Don't Accept Counterfeit Happiness

It is stated in the Vedic wisdom:

Ānandamayo 'bhyāsāt

"The Absolute Truth by nature is ānandamaya, always jubilant."
(Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.12)

Just as a drop of ocean water is qualitatively one with the ocean, since we are part and parcel of the Absolute Truth our nature is also to be blissful at every moment. Because we are thus naturally constituted to be blissful and because at the same time we are currently trapped in a world which is miserable, we concoct in our minds the idea that we are happy. In this connection one novelist aptly titled his work, "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me." The idea of being stuck in a world of misery is completely unacceptable to the living being. Therefore he must imagine himself to be happy, much like the proverbial ostrich who sticks his head in the sand and thus imagines that he is protected from the predator who is coming to kill him.

But why should we settle for such inferior imagined happiness? Would we be willing to accept counterfeit money in lieu of genuine money? No, of course not. So why should we accept counterfeit happiness when we can get real happiness by reawakening the dormant enlightened consciousness which is right there within our hearts at this very minute? This is real intelligence. This is called Krishna consciousness.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Life in the Spiritual World

My question to you today:
Is life in spiritual world absolutely pure?

What I want to know is:
Does the spiritual world have the same level of purity that we used to feel when we were small children when there was no impurities in our hearts?

I know that it is certainly more than that, but I am asking this question so that I can get a small picture of that life while I am still here in this present material condition.

Yours Devotedly,
Avinash

Answer: Completely Free from Karmic Residue

The same innocence and joy experienced by a small child in this world is experienced millions of times more in the spiritual world. A child in this material world, although very pure, still carries a degree from karmic residue from sinful activities committed in previous lifetimes, whereas the devotees in the spiritual world are 100% free from even the slightest tinges of karmic residue.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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