Letter # 3: "Headlong Into Chaos."

The following messages are essentially adapted from the Vedas - the ancient yet timeless spiritual scriptures of India, documented about 5 to 6,000 years ago by the sage Vyasa.
The Sanskrit verse "Krte yad dhyayato visnum..." Srimad Bhagavatum 12.3.52 indicates that the aim of civilisation based on Vedic principles is to forge a strong connection with the Supreme. In the Vedic scheme of time, there are four great cycles of time (yugas). Each yuga has its own best mode of connecting with the Supreme.
We are living in the final cycle - Kali (pronounced kull as in skull) Yuga. It ends in annihilation. Connection with the Supreme, in this the darkest of the yugas, requires "sankirtana yajna" or "congregational spiritual activities, in the form of group prayer or chanting. All educated and well-off persons must use their talents to promote such spiritual activities. Money and education must go towards supporting spiritual activities. If this is not done then the valuable resources of money and education drift towards "maya" - the material, which is called mammon in the Bible. Our current education, science, technology, philosophy, economy and literature are all geared towards serving maya. And the service of maya creates a chaotic condition in the world. Read the newspapers papers or watch the news for proof of this!
Jesus taught: "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon".
Therefore, well-off and the educated must devote their knowledge and opulence towards spiritual activities. Only then will we be able to prevent ourselves from hurtling headlong into further chaos.
Think about it.


God Bless; Allah Hu Akbar; May The Forces Of The Universe Bring You Harmony; Hare Krishna; Radha-Swami; and Nanak Naam Chardi Kala Tere Bhane Sarbat Dha Bhalla.

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References: "The Holy Bible" Online version; "The Koran" as translated by SV Mir Ahmed Ali 2005 ISBN 0-9761870-0-0); "The Bhagavad Gita As it Is" as translated by Srila Prabhupada ISBN 0-89213-268-X; The Srimad Bhagavatum as translated by Srila Prabhupada ISBN0-89213-259-0; "I Am That. Talks With Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj” ISBN 0-89386-022-0; The Dhammapada ISBN-10:1-84483-344-5; The Sacred Sukhmani ISBN 81-7205-098-4; Wikipedia.

(Specific source: Srimad Bhagavatum's translation and purports by Srila Prabhupada. Canto 7. Page 786)