Energy Problems will be
Solved As Soon As We are Localized
[Oil
prices are close to US$58 per
barrel,
having fallen from their all-time high of more than US$70 per barrel.
When the oil companies reported highest profits in history this year
(ExxonMobil
alone reported $9.9 billion in profits last quarter),
public outrage prompted the US Senate to... More
Don't Prolong Your Time
Here
We are
trying to become happy in a temporary place that is full of miseries.
That is not possible. No one can remain here; as we come here to get
treated for our material desires, then we must die. More
Pain Management Therapy
Dr.
Murphy, then asked the group what they thought of the experience. A
couple of very nice people had very favorable responses to the idea of
chanting. One woman remarked that it immediately made her feel
spiritually connected to the Divine energy of God. She recalled that
the most peace and tranquility she had ever experienced was when she
was singing Gregorian Chants in her church many years ago, and that
this chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra was reconnecting her to that
blissful feeling. Guy said that he totally embraced the idea, and said
that it "Removed me far away from the bodily pain I've been suffering
from." More
Mandatory Evacuation
While
we are hearing about the people in New Orleans being evacuated from
their homes and at the same time in California the victims of wildfire
being evacuated from their homes without more than a moment's notice,
we wonder when it will be our turn for Mandatory Evacuation. More
No Relief for Earthquake
Victims
Still
people in general insist that life is joyful and we should be positive
and not be negative?? I don't get that. Am I missing something??
Krishna says, dukhalayam asasvatam: "This world is full
of miseries, and it is temporary." More
Picture Puzzles &
Government Cover-ups
If
I know real diamonds and rubies, I know when I see the imitation
diamonds and rubies. Unless one knows the goal, everything in life
remains a puzzle. Just like a child's puzzle… unless the complete
picture is known, it is impossible to put the pieces of the puzzle
together, and if a wrong picture is supplied, it becomes even more
puzzling and impossible to put the puzzle together properly. More
Description of the Age
of Quarrel
A
person's spiritual position will be ascertained merely according to
external symbols, and on the same basis people will change from one
spiritual order to the next. A person's propriety will be seriously
questioned if he does not earn a good living. And one who is very
clever at juggling words will be considered a learned scholar. A person
will be judged unholy if he does not have money, and hypocrisy will be
accepted as virtue. Marriage will be arranged simply by verbal
agreement, and a person will think he is fit to appear in public if he
has merely taken a bath. A sacred place will be taken to consist of no
more than a reservoir of water located at a distance, and beauty will
be thought to depend on one's hairstyle. Filling the belly will become
the goal of life, and one who is audacious will be accepted as
truthful. He who can maintain a family will be regarded as an expert
man, and the principles of religion will be observed only for the sake
of reputation." More
It's All Vanity
Death
is a most certain thing and yet there is no program anywhere in human
society to prepare a person to die. On the contrary, all the programs
of the schools and universities, all the businesses, politics,
economics and so on, are all preparing us to enjoy, to live and be
happy--although no one will live and no one will be happy. This is
ignorance. It is the greatest ignorance to waste one's valuable time,
energy and intelligence in pursuing something which has no future.
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Birth Control
and Vitamins
The
whole spectrum of material activity aims only at counteracting these
four problems. We do not want birth. Therefore, human beings have
created so many programs for birth control, such as abortion or
contraception. We do not want old age. Therefore the health food
business is flourishing. They are promising, "Eat this grass, eat these
sprouts, take these vitamins, and you will remain young, healthy and
beautiful." But of course no amount of vitamins or sprouts can keep us
young. So it is just another business. We are struggling to remain
young, but we are becoming old, and old age brings disease. In old age
we cannot see, hear, digest or even sleep. Old age is a warning that
one has to die. More
Hansadutta das
Rittvik Representative of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada
Trustee, BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST
WORLD SANKIRTAN PARTY
