The purpose of the Proprietor part 1

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The purpose of the Proprietor part 1

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(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Dec 2011, Sasolburg, Johannesburg, South Africa)

It is said that according to the behaviour of people, nature will respond. So Vedic culture says that the behaviour of nature is directly relating to the behaviour of people on the planet, which is something that I have never thought of before. It had never occurred to me that there might be a co-relation. But yes, and the reason is of course is because nature has a divine origin, and behind it is the Supreme Lord, and everything in this world is going on under the control of the Supreme Lord. As the Bhagavad-Gita Gita explains:

'Not a blade of grass moves without the will of the Lord'.

It is not that He is personally involved with every aspect of it, and that He has a super computer to control 'R' for rain and 'S' for sun…. or turn up the wind a little. No, these things are simply going on by His will, by His desire. He doesn't need to sit in the control room and make sure that nature has it cause. But still nature is acting according to a divine plan. So in nature one can see a divine blue print…a kind of a divine plan behind nature, and in that way when I sit here in this little reserve, then naturally I am reminded of that spiritual aspect behind everything.

One doesn't exclude the other. We are very much here in this location. It's not that we are not in this world…. we are! It's not that spiritual life means that we do not deal with this world. Of course, we deal with this world – we live in this world, and we take care of it, but it's not the all and everything…. it's not that that's all there is…. just working and every once in a while a holiday is taken…. we just have some leisure time, and enjoy having a picnic, or whatever people have…. and that there's nothing more.

Generally speaking it doesn't really matter in what tradition of the world we are looking, but basically whether we are looking at the European tradition where Christianity became very prominent..or whether we look at a Middle Eastern tradition where Islam became predominant….or we are looking at a more Asian tradition where Hinduism became is predominant…. or even far Asia where Buddhist tradition are more prevalent…whatever it maybe, we are finding that in all these kinds of traditions the human form of life is recognised to be in a unique position amongst all other forms of life! The human form of life is standing out in that sense. In the human form of life one is held responsible for one's actions, which is sort of a common understanding.