Practically no one understands the subtle inner workings of the universe. We are in the middle of a phenomenon known as existence. It is not without rhyme or reason. It is a well-balanced poetic expression of the Absolute Truth. Why then do we experience so much disharmony and feel so much discontent in the midst of what is supposed to be a beautiful well-ordered creation? The answer is simple. We are out of sync with the Supreme Consciousness.
Each one of us is an individual consciousness. Each one of us has a relationship with the Totality, the Total Consciousness, the Universal Consciousness. But we have forgotten that relationship having divorced ourselves from the Supreme many lifetimes ago. Therefore we have a world society that is extremely fragmented and almost completely out of out of harmony with Mother Nature and her source, the Absolute Truth, the Ultimate Source of all energies. Self-realization is a process of fully dovetailing the individual consciousness with the Universal Consciousness and thus regaining one's original natural identity that is eternal, full of knowledge, and full of bliss.
Nowadays we sadly measure success by how much one is expert in accumulating money. All too often we see those who are most expert in gathering wealth are those who are the most expert in exploiting others. We need to take a new look at how we define success. The current paradigm for success is gradually bringing about the total destruction of our modern civilization. We're raping the earth. We're raping each other. All for the purpose of seeing who can accumulate more material wealth and enjoy his senses more than everybody else. There is full facility here to satisfy everyone's need, but not their greed.
The real fact is that in most cases the more one becomes materially successful the more he becomes a karmic disaster area. The Ultimate Self Realization Course is providing the remedial measures for a society that is like a body with its head cut off. This course will put the head back on the social body. It will give a brain back to the intelligent, thoughtful people and the powerful leaders of the human society. I hope this course will be taken in the right spirit, even though I am certainly not highly advanced from the academic viewpoint. Nor am I highly trained in the art of writing. This course is a humble attempt to bring about a complete revolution in a society that has disconnected itself from even the most basic understanding of what existence means.
What we want you to understand is that when you master the art of fully dovetailing your individual consciousness with the Supreme Consciousness you will experience a success that goes far beyond the greatest conquerors or successful entrepreneurs of this world. You will become completely transcendental to the unavoidable four miseries of material existence, namely birth, death, old age, and disease. You will reawaken your eternal spiritual identity that cannot be touched or disturbed by anything within this material world. There is no greater science than this. There is no greater knowledge than this. There is no greater art than this. There is nothing more worthwhile to devote your life to than this.
By the combined mercy of Lord Sri Krishna and my eternal spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada I have been blessed with the highest realization of the Absolute Truth. If you will follow this course very seriously I can assure you that you will also quickly realize the Absolute Truth. If the leaders of the human society can also follow the instructions of this course a new age of peace and prosperity will dawn upon the face of the earth.
Om Tat Sat
Sankarshan Das AdhikariBhaktivedanta Ashram, Austin, TexasJanuary 13, 2004
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