Morning walks 2023

The story of the man whose boat was stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean, and how he was saved by the mercy of the Lord because his hut had burned down. Everything happens according to karma and according to God’s control over maya. If we misuse our free will, Maya punishes us. How free will works. The practice of bhakti or karma depends on the choice of the person. How does it happen that Bhagavan wants to liberate a person? For example, in the story of the stranded boatman...

How the jiva is deluded by maya.

Maya, material energy, cannot touch the transcendental soul, but it surrounds the living entity because the jiva is very small (example of an electric current).

Punishment is also mercy, so maya gives us mercy by punishing us to make us right.

Jiva-maya is how the jiva souls become deluded. Catur-shloki in Srimad Bhagavatam describes. Maya is one, but by the different activities, it is known by different names. When the jiva forgets Bhagavan and wants to enjoy in this world, Maha-maya punishes the living entity. We do not hold maya, the soul is pure and coming from God, this is the tattva. Maya cannot catch the jiva, because they are conscious, transcendental. Maya is surrounding the jiva from all sides by the order of Bhagavan. The...