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Description:
In the previous video we explored the descending path a soul may take when he first enters in the material sphere. We can observe that this descenting trip is connected with how much one becomes involved with matter, an association that leads to ambitions and desires. The soul is originally pure, but as one goes downwards inside the material universe, he becomes progressively more involved with lower qualities, like lust, anger and greed. This degrades one's consciousness and makes him go progressively deep in the sequence of different planetary systems. This continue to a certain point, where he again come in contact with spiritual knowledge, be it through a book, a friend or a spiritual teacher, and decide to start his way back, this time progressing back to higher levels of consciousness
Our planet is described in the Vedas as Karma-Ksetra, a place where souls that exhaust their past karma go to execute different activities, and thus create a new baggage of Karma that is going to determine their next destination. In other words, this planet is a kind of a cosmic crossroads, and the decisions we make here are going to have long-lasting implications.
Being a place where we have a difficult life, where we need to work very hard for any small amount of material success, this planet is considered an ideal place to cultivate spiritual knowledge and follow the path of self-realization.
However, there is also a great danger: the ones that misuse the opportunity become more and more materialistic. These continue the way down, going thus to the lower planets, where people are just after material comforts, and there is little opportunity for self-realization. This part of the Universe is described in the Srimad Bhagavatam as a dark hole, because once one enters there, it’s difficult to come out.
The lower planets are described as being situated lower than Earth in the cosmic structure. All of them are subterraneus realms where the natural light of the sun doesn’t enter. The inhabitants live underground on a perpetual night, depending on different arrangements of artificial lights.
To take birth as a human being on Earth is considered very fortunate, because here one has the chance of meeting one of the spiritual teachers that propagate transcendental knowledge, and thus start his way up, back to the spiritual realm. It’s easier to take the wrong choices and follow the path of materialism and sense indulgence, instead of taking the path of self-realization, that demands discipline. That’s why most souls end-up staying in the material sphere for a very long time, going up and down in the cycle of samsara.
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Music:
Trio for Piano, Cello, and Clarinet by Kevin MacLeod
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13 авг 2020
