By Yudhisthira Dasa
What’s your mailing address? Is it eternal? Chances are, if you are reading this, your current residence is not your permanent residence.
Through the external energies of God, the material world order constantly applies minute-by-minute, sophisticated brainwashing strategies that are so alluring that most of us don’t press pause to contemplate the purpose of life, let alone learn about our relationship with the Absolute. What should actually captivate our full attention? Finding out and experiencing our eternal nature and eternal residence. Who am I, and where is my real home?
The world aims to narrow our vision rather than expand it. This world order lures us into selfishness, where everything revolves around our perspective. There is even a famous expression for this: “Look out for Number One!” This attitude leads to the original change of residence for the soul, who forwards his mail from the spiritual world to his new material residence.
This self-absorbed mentality is the fuel that keeps the fires of Kali-yuga burning. Is there quarreling in the world? Is there hypocrisy in the world? Quarrel and hypocrisy are the two foundation stones upon which Kali-yuga sits.
It is no wonder the world is so dysfunctional, since the whole is made up of its parts, and the vast majority of human souls in this world are conditioned to “Look out for Number One!”
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