SB 11.07.07 – Don’t upgrade material reality disproportionately

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thank you Krishna bhagavatam 11.7.7 yad idam manasa vacham chakshur ghyam shirvanadhimi nashvaram grihyam anam cha viddhi maya manomayam yad idam manasa vacham so Krishna is now describing how ultimately the material world and the material level of reality is insubstantial yad idam manasa vacham here with our mind, with our senses chakshur ghyam shirvanadhimi with speech, with eyes, with ears and other senses adhibhi whatever we perceive nashvaram nashvaram means it is destructible, it is not permanent nashvaram grihyam anam cha and what we accept or perceive all the senses viddhi or know it to be maya manomayam it is a product of maya maya manomayam so it is what does this mean? Krishna is not dismissing material reality entirely material level of reality entirely as false but he is downgrading it as a counter to our mistaken upgradation of material reality all of us upgrade material reality for materialistic people material material reality is the only reality when they consider everything beyond matter to be just a product of fantasy as we start becoming devotees we start perceiving how there is a reality beyond the material reality also and as we move forward in our spiritual life we start recognizing that that reality is actually very important and over time we recognize that that reality, that non-material reality that spiritual reality is in fact the most important reality of life there is nothing as important because it is at that level of reality where lasting peace and bliss exists and it is by connecting with that level of reality that we can experience true peace and bliss while we are living in the material world also so but the whole propaganda of the materialistic culture around us is it causes material reality to be upgraded beyond what it needs to be our body is important just as our dress is important but just as the dress is not all important the body and things related to the body are not all important and just as in a status based fashion centered culture the dress can be given far more importance than what it needs to be given similarly material things can be given in a materialistic culture materialistic things related with the body far more important than what they need to be given so so so philosophical contemplation and how ultimately our connection with matter is temporary and matter is not our home, matter is not our shelter by remembering this we can downgrade material reality in our own estimation and thereby free our consciousness so that it can focus on spiritual reality and relish the supreme spiritual reality there that is Krishna that’s why it’s vitally important for us to have a philosophical understanding of things because without a philosophical understanding of things our material environment will cause us subconsciously but inescapably but unavoidably will cause us to upgrade material reality in terms of its importance and in terms of its potential for happiness so that will context if we let material reality get upgraded then in our estimation then we will want to give it more time, more thought, more energy and then correspondingly we will have less time, less thought, less energy for spiritual thought, for spiritual reality and thereby we will be able to relish spiritual reality lesser and lesser and this becomes a vicious cycle because the less we relish spiritual reality the less we feel it is important and then more we sink into material reality until material reality can completely consume and devour us such a person becomes as Bhagavatam and the Ishopanishad says आत्महनोजिना the killer of the soul so rather than killing our soul we want to steal our soul from all the material agitation that is there and fill the soul with love for Krishna and that will happen when we recognize the insubstantiality of material reality and focus on spiritual reality at least for the time when we are doing our sadhana and and are striving to connect with spiritual reality in a serious and sustained way thank you