become Fixed

The original pure state of being of the living being is unalloyed devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, or one of His expanded forms which preside over the various Vaikuntha planets. Because that is his original nature he has the innate tendency to want to serve God. However, when the living being comes in contact with the material nature this tendency becomes mixed with the tendency to want to lord it over the Lord's property, improperly claiming it as his own.

So we have to nix the mix and become fixed in our original pure consciousness. In other words we have to free ourselves from this lording it over propensity and become situated once again in our original pure state of Krishna consciousness.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why People Hide From Truth?

I would like know about truth. Why people hide or run away from truth and what are the negative consequences?

Yet these type of people even after lying are successful in life, why such things happen? These people also study Bhagavad-gita, but they do the opposite of it.

Mishmee Bose

Answer: They Are Conditioned by Lies

People run away from the truth because they are conditioned by the lies of the materialists to believe that this material nature is the all in all. They do not realize the truth, that there is a transcendental existence full of bliss and knowledge beyond the cycle of birth, death, old age, and disease.

The consequences of running away from the truth is that they remain entangled in the cycle of birth and death repeatedly suffering the miseries of material existence.

Materialistic people who are currently enjoying material success are only doing so as a resultant reaction of their past pious activities. As soon as they burn up the stock of their good karma they will forced by the laws of nature to suffer so many varieties of hellish conditions. If one wants to permanently become free from all forms of material reactions they must take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in full surrender.

The Bhagavad-gita orders that we must study the Bhagavad-gita from the bona fide spiritual master who is coming in disciplic succession. If we disobey the Bhagavad-gita and try to understand it according it to our speculation, we will not properly understand what is the Bhagavad-gita and how to correctly follow its teachings.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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