CAN we SURVIVE?

                                       

Don’t be offended by this post, just expressing my thoughts. Don’t take the life too personally"....LOL 😂 😝 😆. 

Why do we need Soda, Tobacco, Drugs (cocaine, heroine...etc) , Liquor, Guns, Casinos and Slaughterhouse Industries? Just to Kill Ourselves & Others....It is Suicidal & Homicidal. In the last 25 years directly or indirectly, these industries are responsible for Turmoils & Havocs on the planet earth. (Individual, Animals, Family, Health, Social, Environmental & Economical turmoil). 

CAN we SURVIVE without these industries? Of course we can survive. I am not against or offended by any individuals who are consuming these products, but I am not in favour of these industries...LOL 😂 😝 😆.

1. There are ample amounts of healthy & tasty FOODS like vegetables, fruits, fruit juices, grains, animal fat in the form of cow milk & milk products, sweets..etc are available in the nature. WHY VEGETARIANS? see the link: http://pankajpatelmd.blogspot.com/2017/11/why-vegetarians.html?m=1

2. There are so many occupations & enough WORK available for everyone in absence of these industries.

3. We can choose many varieties of RECREATIONAL activities to enjoy the life like music, singing, dancing, reading, dramas, sports, sightseeing, swimming, shopping, cooking, hiking, boating...etc.
Clearly, there are plenty of FOODS , enough WORK & RECREATIONAL activities available for everyone in absence of these industries.

Five basic ingredients ( earth, water, fire, ether and air ) of any creation either animate or inanimate are not manufactured by human, so we are not proprietor of this world. We should not exploit the Mother Earth & other living entities. There will be less environmental pollution, nuisance, health problems, violence, health care cost and socioeconomic issues...etc in absence of these industries. In fact, we will experience & develop plenty of love, kindness, compassion, joy, peacefulness and tolerance while working or enjoying in nature. It is good to live in harmony with nature & other living entities. 

Sometimes rather then testing individual or society’s self control it is better to deprive them from destructive subjects & objects to save the culture, community & country. Maybe it is not possible for us to shutdown these industries, but certainly it is possible to oppose them by not consuming their products...LOL 🤣

Bg 7.4 -- Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego – all together these eight constitute My separated material energies.

Bg 7.5 -- Besides these, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is another, superior energy of Mine, which comprises the living entities who are exploiting the resources of this material, inferior nature.

Bg 18.42 -- Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, knowledge, wisdom and religiousness – these are the natural qualities by which the brāhmaṇas ( sober person ) work. Vedabase.com 

Have a Peaceful & Self Control Day.

It is easy to say, but difficult to follow. I am in the same boat with everyone else, or I may even be behind, but thinking in the right direction will help us to go in the right direction. 

Thank You. 

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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:

I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra. 

I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu ( Gujarati & Hindi) Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......). 

FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com . Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement. 

It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook/Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone/Google Pexels search to collect some data. 

Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God ( Krishna , Absolute Truth ).

NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.

We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka, Agama, Guru Granth Sahib, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. ( whichever way we can understand God -- either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy ).

Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction ( means image, picture...etc ) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes. 

I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person ( not a abstract or some kind of light ) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.

Bg 9.17 -- I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.

Bg:13-12:-- Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).