as we say soul is part of super soul . as super soul is transcendental then this soul must also be transcendental . if soul is transcendental then how it's compatible in this material world ? because transcendental nature is only in spiritual world.
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Can anyone be happy in a jail? Same way we are not happy in the material world, because it is a jail. As I explained earlier, this material world has been described as dukhalayam ashashwatam - temporary and full of miseries. This is not a place to be happy. All our life we endeavour only to be happy, but how much percentage of our lives are we happy? And even if we are happy, how long does it last?
Soul is blissful by nature, but because of material contamination, it is not happy. Its like a mirror, imagine a mirror with a kilometre of dust on top of it. Will you be able to see your face in that mirror? No na. You have to first clear the dust. That is ceto darpan marjanam - clearing of the dust on the consciousness of the soul.
Again you are right prabhuji. Soul is sat cit anand like supersoul. The difference is in the quantity. For example, a spark of fire will have the same quality as fire, but may not have the power to ignite (by itself).
I will explain further - Lord has got 3 energies - internal energy, called Radharani, external energy, called Mahamaya and marginal energy, called jiva. We are marginal energy of the lord. We are called marginal because we have a choice, we can turn towards the internal energy of the lord or we can turn towards the external energy of the lord.
To explain this further - this material world is part of mahamaya, controlled by Durga devi - the gaurdian of the durg or fortress, jail where miscreant souls are put. The soul being extremely small in size - 1/10000th the tip of hair, it gets covered by maya. It has desire to enjoy independent of the lord, thats why it is in the material world. Both put together make the soul forget its eternal relationship with the lord and also its eternal nature of being sat, cit and anand. It tries to enjoy in this world, but it cannot enjoy independent of the lord. To top it all, the nature of this material world is - it is dukhalayam ashaswatam - it is temporary and full of miseries. Nobody has been happy here. Whatever happiness is found in the world is very very temporary. We are constantly trying to increase this duration of happiness. Now that we know that our nature is eternal bliss and that it cannot be found in this world, and that there is another world waiting for us, our eternal home, we should plan to reach there asap. That is the true success of human form of life.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
Very good realisations prabhuji. YOu are absolutely right. That is the reason the soul is a misfit in this material world and always miserable, like fish out of water. Our real position is in the spiritual world, which is transcendental like us. Now that we realise it, we have to simply earn our ticket back to Godhead, the spiritual world. The ticket is Krsna Consciousness.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD