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Interesting topic. Though perhaps we should consider the mind of Krishna difficult if not impossible to understand. Does Krishna need the jivas? The jivas are as absolute as Krishna Himself, being parts and parcel of the Supreme. Therefore to question the “need” for the jivas is like questioning the “need” for Krishna himself.
On the pure philosophical plane, the existence of everything, being a rock or a demigod, has in its very existence its own validity. The fact that it exists is all the proof needed. If it exists it was needed, otherwise it would not exist.
I think until we can clearly define what is consciousness, it cannot be determined id AI can achieve it. If we break apart all the components of consciousness, we can one by one eliminate what does not constitute consciousness. In the end what remains is feelings, that will not be experienced by an AI, even though it may learn all about it and act like it can.
“Because we are made of spirit, not matter, we have no ability to independently manipulate matter, and to think we do is the ultimate binding delusion.”
I suggest this statement wrongfully assumes that spirit and matter are completely separated. How does Lord Brahma “create” the universe, if you statement was true? Is he also in delusion that he is the creator? Matter is based on spirit and therefore spirit can move matter, as well as matter can move spirit. How else can matter trap us in our material body?
“One person is Indian, another person is American. One person is old, another is young. One person is a man, another is a woman. One person is rich, another is poor. One person has a formal education, another person doesn’t. …. When we look at these things and give them importance and meaning, they divide us. These divisions and distinctions cause arguments and disagreements.”
“person is Indian, another person is American” — Then why you expect Americans to dress like Indians? Does that not “give them importance and meaning, they divide us.”? I’m trying to understand here.
Has the issue of Srila Bhaktisiddhnata Sarasvati taking sannyasa from a picture of his departed guru been officially addressed by ISKCON? Does this not support the Ritvik initiation concept that has been banned in ISKCON?