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I did not say that the soul has created ignorance. My submission was – The world is created only when the soul chooses to cover itself with ignorance. If she does this then can’t we assume that she wants to enjoy the world, its joy & pain, strength & weakness, evil & goodness? The soul being omnipotent, cannot be forced to cover itself with ignorance and falsehood unless it wishes to do so. Thus what should be her purpose other than this?

The ignorance is a creation of the Divine Maya, which operates in two ways, vidyamayi or a force of knowledge and oneness, and avidyamayi, a

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I have been working hard to get Kamla Harris get elected. As you know Donald Trump won and has won convincingly. I am sure Republicans think differently, but us Democrats we think that Trump is not good for US or the world. His ambitions are to become a dictator. I, we worry that if Trump, Un, Xi, Putin, Netanyahu and Mush get together it will be a disaster😱. Actually I had had a vision last year about this and that is why I got politically involved. You had given me an example of Ramayan and Mahabharat recently, on the day of elections as results started coming in I was first numb, as Americans have elected him unanimously! That night as I was meditating, I realized the example of Ramayan and Mahabharat, that it had to get so bad and ugly before the Divine intervention. But does that mean we have to wait till that times comes, or is there anything we can do so it won’t happen? I had full faith in Sri Aurobindo and The Mother, but as results started coming in I was questioning my faith.

Besides how do we know what is good and from what and whose view point? Republicans in general and President Trump in particular have been

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I have a difficulty in understanding the modifications of Panchmahabhoots. I could understand vibration in Akashtattva led to Agnitattva. The next modification from Agnitattva – containing only heat to element containing totally opposite in quality i.e. Jalatattva is difficult to understand. In between are there any stages of converting/producing totally different element with an intention to produce a rigid tattva i.e. Prithvi tattva 🌍?

Akash tattva is an endless expansion created by the waves or vibrations emanating from Nada. But this endless expansion can create Space but not forms

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Since some time, I see that philanthropy has become like a fashion in the society I live in, I find it absurd and feel its just showing off as in look how good I am doing or what a good person I am as if they are not sure and they need people to tell them so. I find it absurd how people call themselves a philanthropist. Can you please explain about this idea😏

All these are three inferior kinds of philanthropy. The third may prepare us for spiritual life but generally they keep us tied to the circle

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Correct me if I am wrong, I believe there is no concept of Dharma in the west so there is no concept of Adharma thus everyone has become selfish and they want to do what they feel like basically follow their impulses, so how can we save India from this false sense of Freedom, how to teach children and how to help the west out with our Indian ideals🇮🇳?

Yes the idea of freedom means different things to the East and the West. In the Western context there is the liberal idea of doing

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Worldly desires are not created by man in the lab. They are given to him naturally. If everything is created by the divine then these desires also must have their right place and purpose in the whole scheme. Then why consider it as a hindrance in spiritual progress? Why are we taught to limit them rather than teaching us to fully aspire for their fulfillment as a duty? What is the purpose of these materialistic desires in our existence🥧🏓👕?

The purpose of desire is to shake up the inert tamasic state in which man may sink and, like the stone, neither seek nor aspire,

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Why some people suffer so much in their lives both physically and mentally while others get everything smooth both mentally and physically? Yesterday I went to meet my 82 year old neighbour who is suffering from cancer for the past four years. Her treatment is going on and she was fine till June 2024 but now she has become very weak and suffering from multiple myeloma. One can see pain and suffering in her eyes. After meeting her I felt it is better to die than to live in this condition😭. Is this suffering due to what we call prarabdh or is it something else? And why not death comes and take lives of such persons who are suffering a lot because it is very painful to live in such condition?

That earthly life has its burden of suffering is obvious. The difference exists in theories about the cause of suffering. The wise say its root

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