Free will ONLY fully exists in Vaikuntha and Goloka Vrindavana, and is greatly restricted in the material creation to the point it almost does not exist.
Free will certainly does NOT exist in lower species of life, where the trapped jiva soul in a material body is forced to act under the demands of eating, sleeping, mating and defending.
Free will is partially expressed in a very limited way ONLY in the human form of life in the material creation, where the trapped jiva soul can inquire about where they came from, why are they here, and where are they going.
In other words, the inquiry into Spiritual Life while in the material creation, can ONLY begin when the jiva soul has attained a human form of life that can provide the intelligence and miniscule free will to seek out a Spiritual Master who can then guide the trapped soul back home, back to Godhead.
The jiva soul's full potential to express free will, only exists in Vaikuntha and Goloka-Vrindavana.
Srila Prabhupada tells us, without free will and the ability to reciprocate with loving exchanges in Vaikuntha and Goloka-Vrindavana, the jiva soul is no better than dead stone that can NEVER receive and give love in genuine heart felt exchange.
In the Spiritual world there is ALWAYS deep loving exchanges of emotions and reciprocation going on between Krishna and his dear friends, family members and inhabitants of Goloka Vrindavana, such reciprocation is the foundation of Spiritual life.
It is NEVER a one way street of just obey, obey obey and do what you are told that only denies one to contribute their own individual input, personal offerings and unique abilities.
No two jiva-souls are the same in the Spiritual Sky.
Every jiva-soul is "unique" with their own personality, individuality, independence and ''special'' relationship with Krishna.
Gurus and Spiritual leaders who preach that you do not have to think for yourself in Gods Kingdom are bogus dictatorial impersonalists and bullies.
They are really promoting spiritual suicide (denying the individual self as a contributing independent person with free will).
Real love or service is ALWAYS based on a "two-way street" that includes individual contributions and personal inputs that can only exist when the jiva soul can express their own independent individuality and unique free will.
Srila Prabhupāda - ''Unless there are two persons, where is the question of love? Love means two persons, then there is exchange. When these things are transacted, then there is love. I must deal with you open-hearted, you must deal with me open-hearted, then there is love. So if you want to love Kṛṣṇa, God, then these things MUST be there''. (Evening Darsana, August 9, 1976, Tehran)
Srila Prabhupada - "Love is reciprocal, voluntary, good exchange of feeling. Then there is love. Not by force, no, Krishna does not want to become a lover like that, ‘You love me, otherwise I shall kill you!" (Washington DC July 8, 1976)
Having "free will" is the eternal constitutional make up of EVERY "marginal living entity", and is the foundation for ALL jiva-soul's relationship with Krishna.
Srila Prabhupada - "If you have no free will, then you are a stone. The stone has no free will. You want to be stone? Then you must have free will!" (August 5, 1976, New Mayapur France)
Srila Prabhupada - "So, unless there is a possibility of misusing our free will, there is no question of freedom.” (Dialectical Spiritualism, Critique of Descartes)
The jiva souls in Vaikuntha or Goloka Vrindavana therefore, are forever expanding their sense of individuality with personal offerings and contributions to Krishna based on selfless loving reciprocation with the Lord, it is NEVER a one sided relation with the Krishna, there is ALWAYS reciprocation in a "two way exchange" that allows "love" to exist, expand and florish.
Real love or Bhakti is reciprocal, as said above, it is NEVER a "one way street".
That kind of mindless forced surrender to Krishna takes away one's sense of self, individuality and personal contributions.
Devotee - "Srila Prabhupada why did Krishna give us free will if He knew we would miss use it in the material world?"
Srila Prabhupada - "If you have no free will, then you are a stone. The stone has no free will. You want to be stone? Then you must have free will! But don't misuse your free will. But don't try to become stone either. That is not life". (August 5, 1976, New Mayapur France)
This is important to understand because each individual jiva-soul has their own independent personality, sense of self and unique characteristics that THEY only have, that is part and parcel of each individual marginal living entities make up as the independent eternal "person" they are eternally.
Srila Prabhupada - “Because you are Son of God you have got independence, full independence, therefore you have acquired the quality of your father. You have got little independence. "So God does not interfere with your little independence”. (Melbourne, Australia June 25, 1974)
Devotee – "But In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, it says that Krishna did not want us to come to this material world. If Krishna did not want us to come, why are we here?” Why doesn’t He save me from thinking like that?”
Srila Prabhupada - “That means YOU lose your independence. That is force, in Bengali it is said, ‘If you catch one girl or boy, ‘You love me, you love me, you love me.’ ” Is it love? “You love me, otherwise I will kill you!’ Is that love? So Krishna does not want to become a lover like that, on the point of revolver. ‘You love me, otherwise I shall kill you!’ That is not love; that is threatening. Love is reciprocal, voluntary, good exchange of feeling. Then there is love. Not by force; that is rape. Why one is called lover, another is called rape?” (July 8, 1976 in Washington, D.C)
The one way street slave/master relationship between individuals DOES NOT exists in Goloka Vrindavana or Vaikuntha.
How boring would Goloka-Vrindavan be if every soul was exactly the the same in God's Kingdom of Vaikuntha and Goloka-Vrindavana, like a programmed robot on an assembly line.
That version of Vaikuntha and Goloka Vrindavana is IMPERSONALISM! Meaning there are no hear felt loving exchanges shared between two.
Impersonalism means one. Personalism means two, and love can only begin to exist when their are two involved.
The "impersonal" version of "surrender", prominent in the 1970s with many nonsense religious cults and sangas, are just "mindless" concocted dangerous version of religion.
Those cult followers are encouraged to extinguish their personal contributions, individual identity, free will and sense of self in the name of "surrender", and just do what they are told to do in the name of their bogus version of God.
Both "Personal" sangas (even some Vaishnavas) and "impersonal" sangas are guilty of this bogus preaching of what "surrender" really means.
No, love between the devotee, Krishna and Guru is NEVER impersonal and selfish like explained above, expressed in a "one way" forceful demand of obedience.
Srila Prabhupada - "In Bengali it is said, ‘If you catch one girl or boy, ‘You love me, you love me, you love me.’ ” Is it love? “You love me, otherwise I will kill you!’ Is that love? So Krishna does not want to become a lover like that, on the point of revolver. ‘You love me, otherwise I shall kill you!’ That is not love; that is threatening. Love is reciprocal, voluntary, good exchange of feeling. Then there is love. Not by force; that is rape. Why one is called lover, another is called rape?” (July 8, 1976 in Washington, D.C)
Impersonalism DENIES loving reciprocation and individual contributions between Krishna and all his associates.
This forceful bogus impersonal version of surrender denies one's individual contribution's of self expression.
In the spiritual Planets of Vaikuntha and Goloka Vrindavana, one NEVER denies who they really are as an idependant unique person, or attempts to extinguish their free will, identity and individuality, thinking that giving all these qualities up, one is surrendering to Krishna and becoming selfless.
Being the "unique person" the jiva soul eternally is, and having "free will" expressed fully in Vaikuntha and Goloka-Vrindavana, allows the jiva soul to give the very best of their character and personality in the service of the Lord.
This is what selflessness and surrender really means where the jiva soul expresses their own unique qualities in the service of Lord Krishna, making them His very dear reciprocal friends eternally.
The jiva souls are idependant "surrendered" persons, servants and friends of Krishna.
This is who we all are as our real Svarupa eternal spiritual bodily identity in Goloka Vrindavana, or in Vishnu's Vaikuntha Planets.
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