1 - Having 50 of Krsna's 64 qualities means the jiva-souls have 78.125% of Krsna's attributes.
2 - Their own independent personality and unique character that is fully dependent on Krsna's energies.
3 - Their own individual spiritual bodily form (svarupa) that is originally 2 legs 2 arms like Krsnas but can voluntarily change to many other forms from a blade of grass to a tree flower, flagpole, chair, cloud, rain etc including the 4 armed form similar to Lord Viṣṇu while living on the Vaikuntha planets.
No two jiva-souls are the same in Vaikuntha or Goloka Vrindavan, each jiva-soul is unique with their own personality separate from Krsna's Personality.
Even though at a glance in the Vaikuntha planets, all jiva-soul's bodies resemble Lord Visnus, the fact is, each spiritual body resembling Lord Visnu's body, when carefully observed, is different, each has their own unique characteristics.
All the jiva-souls are independent from Krsna's Personality and dominance, having their own unique personality and free will, yet as said above, are always fully dependant on Krsna's all pervasive energies.
The jiva-souls have their own unique sense of self that allows them to voluntarily contribute their own personal offerings to Krsna instead of being told what to offer to Krsna.
In other words, without having the "free will" to be a separate independent contributing individual living entity, then one is no better than a dead stone Prabhupada has warned us.
Srila Prabhupada - "If you have no free will, then you are a stone. The stone has no free will. You want to be stone? Then you must have free will! But don't misuse your free will. But don't try to become stone either. That is not life." (Aug 5, 1976, New Mayapur France)
Srila Prabhupāda – "Love means a relationship between "two persons", then there is exchange, then there is love. I must deal with you open-hearted, you must deal with me open-hearted, then there is love. So if you want to love Kṛṣṇa, God, then these things must be there." (Aug 9, 1976, Tehran)
Even though Krsna allows this freedom for His amusement to see what happens when the jiva-souls are given freedom, He always remains the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes.
Just like the Sun-disc and the sun-rays cannot exist separately from each other, similarly Krsna cannot exist separately from His living entities (parts and parcels) and the living entities cannot exist without Krsna.
Each jiva-soul (marginal living entity) is a one of a kind independent individual with their own unique personality and character different separate from Krsna's Personality and Character, and different from other jiva-souls and expansions of Kṛṣṇa.
Loving devotional service to Krsna is always is based on a "two-way" voluntary exchange of personal feelings manifesting as loving acts of devotion between Kṛṣṇa and His devotees, who voluntarily contribute their own unique expressions (offerings) to Him as the real act of surrendering to Krsna's will that does not deny the free will of each individual jiva-soul.
On the other hand, actions expressed in a one-way domineering forceful mood from a "so called God" in His Kingdom that denies personal voluntary contributions expressed in a two-way exchange of feelings, only leaves the jiva-souls no better than dead stone as explained above by Prabhupada.
Such a mindless none productive relationship is dangerous impersonalism.
"Personalism" means having a "two-way" relationship with Krsna that includes voluntary loving exchange of feelings that expands, enriches and multiplies loving affection, sentiment and exchanges between the jiva-souls and Krsna.
Srila Prabhupada - "Love means you take and you give also. Suppose if you love somebody and you simply take from him, but you don't give. Oh, do you think it is very good? No. It is not good. That is not love. That is exploitation. If I go on simply taking from you, and if I don't offer you anything, that is simply exploitation." (Lecture on BG Ch 9 text 2-5, New York, Nov 23, 1966)
Srila Prabhupada - "We have got the propensity to love. Love means somebody else. Love cannot be one or love cannot be executed by only one, there must be two. I love somebody; somebody loves me, there must be lover, there must be beloved, and the transaction, then love." (SB Canto 1 Ch 2 text 6, Delhi, Nov 12, 1973)
Srila Prabhupada - "The impersonalist philosophy is oneness, so how there be love with just one? Is it possible? Have you got any such experience that love means one? No. Love means two. There must be two, the lover and the beloved. Kṛṣṇa is already lover. He loves you so much that He's trying to get you back. That is Kṛṣṇa's attempt. "Please, My dear boy, or My dear friend, My dear servant." (SB Canto 2 Ch 1 text 3, Paris, June 12, 1974)
Srila Prabhupada - "Surrender BY your intelligence but don't surrender your intelligence." (Letter to Bali Mardan 1974)
Love can never exist when only one is involved, the freedom must be there to voluntarily participate in a two-way relationship. Even Krsna had to divide Himself into two just so He could experience loving exchanges with a women.
The word reciprocation only has meaning when there are two involved, NOT one.
As explained above, free will is eternally the constitutional make up of every marginal living entity (jiva-soul) and the foundation in all relationship with Krsna because free will gives the jiva-souls a voice and ability to give and receive love.
If Krsna did deny the jiva-souls their free will, then the Vaikuntha planets and Goloka-Vrindavana are dead useless realms where only cold impersonalism exists.
Srila Prabhupada - "Love means two, there must be two, the lover and the beloved." (Lecture on BG Ch 9 text 2-5, New York, Nov 23, 1966)
Loving exchanges is activated by reciprocation between two, as said above, it can never exist on a one-way platform.
Therefore, the destiny of the jiva-souls is not exclusively up to Krsna, the jiva-souls also have a choice as well.
The fact is Krsna will never force the jiva-souls to accept His promise of never again falling down to the material creation if they choose differently.
He can force His will on the jiva-souls if He wants because Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes and controls everything including the jiva-souls free will.
However, no, Krsna will never interfere with the jiva-soul's free will by forcing them to love Him because He knows by not allowing the jiva-souls to have their freedom, only makes them no better than dead useless stone.
In other words, forcing His will on the jiva-souls will only destroy their independent nature and unique personality, depriving them of experiencing "voluntary" exchanges with Krsna.
The experience of real love means a relationship between two, that includes the free will to even reject Krsna if one chooses.
Srila Prabhupada – "Yes, human form, God is also human form. Man is made after the shape of God. I think there is in the Bible. Is it not? So God is also like human form. Here you see Krsna, two hands, two legs."
Hari-sauri – "How do we understand, then, that there are peacocks and flowers and trees in the spiritual world? Are these not eternal forms?"
Srila Prabhupada – "[describing material form first]: Yes, they are more covered. Just like if you cover your body with blanket, the hands and legs are invisible. But you are not the blanket. So the trees and plants, they are more covered. They are not in full manifestation. The human form is the full manifestation of the soul."
Hari-sauri - "They are covered in the spiritual world?"
Srila Prabhupada - "Not in the spiritual world, there that is voluntary, some devotees want to serve Krsna as flower; so they become flower there. If I want that, to be a flower I shall lie down at the lotus feet of Krsna, then he becomes flower, voluntarily, and he can change from flower to human body. That is spiritual life. There is no restriction. If some devotee wants to serve Krsna as cow, he serves Krsna as cow, as calf, as flower, as plant, as water, as ground, field, or as father, as mother, as friend, as beloved, anything. It is inconceivable, yet a fact." (SB, Canto 6 Ch 1 text 1-4, Melbourne, May 20, 1975)
All the individual personal contributions from the jiva-souls are forever expanding their unique ability of self expression in Vaikuntha and Goloka Vrindavana.
This allows them to always make voluntary offerings to Krsna that forever increase and expand loving emotions in healthy two-way exchange between Kṛṣṇa and the individual jīva-souls.
It is very important to understand that the individual jiva-souls are "persons" with their own unique individual feelings of self expression existing always in both Vaikuntha and Goloka-Vrindavana.
It must be clearly understood for love to truly exist, each individual jiva-soul must have their free will so they can contribute in their own way and make their own choices in Vaikuntha and Goloka-Vrindavana, even if it means choosing to leave Krsna, otherwise there can be no question of genuine love or service.
Srila Prabhupada - "So, unless there is a possibility of misusing our free will, there is no question of freedom." (Dialectical Spiritualism, Critique of Descartes)
This quality or attribute of free will is part of the jiva-soul's marginal constitutional nature, as an independent free thinking part and parcel expansion of the Krsna.
Krsna allows this freedom that all jiva-souls have because without free will loving exchanges and reciprocation can never exist.
Srila Prabhupada – "You have got little independence therefore you can violate. Because you are part and parcel of God you have got independence, proportionately, therefore if he likes he can return. That independence has to be accepted, little independence. We can misuse that." (Mayapur, Feb 19, 1976)
Srila Prabhupada - "Unless there is chance of doing wrong or right, there is no question of free will. Where is free will then? If I act only one sided, that means I have no free will. Because we act sometimes wrongly, that means free will."
Hayagriva - "A man may know better but still act wrongly."
Srila Prabhupada - "Yes, but that is free will. He misuses his. Just like a thief, he knows that his stealing, it is bad, but still he does it. That is free will. He cannot check his greediness, so in spite of his knowing that he is doing wrong thing—he will be punished, he knows; he has seen another thief, he was punished, he was put into prison— everything he knows, but still he steals. Why? Misuse of free will. Unless there is misuse of free will, there is no question of free will." (Discussions with Rene Descartes and Prabhupada)
The jiva-souls (marginal living entities) have 78.125% of Krsna's 100% qualities, which is 50 of Krsna's 64 qualities.
Srila Prabhupada - "Balarama is the plenary manifestation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore He is as good and powerful as Lord Krsna. He belongs to the Visnu-tattva - the principle of Godhead." (SB, 1.11.16-17, Purport)*^*^×
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