We Are Not Entitled to be God

There is no reason at all to suffer in this miserable material existence because this is not our actual home. We are actually residents of that wondrous transcendental abode where all suffering is conspicuous by its absence, the Vaikuntha realm where the Supreme Lord eternally resides engaging in unlimited loving pastimes with His pure devotees. We simply must get back to our original enlightened nature, which we enjoyed eternally before we made the foolish mistake of playing with fire by our desire to see what it would be like if we were God. This is the forbidden apple that is mentioned in the Bible. We can enjoy unlimited happiness as a servant of God in His eternal kingdom. But there is one thing that we are not entitled to. We are not entitled to be God.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Where are the Holy Dhamas?

Guruji, I just humbly want to enquire, as you have said about Mayapur and Sri Vrindavan Dhama, that they are apparently (though not factually) situated in India. I did not get the proper understanding of the same. These two holiest Dhamas are in India, where the last remnants of the Vedic culture are still present. If they are not in India, then where are they actually situated ? Just my confusion. Kindly accept my apologies if I have said something wrong.

Your humblest sevak,

Anupam Saxena

Answer: In the Transcendental World, But With a Doorway in India

When one enters into Mayapur or Vrindavan in the proper consciousness he is actually entering into the spiritual world. So although these holy abodes are connected with material places in a material country on a material planet, they are transcendental to this material world. Their material locations are doors through which one can pass only by the mercy of a bona fide spiritual master. By his grace one can actually enter into the holy dhamas, which exist eternally in the spiritual sky and have expanded into this material world to give us a doorway to the spiritual sky.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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