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                                                                                              style


                                                                                              life
                                                                 of love and devo on for the Lord. (Bg 2.41)
                                                                                              undisciplined

    45  stresses this point: “To show special mercy, I, dwelling in their hearts,  destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of igno- rance,” (Bg 10.11) One who has unflinching devo on for the Supreme  Lord and is directed by the spiritual master, in whom he has similar un- flinching faith, can see the Supreme Personality of Godhead by revela-  on. (Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.23) Thus one who does not take person- al training under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual m




                                                                                              an   such
                                          knowledge of the Lord.                              embrace   who   ple   iour and life style belies their claim.



















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                                           limi ng   increment,   by  increases   in   and   that   so



                                           no   me, space and dimensions. In the spiritu- al world there is  a  compe  on  between   and  means as soon as one a empts to meas- ceivable potencies. There is no experience   dimension    me  fore,  it  is  impossible  for  mundane  scien-  sts, scholars, and philosophers to under- stand the spiritual world. They must first  be trained in Krishna consciousness ac vi-  devo on
                                           with          He       limited


                                           bliss               fourth            pure
    20  incredible potencies. This is the difference between the three dimen- sional material world and the fourth dimensional spiritual world. The  fourth dimension called Turiya is different than the finite dimensions  of length, width, and height in the material world. In the fourth di- mension everything including  me is unlimited as exemplified by the  Supreme  Lord  Krishna’s  unlimited  body,  form,  and  existence.  When  the Lord appeared as Vamana deva, a dwarf Brahmana, he was
                                           dental        ure   the   of   world    es  sciousness can enter into the fourth dimension of spiritual reality.
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