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A Probe Info Life`s ReIafivifies
by SriIa Bhakfisiddhanfa Saraswafi Prabhupada
Oui impcilcci lnowlcdgc is now capiivaicd wiilin ilc mundanc loiizon, and wc
caincsily ciavc a iclcasc liom ilc piison-walls ol unwlolcsomc iclaiiviiy. Tlai
cxpciicncc will ncccssaiily lcad us io concludc ilc dcsiiabiliiy ol non-co-opciaiion
wiil liniiudinal iclaiiviiy; loi wlcn inliniic iclaiiviiy is iallcd ol wc slould noi
asciibc io ii any dclccis ol liniiudinal cxpciicncc lcic. Tlc Supicmc Loid did noi
conliim ilc impcisonal plasc ol ilc Iouniain-lcad ol naiuic and Licinal Supci-
Naiuic, bui picsciibcd a long iiacl wlicl wc slould adopi in oui sojouin in ilis
icmpoial woild as wcll as in piocccding io Tiansccndcncc. Hc did noi picsciibc
ilc sloii-siglicd policy ol mom-co-opciaiion wiil pciislablc limiicd ilings ol
ilis woild bui insiiucicd us io uiilizc ilcm in a piopci diicciion io gci oui dcsiicd
cnd. No doubi oui icliancc on pciiy icasonings aboui mundanc iclaiiviiy would
slow an unwillingncss io icccivc ilc Tiansccndcnial Tiuil uncxploicd liilciio by
oui dclcciivc auial icccpiion; bui a lucly momcni would givc us an accidcnial
oppoiiuniiy ol paying a liiilc moic aiicniion io ilc icmcdy wlicl in iis miiaculous
powci piovcs ilc gicaicsi iclisling saucc ol a iliisiy soul.
Too mucl aiiaclmcni io any limiicd iling will dcny us ilc laciliiy ol cxicnsivc
gains, ilougl ilc policy ol conccniiaiion is iallcd ol vciy liglly loi oui
amclioiaiion. Too mucl alliniiy loi a iling pioduccs maivcllous icsulis in a
icscaicl sclolai wlosc objcci is io biing io oui vicw ilc liddcn lnowlcdgc
inlcicni in ilc ouiwaid objcci. Tlc opciaiion ol Timc las sci up ilc lunciion ol
duiabiliiy acquiicd ilcicby, as loi cxamplc in ilc cxisicncc ol an cplcmcia. As ilc
icscaicl-sclolai oi ilc lovci ol a iiansiioiy objcci is obscivcd io bc sliliing
clscwlcic liom ilc objcci ol lis qucsi and as ilc objcci las goi a icmpoiaiy
cxisicncc wiil ilc susccpiibiliiy ol iiansloimaiion, sucl cxciiions aic mcani io bc
analogous io iimc-sciving cxploiis. Tlc inadcquacy and ilc cxubciancc involvcd
will also piovc ilc undcsiiabiliiy ol sucl icmpoiaiy liuiiivc acis. In ilc cmpoiium
ol plcnomcna, oui scnscs aic lound io cngagc ilcmsclvcs wiil all caincsincss.
Wlcn ilc scnscs aic giaiilicd liom ilc amplc scivicc ol ilcii nccd, ilc saiiaiivc
scqucl docs noi laici on suii ilcii puiposc.
Tlc pioblcm ilcicloic ilai las io bc solvcd is 'wlcic io lccp ilosc objccis ol
scnscs il wc icquiic any iclicl liom ilcii cxploiiing invasions'. Aic wc io ilc
aciuaiing ol oui scnscs by dcvising somc mcans' Tlc cnjoyci ol ilc objccis as wcll
as ilc cnjoycd objccis aic boil siiuaicd in a icniaiivc posiiion ol iimc. As ilc
piovisional cxisicncc and aciiviiics aic capiivaicd in a paii ol Timc, ilcsc
discicpancics slould bc icdicsscd somclow io lavc a piopci soluiion ol ilcsc
puzzling qucsiions. Wc dcal wiil slaly non-Absoluic ilings. So wc slould lavc
an innci dcsiic io lnow ilc diicciion ol ilc Absoluic . Wc lavc lad an
iiicpicssiblc lunciion ol landling ilc plcnomcna by oui scnscs, and ilc objccis
wlicl manipulaic oui scnscs aic lound io bc iiansloimablc. lccausc wc aic
compcllcd io sclcci oui posiiion in a placc wlcic ilcic is no sucl iioublc,
ilcicloic wc sccl loi sliliing ouisclvcs liom all limiicd plailoims io onc wlicl is
sccuic.
Associaiion wiil ilc plcnomcnal objccis las givcn iisc io disiupiion, so
dissociaiion is icadily piclcd up as a icmcdy. And low io landlc ilis lunciion
slould bc ilc ncxi qucsiion. ly dissociaiion wc mcan io gci iid ol ilc iclaiiviiy ol
lnowlcdgc, i.c., io saciilicc oui cogniiivc piinciplc, wlicl is inculcaicd by a
cciiain sclool. Maximisaiion ol lnowlcdgc migli swallow up ilc iwo dillcicni
posiiions ol obscivcd and obscivci, and uniniciiupicd lnowlcdgc wiiloui ilc
iwo wings ol Liciniiy and pcisisicni dissociaiion liom ilc manilcsicd woild.
Wlcn wc ascciiain ilai non-co-opciaiion will givc us wlai wc lavc sougli, do wc
mcan io malc ouisclvcs absiain liom all ncccssaiics ol lilc in oidci io gain pcilcci
dissociaiion liom ilc impcilcci objccis' Tlc answci will bc 'no'. Wc nccd noi pui
a siop io iccciving ilc ncccssaiics ol lilc, bui wc acccpi only ilosc lunciional
aciiviiics ilai aic ncccssaiy loi oui dcliniic inadcquaic ilings io scivc as
ingicdicnis laciliiaiing a movc iowaids ilc Licinal llisslul Knowlcdgc wiiloui any
iclcicncc io oui misdiiccicd cnjoying mood. Il ilcy piovc io bc ol any usc io ilc
Absoluic, ilc icmpoial and lauliy plascs aic indiiccily icmovcd liom ilc
conccpiion ol sucl ilings. So wc nccd noi lavc any appiclcnsion ol ilc
unsuiiabiliiy ol ilcsc ilings and will disccin ilcii immaculaic aspcci wiiloui
wlicl ilcy may piovc io bc snaics maling us uiilizc ilcm loi oui impuic
puiposc. Tlc insipid siiuaiion ol an impcisonal conccpiion nccd noi picdominaic
ovci us as a sciilcd laci. On ilc icmoval ol oui cnjoying piopcnsiiics in conncciion
wiil oui icmpoial cniiiics clcmcnis incoipoiaicd wiil ilc Absoluic. Tlcn comcs
ilc qucsiion-' Wlai aic ilc salicni lcaiuics ol ilc Absoluic and wlai slould bc ilc
nomcnclaiuic ol ilc Absoluic'' Tlc Absoluic is cvidcnily io wclcomc all soiis ol
manilcsiivc naiuic, insicad ol luiling mcicly as ilc unlnown in a icgion bclind
oui scnsuous scopc. Oui scnsuous aciiviiics aic liilciio conlincd io ilc non-
Absoluic and wlcn wc caic mosi loi ilc immuiablc siiuaiion ol ilc Absoluic, no
muiabiliiy slould dissuadc us liom oui covcicd objcci. Il wc wani io clcai oui ol
ilc posiiion ol sciving iiansloimablc objccis and lavc only a singlc conncciion ol
all manilcsiivc ilings wiil Him. Tlis will gibc us ilc mucl covcicd siiuaiion ol
coniinuing oui viial aciiviiics in His scivicc in ilis woild ioo wiiloui an
undcsiiablc apiiiudc slilicd io ilc Absoluic and wc, bcing His iiicgulai
subscivicnis, lclp Him impciislablcs, ilougl ilcy lavc bccn aclnowlcdgc by us
io lavc bccn mcani loi oui usc. So ilc gicaicsi laciliiy is alloidcd by oui sciving
icmpci in placc ol oui wiong cnjoying mood wlicl piovcs liuiilcss in ilc long
iun.
Dissociaiion liom undcsiiablc ilings, wlcn wc lavc in vicw ilc Licinal llisslul
Knowlcdgc, will cxacily scivc ilc puiposc il wc can iiacc oui ilcii conncciion
wiil ilc Absoluic, laving no bcaiing wiil ilcii oiigin, and simply wclcomc wiil a
considciaiion ilai ilcy lavc lad only Licinal associaiion.