Wanting to Create Life by a Combination of Chemicals
Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that the propensity to create exists in both the Supreme Lord and the living entities. However, when the conditioned soul tries to create independently of Kṛṣṇa, the results are always disastrous. Whether it is a scientist wanting to create life by a combination of chemicals or society attempting to create artificial comforts, such endeavors are rooted in atheism and illusion. Conversely, a pure Vaiṣṇava uses their creative energy to serve the Lord, striving to create pure devotees, ideal leaders, and a spiritual atmosphere that can guide the entire human society back home, back to Godhead.
The Illusion of Chemical Life
Modern material scientists often reject the idea that life comes from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Instead, they regard external material elements as supreme. Śrīla Prabhupāda directly challenges those who want to create life by a combination of chemicals, pointing out their foolishness. If they claim to have this ability, they must prove it practically in a test tube, which they consistently fail to do because life is a spiritual particle, not a material byproduct.
- A nondevotee or atheist also cultivates God consciousness - by trying to avoid God in everything. For example, so-called scientists who want to create life by a combination of chemicals regard the external, material elements as supreme.
- Such scientists (who want to create life by a combination of chemicals regard the external, material elements as supreme) do not like the idea that life is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord.
- If somebody wants to create, then at once we shall call him a fool. We have got test tube. Very boldly we shall say. Now let them prove that he can create.
Artificial Comforts and Laws
Atheists and agnostics refuse to accept the existence of God and instead want to create their own laws. Similarly, people are no longer satisfied with the natural provisions supplied by the Lord. They want to create artificial comforts through technological advancement. However, Śrīla Prabhupāda warns that for every artificial comfort created, a corresponding discomfort is also created, keeping society perpetually entangled and burdened.
- There are two classes of men - those who are obedient to the laws of the Supreme Lord and those who are atheists or agnostics, who do not accept the existence of God and who want to create their own laws.
- If we are not satisfied by the natural comforts offered by God and nature, and we want to create artificial comforts, then we have to create discomfort also.
- If you do not be satisfied by the natural comforts offered by God, or nature, if you want to create artificial comfort, then you have to create another discomfort for counteracting. They do not know that.
- If we want to create burden for future, then we may give up this hearing and chanting and sleep very nicely.
Creating Ideal Men and Pure Devotees
While materialists create chaos, the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement has a positive, vital mission: to create pure devotees. Human society currently suffers because it lacks intelligent guidance from genuine brāhmaṇas. By training individuals in the science of devotion, the movement aims to create ideal men who can set the perfect standard. The goal is never to create a group of prākṛta-sahajiyās who lack philosophical depth, but to systematically increase the number of authorized, pure devotees to benefit the entire world.
- We want to create some ideal men. People will see them, and at least they will understand that "Here are the ideal men." They will be ashamed. So those who are in Krsna consciousness movement, they should be sreyan - the best men in the society.
- We want to create pure devotees so that other people will benefit by their association. In this way the number of pure devotees increases.
- We want to create some men who can give guidance to the human society, because at the present moment the society is without any intelligent head, namely Brahmins.
- We do not want to create a group of prakrta sahajiya, or devotees who do not know the science of Krishna and do not know the science of devotion, but simply worship the Deity with no depth of knowledge.
Creating a Spiritual Atmosphere
To demonstrate the practicality of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, Śrīla Prabhupāda wanted to create environments where the primary business is loving Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Communities like New Vrindaban were established to create this atmosphere, centering life on cows, land, and devotional service. Furthermore, he emphasized the importance of creating a highly authorized representation of the science of God through the magazine Back to Godhead, ensuring that future generations have a pristine standard to follow.
- The cows, the trees, the cowherd men and Gopis, their chief engagement was loving Krishna, and in New Vrindaban we want to create this atmosphere and thereby show the whole world how practical and sublime our movement is.
- We want to create this position of Back to Godhead as very authorized representation of the science of God. In future people may refer to it, so we should very cautiously and very nicely do it. It is very important thing, Back to Godhead.
The Purpose of Cosmic Creation
On the universal scale, the Supreme Lord and His empowered agents also want to create. Lord Brahmā wanted to create the cosmic situation to restore the knowledge of the Absolute Truth that was lost during the devastation. Ultimately, the cosmic manifestation is created to give the dormant conditioned souls another chance to rectify their rebellious nature and return to the spiritual world, where Kṛṣṇa enjoys eternally without needing to create friends or enemies out of material deficiency.
- Brahmaji wanted to create the whole cosmic situation as it was in the previous millennium, and because, in the last devastation, knowledge of the Absolute Truth was altogether erased from the universe, he desired that the same knowledge again be renovated.
- The Lord felt somewhat insufficient, like a husband feeling lonely in the absence of his wife. This is a poetic simile. He wanted to create the cosmic manifestation to give another chance to the conditioned souls who were dormant in forgetfulness.
- Because I am not full, because I am deficient in so many ways, I am always needy, and therefore I want to create some friend, and similarly I hate an enemy. But since Krsna is the Supreme, no one can harm Krsna, nor can anyone give Krsna anything.
- This prayer was first spoken to us by Lord Brahma, the master of all creators. The creators, headed by Bhrgu, were instructed in these prayers because they wanted to create.
Conclusion
In summary, Śrīla Prabhupāda clarifies that the desire to create must be properly directed. When scientists want to create life from chemicals or atheists invent their own laws, they only create further illusion and discomfort. True creativity is found in the Vaiṣṇava mission, which seeks to create pure devotees, ideal brāhmaṇas, and spiritual communities. By aligning our creative energies with the desires of the Supreme Lord, we fulfill the very purpose of the cosmic creation: to revive our dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness and return to our eternal, joyful life.
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