Don't Remain in Illusion

The choice is ours. We can remain in illusion or we can come out of illusion. Due to a poor fund of knowledge most people fear the stark reality of material existence and prefer the false security of remaining in illusion holding onto so many false crutches, like the proverbial ostrich who buried his head in the sand when he was being chased by a predator. They don't realize that if they would just go deeper into reality, they would break through the clouds of illusion and enter into an unbelievably beautiful transcendental existence where life is eternal, full of knowledge, and ever-increasing blissful. Simply we need a tour guide who can escort us beyond the clouds of the material existence into that most sublime region which is known as the paravyoma, the spiritual sky.

That tour guide is known as the bona fide spiritual master. This is not the spiritual master who claims to Krishna, as is the fashion nowadays even though according to the authoritative Vedic scriptures Krishna is not coming again until He appears as Kalki avatar 427,000 years from now. The bona spiritual master is the spiritual master who humbly remains the servant of Krishna and of the predecessor acharyas in the disciplic line from Sri Krishna. He does not invent any new teaching. He simply repeats the teachings of Krishna as given in the Bhagavad-gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why Krishna Allows Us to Be in Maya?

I humbly present this question before you.

The material senses are manifestations of Maya, the Lord's illusory energy, to keep us entangled in the cycle of birth and death. Why would Lord Krishna allow us to be exposed to Maya?

Grim

Answer: So We Can Voluntarily Return to Him

When we so foolishly desired to be in illusion, instead of keeping us against our will in the spiritual world, like an affectionate father Krishna facilitated our desire by letting us try out the illusion of being the center of existence. He did this so that we could personally realize how foolish it is to give up His service and could then voluntarily return to His eternal kingdom to serve Him there forever with pure love.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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