The goal of this rare human life is to be trained up to get out of this material world and go back home, back to Goloka-Vrindavan, the eternal personal active Krsna Conscious Kingdom of God.
No one should try to seek out a permanent comfortable life in this temporary decaying material creation because it is not possible while in a perishable troublesome decaying material bodily vessel.
Our only desire should be to go Back home back to Godhead (and be with Krsna) and not attempt to build comfortable homes, cities and sky scrappers in this mundane existence or desire to go to the higher material heavely planets seeking out satisfaction and happiness.
Such actions are not permanently possible in the temporary material creation.
We see how modern technology is only attempting to build the Kingdom of God without God (Krsna)
We should all learn from a very young age, we are the individual perpetual jiva-soul trapped within these temporary outer material bodily coverings, or containers that are always in a state of decline, decay and in constant need of maintenance and repair.
All material endevours for happiness will never solve the problems of
birth,
disease,
old age,
death.
That leads to constant changing of material bodily vessels that repeatedly experience the cycle of-
birth,
youth,
middle age,
old age,
death.
The jiva-souls are eternal living PERSONS who have no beginning point, nor will they ever cease to be.
The jiva-souls are known as Krsna's “marginal energy.”
"Marginal" means "in-between" the influence of the spiritual energy and the influence of material energy.
The marginal energy (jiva-souls) are individual living entities and is NOT some place in the Spiritual Sky where the jiva-souls originate from, no, the marginal potency or realm ARE the individual jiva-souls who have no origin and were NEVER created!
The word "marginal" simply means the jiva-souls are under the influence of either the spiritual energy, or the material energy.
The marginal realm or potency is NOT a place somewhere in the Spiritual Sky, no, the marginal potency ARE the individual living entities or jiva-souls who are EVERYWHERE throughout the Spiritual Sky!
Many misunderstanding this fact.
There is no origin to Krsna's marginal energy (an unlimited number of individual jiva souls), who have existed as long as Krsna has existed.
The marginal platform means the "jiva-souls" or spirit souls, who, as living spiritual individual beings, naturally belong to the supreme spiritual energy (non-material) with Krsna, are called "marginal living entities."
The jiva-souls can choose to be influenced by either the spiritual energy, or the material energy eternally (that makes the marginal), explained as follows by Prabhupada.
Srila Prabhupada – “The jiva-souls are Krsna’s marginal energy. Marginal energy means the jiva-souls may be under the control of the spiritual energy, or they may be under the control of material energy. But when the jiva-souls are under the control of the material energy, that is their precarious condition, struggle for existence. And when they are under spiritual energy, that is their original position and life of freedom.” (Los Angeles, Nov 23, 1968)
Srila Prabhupada - "We (the jiva-souls) are marginal energy (jiva-souls) Marginal means sometimes internal, sometimes external. When we are under the internal energy, that is our normal life, and when we are under the external energy, that is our abnormal life. Therefore, we are called marginal energy (jiva-souls); we can be either this way or that way. But being qualitatively one with the purusa, our tendency is to remain in the internal energy. Being in the external energy is our artificial attempt." (Letter to Lilavati, Allston, Mass 25 April, 1969)
Srila Prabhupada - "The material energy, called as Maya, is also one of the multipotencies of the Lord, as much as we (the jiva-souls) are also marginal potency of the Lord. The living entities (jiva-souls) are described as superior energy than matter, when the superior energy is in contact with inferior energy, it becomes an incompatible situation. But when the supreme marginal potency (jiva-souls) are in contact with the spiritual potency, Hara, it becomes the happy, normal condition of the living entity." (The Happening Album, New York City, Dec 1966)
Srila Prabhupada - "You are also energy; you are marginal energy (jiva-soul) Marginal energy means you (the jiva-souls) may be under the control of the spiritual energy or you may be under the control of material energy—your marginal position. But when you are under the control of the material energy, that is your precarious condition, struggle for existence. And when you are under spiritual energy, that is your life of freedom." (Intro BG As It Is, Los Angeles, Nov 23, 1968)
Therefore, being “generated” from the marginal plane does not mean the jiva-souls “originated” from some so called place in the Brahmajyoti.
First of all, being "marginal" means the jiva-souls have free will, or having the choice to be influenced by the spiritual energy (the jiva-souls nature position and full potential) or influenced by the material energy (unnatural conditioned state)
As said above, the real meaning of "marginal" means the jiva-souls can choose to be influenced by either the spiritual energy, or the material energy based on their free will.
There is no origin to the individual jiva-souls, they are eternally parts and parcel of Krsna and just as old as Krsna.
Srila Prabhupada – “The jiva-souls are Krsna's marginal energy. Marginal energy means we can live either in this external energy or in the internal energy, in between. So at the present moment we are living in the external energy. But this external energy is also Kṛṣṇa's energies, God's energy. It is not different from Him. But the external energy means we are captivated by the external energy. But the external energy is not permanent. The internal energy is permanent. The spiritual world is permanent, and the jiva-souls are also permanent as Bhagavad Gita As It Is chapter 2 text 20 (1983 edition) reveals.” (Lecture on BG 9.4 -Melb, Australia April 23, 1976)
Bhagavad Gita As It Is Chapter 2 text 20 explains the jiva-souls have existed for “infinity”
This means, just like Krsna, they are beginning less and endless, and were NEVER created-
Bhagavad Gita - “For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.” (BG, Ch 2 text 20 “corrected” 1983 edition)
Bhagavad Gita As It Is Chapter 2 text 12 also confirms the jiva-souls were NEVER created.
This is because they have no origin and have existed for infinity like Krsna has, as Krsna explains-
Bhagavad Gita - “Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.” (BG 2.12)
The jiva-souls and Kṛṣṇa have always existed and both were never created.
Srila Prabhupada – “There are no new souls, new and old are due to this material body, but the jiva-soul is never born and never dies, so if there is no birth, how can there be new souls?” (Letter to Jagadisa dasa, 7/9/1970)
The purpose of this very rare human form is to use it to get out of this material world and not continue trying to build the kingdom of God without God.
That is not possible in the material universes that are constantly in a state of decay and decline.
Srila Prabhupada - "When the superior energy is in contact with inferior energy, it becomes an incompatible situation. But when the supreme marginal potency is in contact with the spiritual potency, Harā, it becomes the happy, normal condition of the living entity." (From the "Happening Record Album" New York City, USA 1966)
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