It's this bodily conception of life that binds the soul in the cycle of birth and death. Majority of the worldly beings are Dehatmi(one who considers the body to be the actual self)
To understand the difference between the sat(eternal)&the asat(temporary or impermanent) is very important for the human civilization. Human life is not meant for building huge material things like buildings,bridges. Big material elements such as mountains are already there available in the creation of the Lord and the caves in the mountains can be used for living.
Building many tall sky scrapers infer the egoism of materialists for their achievement. There is vast area of land available on earth. When we just go in train crossing the outskirts of the city,we could see so much of vacant area of land unused for cultivation or for living. Constructing a ground level apartment would be sufficient for accomodating all people. But modern city is an artificial arrangement that brings more misery to the modern man. To accomodate more people in small area and create an artificial demand is ignorance or under use of the natural resource-earth, in the creation of God. When Vedic civilization was prominent during the rule of saintly kings,city was still there but it was meant for selling and buying goods at one place where trade was considered the major cause. City was mainly used as a market place and majority of the people used to live in villages peacefully, happily and without anxiety.
All activities of a dehatmi are as though he's going to be permanent in the body in which he(soul) resides. But by living in harmony with nature in villages, we can increase the longevity of life and remain peaceful executing the devotional service.
We want to live together all the time with our near and dear ones. No matter how hard we try,material nature will kick us out of the body and we have to enter another body at death. The body is impermanent and those that are related to the body are temporary and miserable as well.
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THE MATERIAL WORLD IS A REFLECTION OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD
THE YOGA OF THE SUPREME PERSON
15.1: THE SUPREME LORD SAID: There is a banyan tree which has its roots upward and its branches down; and the Vedic hymns are its leaves. One who knows this tree is the knower of the Vedas.
PURPORT
AFTER DISCUSSING THE importance of Bhaktiyoga, there may be some question: What about the Vedas? It will be explained in this chapter that the purpose of the Vedic study is to understand Krishna. Therefore, one who is in Krishna consciousness, engaged in devotional service, is already in knowledge of the Vedas. The entanglement of this material world is compared here to a banyan tree. For one who is engaged in fruitive activities, there is no end to the banyan tree. He wanders from one branch to another, to another, to another, to another: The tree of this material world has no end; and one who is attached to this tree has no possibility of liberation. The Vedic hymns, meant for elevating oneself, are called the leaves of this tree. This tree being root-upward means that it begins from where Brahma is located, which is the topmost planet of this universe. One should understand this indestructible tree of illusion, and then one can break away from it. This should be understood. In the previous chapters it has been explained that there are many processes to get out of the material entanglement. And, up to the Thirteenth Chapter, we have seen that devotional service to the Supreme Lord is the best way. Now the basic principle of devotional service is detachment from the material activities and attachment to the transcendental service of the Lord. The root of this material existence is upward. This means that it begins from the total material substance, from the topmost planet of the universe. From there the whole universe is expanded, with so many branches, the various planetary systems. The fruits are the results of the living entities' activities. They include religiousness, economic development, sense gratification, and liberation. One should have a thorough understanding of this imperishable tree.
Now, we have no ready experience in this world of a tree situated with its branches down and its roots upward; but there is such a thing. That tree can be found when we go to a reservoir of water. We can see that the trees on the bank are reflected upon the water-branches down, roots up. In other words, the tree of this material world is only a reflection of the real tree. The real tree is the spiritual world. This reflection of the real tree is situated on desire, as the tree's reflection is situated on water. One who wants to get out of this material existence must know thoroughly, through analytical study, this tree. Then he can cut off the relationship with this material world.
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Dinesh
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