ILLUSION in ILLUSION

As the residents or inhabitants of the material world we are already put under a spell of illusion (maya), which makes us think that we are the body or the mind , but factually we are a spirit soul.On top of that illusion, the television shows and movies , tend to strenghten that illuison and make it so strong that it becomes almost impossible for a living soul to break out of that mould.The so called forms of entertainment, which include, television, hiphop and rock music etc, reflect the modes of passion and ignorance . Modes of nature as defined earlier comprise of 3 types, and by associating with them a living entity concots a particular conception of life.

Mode of Goodness : comprises of godly characteristics, wherein the focus of the living entity is focussed on the Supreme Personality of GODHEAD ,as the cause of all causes, and where in the living entity is aware of the repucurssions of his every action, as per the law of karma.

Mode of Passion : Has a little cocept of GOD as the order supplier,i.e If one is in need of some material benefit ,he approaches GOD. Living entities in mode of passion are generally, very active in fruitive activities to satisfy their senses. Hence driking, illicit sex, gambling and meat eating is prominent. They are attached to material achievements.

Mode of Ignorace : Characteristed by laziness and atheism and uncleaniness.


Every living entity at anytime is subject to a mixture of these modes of nature. Sometimes Goodness is prominent and other times passion or ignorace become prominent.
Now the mode of nature in which a living entity is situated depends a great deal on the association he is in .

For example, if a person assocaites with the drunkards all the time, he would soon become a drunkard and will be thus situated in the modes of passion and ignorance, and if the same person assocaites with people in goodness, goodness will reflect in his behaviour and gradually he will leave his drinking habits.

Now todays television and in general most of the people around us are found to be in the modes of passion and ignorance. The television shows or movies , depict a picture of illicit sexual relations as a normal thing and a modern day concept , which is very common every where, every advertisement shows a half naked women ,trying to sell some products. Now these images represent the modes of ignorance and passion, since, all the televsion shows, are based on basic concept of sex , which is a product of ignorance and a bodily concept of life.

Sexual intercourse is a neccessity of the body and not of the soul. For the soul it is not essential at all. Sexual intercourse is meant to serve a specific purpose of progeny as per the Vedas, but due to prominance of ignorance and passion in the environment around us , it has become a means of enjoyment, defying its purpose , infact men have deviced ways to eradicate the progeny as a result of sex , by using contraceptive methods. This civilization is influencing every youth and damaging their original conciousness , resulting into frustration, lust, depression, anxiety, disturbance of mind, unneccessary anger and a constant fear.

It has become a common fashion to have boyfriends and girlfriends as a neccessity in the schools and colleges , and not having a so called boy friend or a girlfriend , reflects somekind of a problem with the person. And all those who boast of haveing a girl friend or boyfriend , boast of being in love. The lust to satisfy their own senses is being labelled as love , for most of them have no clue what love is. They scream at their,parents to be with a so called boyfriend or girlfriend, those very parents who made many sacrifices inorder to raise them.Inorder to have their senses satisfied by their socalled love they donot care about the love of their parents and they call this lust to be love.

All these behaviours are influnced by the society. Modern society leaders are themselves in ignorace and passion, so how is that they can lead the mass to a well behaved society of mutual love and respect. All the images being postered or shown on TV or cinema are of sex, violence or racial behaviours, drinking, gambling all the signs of ignorance and passion . Music being played as hiphop , rock have no profound message in them, most of lyrics comprise of some aggressive sarcasm or some crap laungauge which invokes lust, or makes one violent and angry .

On an average, a modern man watches TV for atleast 20-30 hrs in a week ,and listens to the so called music for atleast 50 hrs in the week , and rest of the time is spent in talking about these rubbish shows and music which are all fictituous with no real essence and no knowledge or even importance. Thus all in all major portion of a normal day of a modern man , is spend in filling his consiousness with all the crap and rubbish which is presented in a nice flowery words and forms to attract their attention and put them in illusion.
As per the Vedas , human form of life is achieved after great sacrifice and penance and after millions of years of waiting . If, Inorder to protect our so called social image and in entertaining our senses we forget the real purpose of this life , which is to get out of the illusion of boldily concept of life , by surrendering ourselves in the service of the Supreme LORD, then there is no other fool in the entire world then our own selves.
Instead of utilizing our valuable time in the service of the LORD , we are choosing to waste the time in strengthing our illusion of this body , by indulging ourselves in unneccessary activities . Moroever ladies today are obessessed with beautifying their bodies by artificail means. In their state of ignorance , they tend to forget that the bodies are perishable and will not last long , but the soul , which is so convieniently neglected is eternal .
Hence, It is my humble request to all those who read this, to please think over these points and try to dovetail your lifestyle and make your life successful. If you need help you can get in touch with people in ISKCON, who have expert staff to instruct how to practice the science of bhakti yoga , which will help in elevating one to the stage of GOODNESS and will make you happy , getting rid of all the anxieties that has been bothering you.