Adulteration of consciousness
śrotraṁ cakṣuḥ sparśanaṁ ca
adhiṣṭhāya manaś cāyaṁ
viṣayān upasevate
Synonyms
śrotram — ears; cakṣuḥ — eyes; sparśanam — touch; ca — also; rasanam — tongue; ghrāṇam — smelling power; eva — also; ca — and; adhiṣṭhāya — being situated in; manaḥ — mind; ca — also; ayam — he; viṣayān — sense objects; upasevate — enjoys.
The living entity, thus taking another gross body, obtains a certain type of ear, eye, tongue, nose and sense of touch, which are grouped about the mind. He thus enjoys a particular set of sense objects.
the set is obtained based on degree and type of adulteration.
Certain type and particular are very important - ones taste and preferences is due to certain type of senses - the quality of senses one has obtained
upasevate of visayan - enjoying sense objects - this is our business - visayan upsevate - jumping from one visaya to another visaya - of different quality, quantity etc....mind is the planner and conceptualiser of this visayan upasevate......so can we change these preferences? yes thru bhakti visayan, the senses profile change and hence life conception and hence a better body
In other words, if the living entity adulterates his consciousness with the qualities of cats and dogs, in his next life he gets a cat or dog body and enjoys
Consciousness is originally pure, like water. But if we mix water with a certain color, it changes. Similarly, consciousness is pure, for the spirit soul is pure.
Rain water mixes with mud etc....gets contaminated....rivers join ocean....mixing with colors, it becomes colored.....How can consciousness gets colored? if one doesnt know the true philosophy, consciousness can get colored by the various influences backed by aura. One can develop imperfect conceptions of life and hence transmigrate to lower forms.
But consciousness is changed according to the association of the material qualities. Real consciousness is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. When, therefore, one is situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he is in his pure life.
Bhagavt avalambita prajna - connectivity and function
Ones consciousness decides the motivation for activity and type of activity selection. Be rooted in yatha taror mula nishecanena......
Consciousness is much more underlying that thoughts
Pure life is Krishna consciousness perspective of life. Which means motivation of action is pleasure of Krishna.....KC means acting for the pleasure of Krishna, knowing what causes pleasure and acting is KC; navadha bhakti causes pleasure to Lord; Hearing, explaining, remembering are the primary activities which gives pleasure to the Lord; chanting his nama is the highest pleasure giving activity; Lord likes to hear his names from devotee mouth.....he likes to enter in sound form inside the consciousness thru hearing sravanam. The consciousness of self pleasure is antithetical to KC. Work for the pleasure of the all pervading entity vishnu. this is purity.
But if his consciousness is adulterated by some type of material mentality, in the next life he gets a corresponding body. He does not necessarily get a human body again; he can get the body of a cat, dog, hog, demigod or one of many other forms, for there are 8,400,000 species.
adulteration means the action of making something poorer in quality by the addition of another substance.
Another substance means guna sanga - association with modes of material nature. everything in this world emit the modal energy and this colors the consciousness. Infection, adulteration somewhat same....adulteration is used in inanimate generally whereas infection is used for living substance contamination
Poorer quality thought based on bodily identification is adulteration. wrong concepts of happiness is adulteration. We are born with competitive, snatching mindset. Have a selfish mindset right from birth, a competitive, envious mindset. This is adulteration. Ofcourse this is strengthened by guardians, relatives, society - nowhere the liberal broadmindedness is taught until one comes to a acarya.
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