Guest guest Posted August 6, 2004 Report Share Posted August 6, 2004 In the spiritual world everything is animated spiritual energy - everything is alive. Material energy exists as dead matter with no independence - it is manipulated by the jivas who misidentify with it. It seems to be alive but it actually works just like a machine. Prabhupada tells us even our bodies are simply machines here and gives the example of a car moving when actually the driver is controlling it. We are eternal so we never become less complete than we actually are but like a special effect creates an impression of something happening which cannot happen in reality, we are constantly baffled by the effects of the machine and regretfully remain in a state of illusion and accept the distress that comes with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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