Discover your Connection with Shree Krishna – 3 Energies of God REVEALED by Swami Mukundanand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSgAb2L6jk
Main Points:
0:00 – 0:41 In the West, people believe in one God and one Satan constantly battling, but the Vedas ask: If Satan exists, who created him? God Himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSgAb2L6jk&t=0
1:06 – 1:30 The Gita explains that besides material energy, God also has a superior energy — the souls, who are the basis of life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSgAb2L6jk&t=66
1:32 – 2:23
Consciousness comes from the soul, which is beyond material energy and beyond the reach of scientific instruments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSgAb2L6jk&t=92
2:27 – 3:03
Science can study brain activity and waves but cannot explain the mind or the true source of thoughts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSgAb2L6jk&t=147
3:06 – 3:56
Just as life departs at death, consciousness is the symptom of the soul — a higher energy present in all living beings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSgAb2L6jk&t=186
4:07 – 4:49
The soul is connected with God, but unlike Shankaracharya’s Advaita claim that “soul itself is God,” devotees see the soul as distinct yet related.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSgAb2L6jk&t=247
5:03 – 6:22
If we were God, how could we be under Maya? In truth, Maya is not Satan but God’s material energy doing its function.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSgAb2L6jk&t=303
6:28 – 7:07
Arguments against Advaita: If we were God, we’d be omniscient and omnipresent, but clearly we are not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSgAb2L6jk&t=388
7:17 – 8:07
Souls are many, but God is one — pervading and sustaining the universe through His innumerable energies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSgAb2L6jk&t=437
8:21 – 9:51
Closing: Just as the sun illuminates all with its rays, God pervades creation. Swami introduces Daily Sadhna, a platform for structured spiritual growth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foSgAb2L6jk&t=501 Full Text:
0:00 In the west they believe that there is 0:02 one God and one Satan and there's a 0:06 battle that goes on, on Sundays. You have 0:08 these televangelists speaking. 0:11 Satan is grabbing hold of our schools 0:13 and he's corrupting the character of 0:15 people and we are just voting, allowing 0:18 society to be overrun by Satan. 0:22 So there is the Satan and then there is 0:25 God and God is not so powerful. So Satan 0:29 is gaining the upper hand. But the Vedas 0:33 say what Satan are you talking about? If 0:37 there is a Satan then who created Satan? 0:41 God. Why did God create a Satan then? 1:06 1:08 such is my inferior energy. 1:12 But beyond it, oh mighty Arjun, 1:16 I have a superior energy. This is the 1:20 Jiva shakti 1:22 the soul energy which comprises embodied 1:26 souls who are the basis of life in this 1:30 world. 1:32 Our Bhagavad Gita is giving us an 1:36 explanation. 1:38 Consciousness is coming from a higher 1:41 form of energy called the soul. 1:46 So we talked about material energy. Now 1:48 he's talking about beyond ,i.e., non-material 1:52 energy 1:53 and naturally it is going beyond the 1:55 realm of science 1:58 because the instruments of science are 2:00 material. 2:02 So the material instruments they can 2:05 detect material phenomena 2:09 but something that goes beyond the realm 2:12 of matter, how will the scientific 2:15 instruments reach there? So the 2:18 scientific instruments 2:20 are insufficient in studying the 2:23 phenomenon of consciousness. 2:27 In fact, the scientific instruments 2:29 cannot even study what is happening in 2:31 the mind. 2:33 They know there's a brain but 2:36 beyond the brain is the mind. What is 2:39 that mind? 2:41 Every neurologist in the world will 2:44 admit defeat. We are unable to explain 2:47 but we know when somebody is thinking 2:50 deep meditative thoughts there are theta 2:52 waves they call it theta state and when 2:55 they are thinking very creative thoughts 2:57 then it is this particular wave, so they 3:00 are finding the symptoms but they don't 3:03 know what's happening in the black box (of the mind) 3:06 Likewise there is the soul in the body 3:10 that has imparted consciousness to the 3:13 body. 3:17 So that consciousness is not the soul. 3:20 That is the symptom of the soul. 3:23 And the consciousness you can see, oh 3:25 yeah, yeah, there's life out here and 3:28 there is no life here. Burn it up. 3:32 Now you burn up a dead body. And if you 3:35 were to burn a living body, that would 3:39 be a serious offense. You could even be 3:41 hanged for it. 3:43 But once it is a dead body, nobody 3:46 complains. You burn it, there is no life 3:48 in it. So the life has come from the 3:53 presence of the superior energy which is 3:56 all of us who are souls. 4:00 What an interesting way of looking at 4:04 the soul as another energy. 4:07 And hence that energy is also one with 4:11 the energetic. 4:15 Just like the world is one with God, the 4:18 soul is also one with God. 4:21 Shankaracharya 4:22 in his propagation of Advait vad, he said the 4:26 soul itself is God. So he took it to the 4:30 extreme. He said 4:34 there is no other god. You yourself are 4:37 God. 4:39 Well that is the ad philosophy. The 4:42 devotee says 4:47 my lord you are my father you are my 4:49 mother. And the advaiti says “syam-Eva Maataa Ca Pitaa Svam-Eva” 5:03 So how do you do pranam to yourself 5:05 then? 5:07 But advait philosophy has a lot of clientele. 5:11 However the question arises 5:15 that if we are the supreme divine 5:18 personality then how come we are under 5:21 maya? 5:23 If God can come under Maya then Maya is 5:27 more powerful than God. 5:31 Like in the west they believe that there 5:33 is one God and one Satan and there is a 5:37 battle that goes on. When I first came 5:40 to America I said let's take a look on 5:43 the Sundays you have these 5:45 televangelists speaking. 5:48 Satan is grabbing hold of our schools 5:50 and he's corrupting the character of 5:52 people and we are just voting, allowing 5:54 society to be overrun by Satan. 5:58 So there is this Satan and then there is 6:01 God and God is not so powerful. So Satan 6:05 is gaining the upper hand. But the Vedas 6:09 say what Satan are you talking 6:11 about? If there is a Satan then who 6:15 created Satan? 6:18 God. Why did God create a Satan? Then in 6:22 this case, it's not Satan. It's the 6:24 material energy maya. 6:28 And Maya is Bhagavan's energy. What it 6:31 does, what its work is, we will see. So 6:34 it's a material energy of God himself. 6:39 So the point is that if God can come 6:43 under the influence of maya 6:46 then maya is more powerful than God. 6:50 Second point, if we ourselves are God as 6:53 the advaitis say, then how come we are not 6:57 all knowing? 6:59 Because God is omniscient. 7:03 And if we were God, there would be no 7:07 need for Swami G to give a lecture. I 7:10 just say you are God. You know 7:11 everything. You say yes Swami G, I know 7:14 everything. 7:17 The third point is that if the God is 7:21 all pervading everywhere. So if we were 7:25 God, we would also be all pervading. 7:29 Then you would not have to move, you 7:31 know, from your room in the sun and 7:34 midday to come here to the hall. You 7:36 would simultaneously be here and in your 7:38 room. 7:41 And the fourth point is that the souls 7:45 are many. 7:47 We've got people here attending the 7:49 retreat. If we are God, then that means 7:52 there would be so many gods. But the 7:54 Vedas say 7:57 there is one God who by His innumerable 8:02 potencies 8:04 is pervading and manifesting all 8:07 creation. 8:21 Narad Pancharatra says like the sun in 8:24 one place by its energies illumines the 8:29 whole solar system. Likewise, the one 8:32 supreme divine personality by His 8:36 energies has manifested and is 8:39 sustaining all of creation.
