Safe and Easy Space Travel

One of the first books that I read by Srila Prabhupada was Easy Journey to Other Planets in 1972. At the time, UFO’s were a big thing. Television programs like “My Favorite Martian” and “Star Trek” were all the rage. Everyone was talking about the latest sightings of flying saucers in their part of the country. As a youngster, my imagination ran wild. I used to wonder what it would be like to transfer myself to another planet or dimension. It seemed within the realm of possibility.

Over the years, humankind has made numerous attempts to reach the far galaxies and try to discover what lies beyond. According to Srila Prabhupada, this is quite natural. In his purport to the first verse of Srimad-Bhagavatam, he states the following:

“It is natural that a philosophical mind wants to know about the origin of creation. At night he sees the stars in the sky, and he naturally speculates about their inhabitants. Such inquiries are natural for man because man has a developed consciousness which is higher than that of the animals.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.1.1., Purport)

Are we the only living beings in the universe? This is a nagging question that never seems to go away. As of yet, we haven’t reached a definitive conclusion; but even in the face of disasters such as yesterday’s, we keep on trying. Perhaps we’ll never know for certain in this lifetime (or for many generations) if we rely solely on the efforts of imperfect human beings. In the Vedic tradition, however, there is another way of receiving knowledge — not through sense perception, but through the process of hearing from spiritual authority:

“There is a spiritual sky. There is another nature, which is beyond manifestation and nonmanifestation. But how will you know that there is a sky where the planets and inhabitants are eternal? All this knowledge is there, but how will you make experiments? It is not possible. Therefore you have to take the assistance of the Vedas. This is called Vedic knowledge.” (Sri Isopanisad, Introduction)

Our material senses are imperfect, and so anything created by our senses — including spacecraft — will also be imperfect. Everything within the material atmosphere is conditional or dependent upon other material arrangements. If one piece or element should fail, then the entire whole will collapse. Nothing here is perfectly indestructible. In fact, the Vedas refer to this world as martyaloka, or the world of death.

Fuelled by this realization (at least in part), many young people during the sixties and seventies were seeking a permanent solution. The search for the fountain of youth was raging in full force. So I distinctly recall the joy in my heart when I first laid eyes on Prabhupada’s small book, Easy Journey to Other Planets. There, on the front cover, was a mystic yogi immersed in trance, floating in a cornucopia of stars and planets. On the first page of the Preface, Srila Prabhupada writes:

“The latest desire man has developed is the desire to travel to other planets. This is also quite natural, because he has the constitutional right to go to any part of the material or spiritual skies. Such travel is very tempting and exciting because these skies are full of unlimited globes of varying qualities, and they are occupied by all types of living entities. The desire to travel there can be fulfilled by the process of yoga, which serves as a means by which one can transfer himself to whatever planet he likes — possibly to planets where life is not only eternal and blissful, but where there are multiple varieties of enjoyable energies. Anyone who can attain the freedom of the spiritual planets need never return to this miserable land of birth, old age, disease and death.” (Easy Journey to Other Planets, Preface)

When I read these words, I knew that I had found what I was looking for. Srila Prabhupada spoke with the gravity, surety and authority which I had been seeking for so long. Star Trek was fun, but it was only guesswork and imaginative. Science fiction abounded, but it was only that — fiction. On the contrary, Prabhupada represented a chain of spiritual masters that went back thousands of years. Lord Krsna declared in the Bhagavad-gita, “I spoke this imperishable science of yoga to the sun-god, Vivasvan.” Now who can rival that? Yet surprisingly, the Vedic system of interplanetary space travel does not require a flight on a dangerous man-made spaceship. Neither does one have to join an exclusive club or pay a large membership fee. Srila Prabhupada explains:

“One can attain this stage of perfection very easily by his individual effort. He can simply follow, in his own home, the prescribed method of bhakti-yoga. This method, under proper guidance, is simple and enjoyable. An attempt is made herein to give information to the people in general, and to philosophers and religionists in particular, as to how one can transfer oneself to other planets by this process of bhakti-yoga — the highest of all yogic processes.” (Easy Journey to Other Planets, Preface)

It’s interesting to note that people are still seeking answers through space travel and science fiction. The Star Trek series continues (in one incarnation or another), and so will space flights in spite of the terrible tragedy of February 1, 2003. Man’s thirst for information about other planets and life forms is unceasing. It’s only when we discover the true source of knowledge that our imaginations will be satisfied. The Vedic literatures are replete with information and descriptions of other planets, both material and spiritual. Therefore it behooves us all to take advantage of such timeless wisdom and make a permanent solution to the problems of the material world. Srila Prabhupada spent his life trying to disseminate this ancient Vedic knowledge for the benefit of humankind. As an authorized representative of Srila Vyasadeva (the original author of the Vedas), Prabhupada’s message is unadulterated and pure. His books are therefore a treasury of spiritual knowledge through which we can safely and easily satisfy our innermost longings for intergalactic space travel and timelessness.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

 

(carried over and lifted from prabhupadaconnect.com)

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  1. Sudarsana Das Vanacari says:

    People are being lured to their deaths prematurely and ending up in Patala Loka (hell) by injecting themselves with Luciferaze, as is the plan of the Satanic elites. The Q-Dots which are in the “shot’ contain Marburg and according to Karen Kingston (who has all the covert military documentation, patents and official information from associated and collaborative perps’), these ‘nano dots’ will ‘release their ‘venomous payload’ at the onset of 18ghz frequency of 5G waves IN THE NEAR FUTURE!

    The Satanic elites who recently murdered over 150 young people on Halloween in South Korea have made another child blood-sacrifice to Satan with the obvious intention of denying these souls a place in the higher planetary systems (what to speak of Goloka Vrindavan The Spiritual World!) by imparting to them the notion that “grooming” young victims with sweets (by strangers) is fun! What “tricks” will they be obliged to do in return! Child abuse and child sacrifice always increase on Halloween but these victims are yet to understand that “The Zombie Apocalypse” from Marburg has yet to begin.

    CDC documents this “Zombie Apocalypse” Karen Kingstons states on her site and using the very same terminology in their description of the coming Marburg “Pandemic” which we can recall in a statement by Eugenicist Bill Gates “will get everyone’s attention this time!” So how many more souls will be denied access to the higher planetary systems (heavenly planets) what to speak of the Param Gatim?

    The Illuminati Rock Stars have been busy promoting the “shot” to many a young, and enthralled audience together with ‘Big Screen’ promotions of Nazi warmongers and many of these concerts have also be subjected to bombs, fires, gun deaths and attacks with syringes to create panic and spill the blood of the young as a sacrifice to Satan! ….. This is their plan to deny as many souls as possible to ‘transcend the mundane!’ and through ritual sacrifice send them to hell!

    What is going to happen when they tune in to that 18GHZ 5G frequency in which anyone who has those ‘shots’ (and Q-Dots in their major organs) within range of these towers (and most people in the cities are!) …. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEIR SOULS THEN? The “ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE” is what is going to happen as it is described in the CDC documents.

    The Zombie Apocalypse is “PREDICTIVE PROGRAMMING” and all along the dumb public thought it was just a “fun event” where everyone just dresses up like a “weirdo” (like Halloween) …. NO THIS IS WHERE THE CONDEMNED SOULS ARE TAKEN TO PATALA LOKA (HELL) AS A HUMAN BLOOD SACRIFICE TO EVIL!

    THIS ‘JOURNEY TO HELL’ MAY WELL BE “EASY” BUT THIS IS WHERE THE SUFFERING BEGINS!

  2. Pamho agtacbsp, bhramayan sarva bhutani yantrarudhani mayaya bg 18.61 everyone is travelling through a illegal saguna physical form and every planet got a specific body to leave there but from the highest planet to the lowest the misery of birth and death take place a-brahma bhuvanal loka bg 8.16 ,we can go easily to golokera prema dhana through harinam sankirtana we can travelling by hearing the sound vibration of the MAHA MANTRA HARE KRSNA which come straight away from goloka vrindavan if we improve our daily chanting is easy to catch that lava matra in suddha nama because SCM is the most magnanimous avatara ,we pray everyday also to destroy our miserables and invisible enemies to sent them easily to others planets in the hell, there are different ways of travelling through the factor time through the sound ,the thought etc….but the HARE KRSNA MAHA MANTRA is the best way through bhakti paresanu bhavo viraktir anyatra syat, a pure devotee can travelling directly through his spiritual body as SRILA BHAKTISIDDHANTA SARASVATI THAKUR was free to go wherever HE wish through the purity of HIS spiritual body svarupa murti created by SRI KRSNA which is perfect beyond the factor time etc….agtacbsp ys haribol

  3. Pamho agtacbsp, almost everyone is travelling without driving licence therefore many drivers crash with their bodies machines,to have a legal driving licence means to have a legal guru like SRILA PRABHUPADA in f-iskcon crash fake guru a fake disciple because both of them have not driving licence,SRILA PRABHUPADA is our only jagat guru life after life driving us at home.agtacbsp ys haribol

  4. Pamho agtacbsp, The subtly desire of enjoyment in humans is the cause of wandering all over the universe and SRILA PRABHUPADA used to say even if they got a rotten body machine they still trying their best to go to the hell,all the guru hoaxes got a illegal driving licence as guru therefore they can’t driving their disciple safe at home while SRILA PRABHUPADA can, therefore they are struggling because they don’t have the real prasada of SRILA PRABHUPADA by eating bhoga sins while the bhoga offered to SRILA PRABHUPADA help to control the senses by getting rid of the sin, it’s a science used to say our guru maharaj is not for donkey who worship false guru through fake statements therefore they will suffer very badly the reactions of misleading by cheating agtacbsp ys haribol

  5. Pamho agtacbsp dasami ki jay ,when one understand that the happiness in the material world is made by stools covered nicely by SRI MAYA DEVI one given up the so called dirty happiness of this relative world because one can understand that is dukhalayam asasvatam temporary and full of suffering but if one chant hare krsna one get the sandesh instead of stools, because krsna make one to understand that dirty and dead things is not for a devotee who want go back to HIM at home,that suffering mistaken by enjoyment is for the donkey without the prasada of SSGG.we are lucky because we are eternally connected with SRILA PRABHUPADA prasadam agtacbsp ys haribol

  6. Pamho agtacbsp ,one get the sandesh instead of stools only if one chant hare krsna with SRILA PRABHUPADA i mean the diksa of the maha mantra HARE KRSNA must be given by a pure devotee otherwise the bija seed of mantra don’t work,don’t spread out and can’t save one then how can they save themselves? The sandesh in the mouth don’t come so easily for the offenders.anyway we got it and wish it to get it to everyone by following a real guru there are already so many fake things …….agtacbsp ys haribol

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