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Gauragopala dasa ACBSP initiated JULY 72 at 17 years of age
How have we fallen in this material world?
gauragopala dasa replied to krsna's topic in Spiritual Discussions
Well written and point understood, I agree with you here
More from Gurukrpa/Then More from Satsvarupa
gauragopala dasa replied to Beggar's topic in Spiritual Discussions
Thats how we were treated in 72 in Melbourne
Srila Prabhupada - "Actually we are not fallen therefore, at any moment we can revive our Krishna consciousness. lecture Tokyo Japan 1972: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.9.1 <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Yes , to me that makes sense because in February 1973 Srila Prabhupada told me personally that the body I now have is not me and that my real identity and body is in Vaikuntha , right now – he was adamant saying 'your real body is already there in Vaikuntha'<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - As soon as we understand that, "I have nothing to do with. I am simply Krishna's servant. Eternal servant. That's all. lecture Tokyo Japan 1972: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.9.1 <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "You are eternally liberated but since we have become conditioned on account of our desire to enjoy materialistic way of life, from time immemorial, therefore it appears that we are eternally conditioned" Letter to Aniruddha, dated November 14, 196<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "Our contact with matter is just like dream. Actually we are not fallen. Therefore, because we are not fallen, at any moment we can revive our Krishna consciousness, we break the dream. Similarly, we can break this So this situation" Srila Prabhupada lecture Tokyo Japan 1972: Śrīmad
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Srila Prabhupada - "So to go to Krishna means you will have to acquire your original, spiritual body. The spiritual body is already there, but we are now covered by this material body". by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Germany, June 22, 1974

Marginal potency of the Lord
gauragopala dasa replied to gauragopala dasa's topic in Spiritual Discussions

In simple English we are marginal that can choose to serve Krishna's super energy or be covered by his inferior energy "The living entity is called marginal energy. But when the falldown has taken place for the conditioned soul is very difficult to ascertain. Therefore two classes are designated: eternally liberated (NITYA-SIDDHA) and eternally conditioned (NITYA-BADDHA). But for arguments sake, a living entity being marginal energy, he can't be eternally conditioned. The time is so unlimited that the conditioned souls appear to be eternally so, but from the philosophical view he cannot be eternally conditioned. Letter the Srila Prabhupada sent to Upendra prabhu<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> In this way the living entities are called marginal potency because they are naturally surrounded by and serving the Superior energy (Krishna and His Vishnu expansions) in their original perpetual body in Vaikuntha, or can choose to use their free will and become covered by the temporary inferior energy in the forms of decaying ethereal and biological bodies (MATERIAL) within the mahat-tattva or material creation. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The jiva-tatastha or marginal living entity can also further enter the greatest phenomenon and mystery that has perplexed so many pandits, scholars, Sadhus, yogis, Swami's Guru's and Vaishavas for thousands of years, and that is a dormant dreamless state of individual consciousness that is part of a quiescent collective called the impersonal Brahmajyoti. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The Impersonal Brahman is neither the superior energy nor the inferior energy. Let me explain. Achintya-Bheda-Abheda is applicable here because ffice:smarttags" /><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com<o:p></o:p> It is in this way that this Impersonal Brahman or Brahmajyoti does not and can never represent the full potential or Krishna conscious perpetual bodily origins of tatastha s'akti (the marginal living entity) because ones genuine self is eternally established in the endless 'presents' of Goloka and Vaikuntha that is beyond the influence of mundane time and space. The jiva-tatasthas souls that have projected themselves into the Impersonal Brahmajyoti are for that reason in a dreaming static state of delusional individual consciousness unaware of their perpetual Krishna Conscious body in Goloka or Vaikuntha. Therefore it is only the lower non <st1:place>Krishna</st1:place> conscious condition of the jiva tatastha that has merged into a individual collective called the Impersonal Brahmajyoti, like the mahat-tattva, is also a temporary state of existence and imagination for the jiva tatastha.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> "Regarding your question, in one sense both you and Mahapurusa are right. The fact is that after the dissolution of the Universe the living entities remain in slumber within Maha Visnu, and again when the creation takes place they are impregnated in their original position and they come out in different species of life. By gradual evolutionary process, when they come to the human form there is good chance of getting out of the repeated birth and death, and one can enter into the Spiritual Realm. But if one loses this chance he is again put into the cycle of birth and death. The conditioned souls are always within the Maha Visnu Form, whereas the liberated souls in Vaikuntha, they are engaged in the service of the Lord. Constitutionally every living entity, even if he is in the Vaikuntha Loka, has chance of falling down. Letter the Srila Prabhupada sent to Upendra prabhu<o:p></o:p>

The Supreme Lord has TWO energies, material and spiritual. The living entities are marginal energy. As marginal energy, a person may be under the control of the material energy (Maha-maya) or the spiritual energy (Yoga- maya). SB 3.23.10 pp.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> "Because the living being can appear either in matter or in spirit, the jiva is called the marginal potency" CC Adi 5.41 pp.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> "The living entity (jiva-atma) takes different positions - sometimes he merges into the dark material nature and identifies himself with matter, and sometimes he identifies himself with the superior spiritual nature. THEREFORE, he is called the Lords marginal energy. " BG 8.3 pp.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> "The fact is that individual living entities are eternally part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, and both of them are very intimately related as friends. But the living entity has the tendency to reject the sanctions of the Supreme Lord and act independently in an attempt to dominate the supreme nature, and BECAUSE HE HAS THIS TENDENCY, he is called the marginal energy of the Supreme Lord. " BG 13.23 pp.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> In the above verses, Srila Prabhupada explains that marginal energy means the TENDENCY of the living entity to reject the sanction of the Lord and act independently.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> So, marginal energy, or tatastha-shakti, is NOT a particular place or area in outer space where souls drop from, but it denotes the NATURE of the jiva-soul. It refers to a living entity with the nature of independently choosing between the Lord's two energies. Therefore, the living entities DO NOT expand from the marginal energy, but their natures are called marginal. This marginal energy (jiva-soul) is an expansion of Lord Krishna, who is the origin of the living entities.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> If marginal energy (the living entity with its independent nature) chooses to be in contact with the external energy of the Lord, it still remains marginal. (See CC Adi 2.96)<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> If the marginal living entity chooses to go back to the internal energy (the spiritual world), it still keeps his marginal independence. It does not change his nature into internal energy and becomes Vishnu-tattva. Although the living entities are equal in quality to the internal potency of Krishna (which is spiritual), they nevertheless keep their marginal independence. Jiva-tattva (the marginal energy) does not turn into Vishnu-tattva (the internal energy), otherwise the living entity would turn into God Himself as in Mayavadi philosophy.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Marginal energy can be situated either in the external or internal energy of the Lord and according to the living beings free will and contact with either the material or spiritual energies, the living being is situated in proportionally higher or lower levels of existence. If marginal energy can freely choose to be situated in either external or internal energy, then marginal energy (because of his free will) can also choose to leave either external or internal energy.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>
Srila Prabhupada - "Three energies are predominant: the internal energy, external energy and marginal energy. This is confirmed in the Sixth Chapter of Vishnu Purana where it is said that Vishnu has one energy, which is called spiritual energy Chapter 31: The Supreme Perfection Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Teachings of Lord Caitanya Srila Prabhupada - "It is manifested in three ways. When spiritual energy is overwhelmed by ignorance, it is called marginal energy. As far as spiritual energy itself is concerned, it is exhibited in three forms because Krishna is a combination of eternity, bliss and knowledge. Chapter 31: The Supreme Perfection Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Teachings of Lord Caitanya Srila Prabhupada - "As far as His bliss is concerned, His spiritual energy is manifested as the pleasure giving potency. His eternity is manifested as energy, and His knowledge is manifested as spiritual perfection. As confirmed in Vishnu Purana (1.12.69): Chapter 31: The Supreme Perfection Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Teachings of Lord Caitanya Srila Prabhupada - ""The pleasure potency of Krishna gives Krishna transcendental pleasure and bliss." Thus when Krishna wants to enjoy pleasure, He exhibits His own spiritual potency known as hladini. Chapter 31: The Supreme Perfection Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Teachings of Lord Caitanya Srila Prabhupada - "In His spiritual form, Krishna enjoys His spiritual energy, and that is the sum and substance of the Radha-Krishna pastimes. These pastimes can only be understood by elevated devotees Chapter 31: The Supreme Perfection Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Teachings of Lord Caitanya
Srila Prabhupada - "According to Vedic instructions, one should understand the constitutional position of the living entity, the position of the Lord, and the position of material energy in their interrelation. First of all, one should try to understand the constitutional position of the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead. That Supreme Lord has an eternal, cognizant, blissful body, and His spiritual energy is distributed as eternity, knowledge and bliss. Chapter 25: Personal and Impersonal Realization Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Teachings of Lord Caitanya Srila Prabhupada - "In His blissful identity can be found His pleasure potency, and in His eternal identity He can be seen as the cause of everything. In His cognizant identity, He is the supreme knowledge. Indeed, the word kṛṣṇa indicates that supreme knowledge. In other words, the Supreme Personality, Kṛṣṇa, is the reservoir of all knowledge, pleasure and eternity. The supreme knowledge of Kṛṣṇa is exhibited in three different energies — internal, marginal and external. Chapter 25: Personal and Impersonal Realization Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Teachings of Lord Caitanya Srila Prabhupada - "By virtue of His internal energy, He exists in Himself with His spiritual paraphernalia; by means of His marginal energy, He exhibits Himself as the living entities, and by means of His external energy He exhibits Himself as material energy. Behind each and every energetic exhibition there is the background of eternity, pleasure, potency and full cognizance.Chapter 25: Personal and Impersonal Realization Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Teachings of Lord Caitanya Srila Prabhupada - "The conditioned soul is the marginal potency overpowered by the external potency. However, when the marginal potency comes under the jurisdiction of the spiritual potency, it becomes eligible for love of Godhead. The Supreme Lord enjoys six kinds of opulences, and no one can establish that He is formless or that He is without energy. If someone claims so, his contention is completely opposed to the Vedic instructions. Actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the master of ali energies. It is only the living entity, who is an infinitesimal part and parcel of Him, who is overpowered by the material energy.Chapter 25: Personal and Impersonal Realization Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Teachings of Lord Caitanya
Srila Prabhupada - "The original energy of the Supreme Lord is spiritual and nondifferent from the Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead. The living entity is called the marginal energy of the Supreme Lord, and the material energy is called the inferior energy. Due to his material inebriety, the living entity in the marginal position becomes entangled with the inferior energy, matter. At such a time he forgets his spiritual significance, identifies himself with material energy and thereby becomes subjected to the threefold miseries. Only when he is free from such material contamination can he be situated in his proper position".Chapter 25: Personal and Impersonal Realization Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Teachings of Lord Caitanya
Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja - ' A question arises: if all souls are eternal servants of Sri Krsna, when did they become adverse (bahirmukha) to Him? When did they turn away from Him? Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami has explained this by quoting the version of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu: "Krsna bhuli' sei jiva." Who is the jiva referred to in this verse? He is the eternal servant of Sri Krsna, Krsna's marginal potency (tatastha-sakti). This should be remembered always; the jiva is not a direct manifestation of Sri Krsna's internal potency. The living entity's constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Krsna, because he is the marginal energy of Krsna - a manifestation simultaneously one with and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or spark of fire. Krsna has three varieties of energy." Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu explained, "Jivera svarupa haya krsnera nitya dasa." By spiritual constitution, all those who have life - including human beings, birds, animals, trees and creepers, and even very small worms and insects - are eternal servants of Lord Krsna. There is no doubt of this, and this also applies to us Krsnera tatastha sakti - all souls are transformations of the Lord's marginal potency (tatastha-sakti)
Srila Prabhupada – "The living entity is called marginal energy. But when the falldown has taken place for the conditioned soul is very difficult to ascertain. Therefore two classes are designated: eternally liberated (NITYA-SIDDHA) and eternally conditioned (NITYA-BADDHA). But for arguments sake, a living entity being marginal energy, he can't be eternally conditioned (NITYA-BADDHA). The time is so unlimited that the conditioned souls appear to be eternally so, but from the philosophical view he cannot be eternally conditioned. Letter the Srila Prabhupada sent to Upendra prabhu The Impersonalist understanding today is rampant and affecting many who wrongly believe that the jiva-soul becomes conscious after originally 'falling out' of the impersonal Brahmajyoti and then 'somehow' becomes endowed with free will, therefore their understanding of the Brahmajyoti is obviously impersonal and therefore dangerous. Such sects do not understand the correct PERSONAL teaching of the Vedas given to us by Jagat Guru His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada -"The original home of the living entity and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the spiritual world. In the spiritual world both the Lord and the (marginal) living entities live together very peacefully" (Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.28.54, purport) Srila Prabhupada - "The Supreme Lord has TWO energies, material and spiritual. The living entities are marginal energy. As marginal energy, a person may be under the control of the material energy (Maha-maya) or the spiritual energy (Yoga- maya). SB 3.23.10 pp.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "Because the living being can appear either in matter or in spirit, the jiva is called the marginal potency" CC Adi 5.41 pp.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "The living entity (jiva-atma) takes different positions - sometimes he merges into the dark material nature and identifies himself with matter, and sometimes he identifies himself with the superior spiritual nature. THEREFORE, he is called the Lords marginal energy. " BG 8.3 pp.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "The fact is that individual living entities are eternally part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, and both of them are very intimately related as friends. But the living entity has the tendency to reject the sanctions of the Supreme Lord and act independently in an attempt to dominate the supreme nature, and BECAUSE HE HAS THIS TENDENCY; he is called the marginal energy of the Supreme Lord. " BG 13.23 pp.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> In the above verses, Srila Prabhupada explains that marginal energy means the TENDENCY of the living entity to reject the sanction of the Lord and act independently.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> So, marginal energy, or tatastha-shakti, is NOT a particular place or area in outer space where souls drop from, but it denotes the NATURE of the jiva-soul. It refers to a living entity with the nature of independently choosing between the Lord's two energies. Therefore, the living entities DO NOT expand from the marginal energy, but their natures are called marginal. This marginal energy (jiva-soul) is an expansion of Lord Krishna, who is the origin of the living entities.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "If marginal energy (the living entity with its independent nature) chooses to be in contact with the external energy of the Lord, it still remains marginal. (See CC Adi 2.96)<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> If the marginal living entity chooses to go back to the internal energy (the spiritual world), it still keeps his marginal independence. It does not change his nature into internal energy and becomes Vishnu-tattva. Although the living entities are equal in quality to the internal potency of Krishna (which is spiritual), they nevertheless keep their marginal independence. Jiva-tattva (the marginal energy) does not turn into Vishnu-tattva (the internal energy), otherwise the living entity would turn into God Himself as in Mayavadi philosophy.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Marginal energy can be situated either in the external or internal energy of the Lord and according to the living beings free will and contact with either the material or spiritual energies, the living being is situated in proportionally higher or lower levels of existence. If marginal energy can freely choose to be situated in either external or internal energy, then marginal energy (because of his free will) can also choose to leave either external or internal energy."<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Here are excerpts from two letters the Srila Prabhupada sent to Upendra prabhu regarding our 'original position'. One letter is from 1968 and one from 1969.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "Regarding your question, in one sense both you and Mahapurusa are right. The fact is that after the dissolution of the Universe the living entities remain in slumber within Maha Visnu, and again when the creation takes place they are impregnated in their original position and they come out in different species of life. By gradual evolutionary process, when they come to the human form there is good chance of getting out of the repeated birth and death, and one can enter into the Spiritual Realm. But if one loses this chance he is again put into the cycle of birth and death. The conditioned souls are always within the Maha Visnu Form, whereas the liberated souls in Vaikuntha, they are engaged in the service of the Lord. Constitutionally every living entity, even if he is in the Vaikuntha Loka, has chance of falling down". <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "Therefore the living entity is called marginal energy. But when the falldown has taken place for the conditioned soul is very difficult to ascertain. Therefore two classes are designated: eternally liberated and eternally conditioned. But for arguments sake, a living entity being marginal energy, he can't be eternally conditioned. The Time is so unlimited that the conditioned souls appear to be eternally so, but from the philosophical view he cannot be eternally conditioned. Since we cannot trace out when we have become conditioned, there is no use of arguing on this point. Better to take care first how we can get rid of this conditional existence; as much as a patient should take care for treating his disease more, and less waste his time in finding out the cause of his disease".<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Please offer my blessings to the others. I hope this will meet you in good health." <o:p></o:p> A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Absolute nonsense!! You not understanding, ring your nearest temple iskcon or gaudiya math and learn the truth that marginal means jiva-tattva in Vaikuntha or the material world
We have all come down from Vaikuntha some millions of years ago<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p> Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur, the Spiritual Master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada explains our eternal constitutional position - "We believe there is a Personality of Godhead and also that we are persons. We want all our troublesome situations removed and wish to reach a position where we can move freely and have all our needs satisfied. This has resulted in our turning towards that Supreme Absolute Personality.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> In the Supreme Lord we find three features - He is ever existing, full of knowledge and the source of unending happiness. In Him there is no inadequacy, no discrepancy, no defect, no influence of time, nor any ignorance. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Because He is an "emporium" of all bliss and all knowledge, we should not seek after anything for our worldly purposes, leaving Him aside. We are His servants. He is the Lord. Nevertheless He need not give us anything. We are simply meant to serve Him and eternal peace comes from our eagerness in His service.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> God has got spiritual eyes, spiritual ears, spiritual tongue, spiritual nose, spiritual skin and a spiritual mind: nothing material like us. Our senses are made of material elements, but there are no material elements in Him.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Although He can choose to delegate power to certain infinitesimal souls and thereby enable them to transact affairs with Him, ordinarily we are placed in a region where all sorts of imperfection and undesirables are prominent.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> From this bitter experience, we should recognize the need to devise some means to get free from unpleasant situations and become prepared for the stage wherefrom we can realize the nature of our own true selves". Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada -9th of January 1926<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Try to understand what Srila Prabhupada is also telling us.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "You are already in the spiritual sky, but you are simply covered. Just like the sun is already there. You are also already there…so actually we are always in the spiritual world. But when you forget Krishna by the cloud of illusion that is material. Try to understand". In an Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture given in London, on July 30, 1971. <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "Actually we are not fallen therefore, at any moment we can revive (Regain, re-establish, wake up from the dream, remember who we really are as a body eternally in a state of originality) our Krishna consciousness". Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture given in London, on July 30, 1971 <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "As soon as we understand that (my svarupa body is always in Krsnaloka or Vaikuntha or even both), "I have nothing to do with (the material world and its bodily vessels my sub-conscious fallen nitya-baddha condition is housed in). I am simply Krishna's servant. Eternal servant. That's all". In a Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture given in London, on July 30, 1971<o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "You are liberated. You are liberated. Simply just a cloud has covered you. Drive away the cloud. There is no question that you were ever (conditioned as nitya-baddha in the material world)"(Lecture on Sri Caitanya-Caritamrita, Adi-lila 7.108--San Francisco, February 18, 1967) <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada -"You are ever-liberated (meaning in our original and eternal state, we are all nitya-siddha). The sky is always spiritual but is sometimes overcrowded with cloud (known as the mahat-tattva or material creation that is in one corner of the Spiritual Sky), this is Maya (The cloud is created by Maha-Vishnu and His Wife Maya-Devi, through her powerful s'akti, controls all the bodily vessels occupied by the visiting DREAMING baddha-jivas)". Lecture on Sri Caitanya-Caritamrita, Adi-lila 7.108--San Francisco, February 18, 1967 <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "This is called Maya. Actually, you are not conditioned. You are thinking. Just like in the dream you are thinking that tiger is eating you. You were never eaten by tiger. There is no tiger. So we have to get out of this dream". (Lecture on Sri Caitanya-Caritamrita, Adi-lila 7.108--San Francisco, February 18, 1967)<o:p></o:p> ALL living entities were created as sat, cit, ananda in the form of eternal vigraha in the beginning (which paradoxically was beginingless). <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> In this way, the original residence of all living entities (marginal beings) is their original home Goloka-Vrndavana or Krsnaloka, which is the imperishable Kingdom of God. <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada – "We have also come down from Vaikuntha some millions and millions of years ago." - Lecture on Bhagavad-gita on August 6, 1973 <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada – "You are already in the spiritual sky, but you are simply covered. Just like the sun is already there. You are also already there…So actually we are always in the spiritual world. But when you forget Krishna by the cloud of illusion, then that is material. Try to understand". In a Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture given in London, on July 30, 1971 <o:p></o:p> The paradox here is no one never really leaves Goloka, they only imagine they do by falling out of sync with the 'eternal present'<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The resulting paradox is that while one is in the material world, they actually believe they are in the material world because not only do they have no memory of their 'eternal svarupa' body, but also they have consciously separated themselves from the eternal present' where their real eternal bodily self resides.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The full potential and original feature of all living entities is a two arm human looking form <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "It is the living entity's constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Krishna because he is the marginal energy of Krishna and a manifestation simultaneously one with and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or fire. Krishna has three varieties of energy" Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 20.108-109 <o:p></o:p> However, all of Krishna's marginal 'sparks' and so called 'atoms (souls) in the effulgence have the same ORIGINAL bodily features like Krishna - sat-cit-ananda-vigraha. The full potential and original feature of all living entities is a two arm human looking form, <o:p></o:p> Yasomatinandana: Is the original body of the spirit soul a human form?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Madhudvisa: The question is that whether the eternal form of the spirit soul is a human form or is it. <o:p></o:p> 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 Krishna, two hands, two legs. <o:p></o:p> Hari-sauri: How do we understand, then, that there are peacocks and flowers and trees in the spiritual world? Are these not eternal forms? <o:p></o:p> 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.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Hari-sauri: They are covered in the spiritual world? <o:p></o:p> Madhudvisa: He is asking if they were actually covered in the spiritual world as well. <o:p></o:p> Prabhupada: Not in the spiritual world. There that is voluntary. Some devotee wants to serve Krishna as flower; they become flower there. If I want that "As a flower I shall lie down at the lotus feet of Krishna," he becomes flower, voluntarily. <o:p></o:p> Prabhupada: And he can change his, from flower to human body. That is spiritual life. There is no restriction. If some devotee wants to serve Krishna as cow, he serves Krishna as cow, as calf, as flower, as plant, as water, as ground, field, or as father, as mother, as friend, as beloved, anything.<o:p></o:p> It is inconceivable, yet a fact. Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.1-4 - Melbourne, May 20, 1975<o:p></o:p> Ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham [bg. 4.11]. That is Krsna's all-powerfulness, spiritual life." <o:p></o:p> Hari Sauri dasa – "The fact is that spiritual form is inconceivable to our present senses. In the material world we try to measure things. But to measure anything, there has to be a reference point and our own bodies are the reference we use to understand the rest of the world around us. <o:p></o:p> Thus our sense of existence is limited to the actions and existence of our own bodies. One devotee has given some examples of drinking or jumping in water or sitting on a chair to explain your experience of past, present and future. Once an action is completed, it is gone, it is in the past. <o:p></o:p> As for the future, it is not manifest to us.<o:p></o:p> We do not know what will come next. We thus have a sense of separation from the action and the object, both in the past and the future. But in the spiritual world Krishna is the object and all action is for pleasing Him. There is never any separation from Krishna. <o:p></o:p> Krishna continuously dominates the consciousness of every living being and action is the eternal flow of service to Krishna. It never stops yet it takes on unlimited variety of performance". End of quote <o:p></o:p> The jiva tattva's take shelter under hladhini Shakti or the mercy of Radharani, they can never become hladhini Shakti because no jiva tattva can become Vishnu tattva - taking shelter, yes, become hladhini Shakti is not possible.<o:p></o:p> Although obviously some Gopis are Vishnu tattva while others are jiva tattva - there is no third category of souls <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada explains this very clearly - 'We are also expansions of Krishna's form. These jivas, the living entities… Krishna is expanding in two ways, svamsa and vibhinnamsa. Svamsa means Vishnu. One extension, expansion, is just directly He Himself. And another expansion (vibhinnamsa) is separated from Him. That separated from Him (marginal) we are'. Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture 1.3.1-3 — San Francisco, March 28, 1968 <o:p></o:p> In Prabhupada's 1969 lecture on Radhastami, which he gave in London, he said, "Radharani is the pleasure potency, hladhini Shakti." <o:p></o:p> The living entities ARE the marginal energy or tatastha sakti that is not some place or region in the universe as some suggest, but is what we are, there is no something else because there are only two types of living entities – Vishnu-tattva and jiva-tattva<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The marginal living entity, jiva-tattva or other words that simple mean jiva tattva, like tatastha sakti, is a bodily form in their original full constitutional foundation and potential when they realize their true identity of who they really are and have always been, which is expressed as nitya-siddha in their innovative perpetual position. <o:p></o:p> So marginal, jiva tattva and tatastha simply means the ability to choose the land and the ocean or Goloka and the mahat-tattva. The marginal is therefore known as "tatastha sakti" <o:p></o:p> NOTE, THERE ARE 170 DIFFERENT 'JIVA' names that all mean jiva-tattva in different spiritual and material pastimes <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "The living entity is called marginal energy. But when the falldown has taken place for the conditioned soul is very difficult to ascertain. Therefore, two classes are designated: eternally liberated (NITYA-SIDDHA) and eternally conditioned (NITYA-BADDHA). But for arguments sake, a living entity being marginal energy, he can't be eternally conditioned (NITYA-BADDHA). The time is so unlimited that the conditioned souls appear to be eternally so, but from the philosophical view he cannot be eternally conditioned (NITYA-BADDHA). Letter Srila Prabhupada sent to Upendra prabhu<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "The Supreme Lord has TWO energies, material and spiritual. The living entities are marginal energy. As marginal energy, a person may be under the control of the material energy (Maha-Maya) or the spiritual energy (Yoga- Maya). SB 3.23.10 pp.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "Because the living being can appear either in matter or in spirit, the jiva is called the marginal potency" CC Adi 5.41 pp.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "The living entity (jiva-atma) takes different positions - sometimes he merges into the dark material nature and identifies himself with matter, and sometimes he identifies himself with the superior spiritual nature. THEREFORE, he is called the Lords marginal energy. " BG 8.3 pp.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "The fact is that individual living entities are eternally part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, and both of them are very intimately related as friends. But the living entity has the tendency to reject the sanctions of the Supreme Lord and act independently in an attempt to dominate the supreme nature, and BECAUSE HE HAS THIS TENDENCY; he is called the marginal energy of the Supreme Lord. " BG 13.23 pp.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> In the above verses, Srila Prabhupada explains that marginal energy means the TENDENCY of the living entity to reject the sanction of the Lord and act independently.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> So, marginal energy, or tatastha-shakti, is NOT a particular place or area in outer space where souls drop from, but it denotes the NATURE of the jiva-soul. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> It refers to a living entity with the nature of independently choosing between the Lord's two energies. Therefore, the living entities DO NOT expand from the marginal energy, but their natures are called marginal. This marginal energy (jiva-soul) is an expansion of Lord Krishna, who is the origin of the living entities.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "If marginal energy (the living entity with its independent nature) chooses to be in contact with the external energy of the Lord, it still remains marginal. (See CC Adi 2.96)<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada never used the word 'tatastha sakti much in his books, he preferred to use the word 'marginal' living entity<o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada "Originally everyone is nitya-siddha. nitya-siddha krsna-bhakti 'sadhya' kabhu naya sravanadi-suddha-citte karaye udaya Every living entity originally nitya-siddha, ". Srimad-Bhagavatam Class 7.9.4- Mayapur, February 18, 1977 <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "You have got original relationship with Krishna. Nitya-siddha krishna-bhakti. . (Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture, December 7, 1974, Bombay)<o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "Everyone has got a particular relationship with Krishna in his original constitutional position that is called svarupa-siddhi". (Nectar of Devotion lecture, 20 October 1972, Vrindaban) <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "Because he falls down from Brahma-sayujya (impersonal liberated condition), he thinks that may be his origin, but he does not remember that long, long, long, long ago before that even, he was with Krishna". Letter to Australian devotees 1972 under Madhudvisa Swami <o:p></o:p> Actually you are a pure devotee but you have forgotten that long, long, long ago, we have allowed ourselves to be covered by the cloud of selfish desires that blocks out our memory of who we really are. <o:p></o:p> Try to understand what Prabhupada is telling us. <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada- "You are already in the spiritual sky, but you are simply covered. Just like the sun is already there. You are also already there. So actually we are always in the spiritual world. But when you forget Krishna by the cloud of illusion that is material. Try to understand". In an Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture given in London, on July 30, 1971. <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada- "Actually we are not fallen therefore, at any moment we can revive (Regain, re-establish, wake up from the dream, remember who we really are as a body eternally in a state of originality) our Krishna consciousness. As soon as we understand that (my svarupa body is always in Krsnaloka or Vaikuntha or even both), "I have nothing to do with (the material world and its bodily vessels my sub-conscious fallen nitya-baddha condition is housed in). I am simply Krishna's servant. Eternal servant. That's all". In a Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture given in London, on July 30, 1971
Srila Prabhupada 'personally' told me (Gauragopala dasa) in the Sydney Temple room in February 1973 (while I was cleaning) that the body I now have is not my real body and that my real body is in Vaikuntha "You just have to realize it" he added "It is there right now" he further explained. Being very young I did not fully appreciate what he was saying<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Some devotees once said in Mayapur in 1976 that it is too difficult to understand how we originally feel down from Goloka or Vaikuntha and the subject is best not discussed as Prabhupada had previously told his Australian devotees in 1972 however on this occasion he says the opposite and tells the devotees they should try to understand. <o:p></o:p> We have to realize that being marginal means free will, even in Goloka. Without it how can there be genuine Love? Try to understand. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> We are given free will to increase our love for Krishna but that also allows us to miss use it if we desire.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Here is Srila Prabhupada's response to those who believe it is too difficult to understand we ALL came down from Vaikuntha some millions of years ago. Mayapur, India, on February 19, 1976<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "No, it is not difficult. It is not difficult".<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Acyutananda - "It is not difficult. They don't want to understand".<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "Because you are part and parcel of God, God has got full independence, but you have got little independence, proportionately, because you are part and parcel".<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Acyutananda - "But in the Gita, it says, "Once coming there, he never returns."<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "But if he likes, he can return".<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Acyutananda - "He can return".<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "That independence has to be accepted, little independence. We can misuse that. Krsna-bahirmukha hana bhoga vancha kare. That misuse is the cause of our falldown". Mayapur, India, on February 19, 1976, Srila Prabhupada<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Paramahamsa: So we can come to the spiritual world and return? <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada: Yes.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Paramahamsa: Fall down?<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada: Yes. As soon as we try, "Oh, this material world is very nice," "Yes," Krsna says, "yes, you go . . . Otherwise what is the meaning of free will?' Morning Walk, Cheviot Hills Golf Course May 13, 1973 Los Angeles<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "originally EVERYONE is nitya-siddha.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> nitya-siddha krishna-bhakti<o:p></o:p> 'sadhya' kabhu naya<o:p></o:p> zravanadi-zuddha-citte karaye udaya<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "Every living entity originally nitya-siddha, but somehow or other, just like Jaya-Vijaya, fell down in this material world" Srimad Bhagavatam class Japan<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada – "Actually no-one falls down from Vaikuntha, they only 'think' they are fallen or 'dream' they are fallen but in perpetual (the eternal present) reality one can never fall down". Srimad Bhagavatam class Japan<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - 'No one falls from the spiritual world or Vaikuntha planet, for it is the eternal abode. (Bhag. 3.16.26, purp.)<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> This clearly means our nitya-siddha body can never leave Goloka or Vaikuntha and that WE ONLY DREAM WE LEAVE however, don't delude yourself, those dreams are very real but temporary, so factually we do fall down, we do experience the material world as real and the fact is, whether we like it or not, yes, we are in the material world because the awareness of Goloka and our svarupa body is covered by the reality we have created in the material world, it's very real and only called an illusion because it is temporary, it fades, we see old age disease and death – even that's experienced as real, even though temporary. There is a fine line between reality and illusion, one is imperishable and the other is perishable – explained in a nutshell! <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The mahat-tattva is the place where such dreams go and that is also why Maha-Vishnu is dreaming the entire mahat-tattva which takes up 25% of the Spiritual Sky.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "This material creation is the spirit soul's dream. Actually all existence in the material world is a dream of Maha-Visnu, as the Brahma Samhita describes: Purport to SB. 4.29.83.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Srila Prabhupada - "This material world is created by the dreaming of Maha-Visnu. The real factual platform is the spiritual world, but when the spirit soul wants to imitate the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is put into this dreamland of material creation." Purport to SB. 4.29.83.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> These are the words of Lord Caitanya: The jiva's constitutional or inherent position is that of servant of Krsna because he is tatastha sakti, the marginal potency, a manifestation one with and different from Krsna.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> We (the marginal living entities) are not a region or place in creation, the marginal plane or jiva s'akti (jiva tattva) IS/ARE the individual independent living beings like you and I, the marginal energy (tatastha s'akti) , jiva-soul or tatastha s'akti, therefore WE ARE NOT in position or area in creation <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> The marginal living entities are simply the jiva soul's individual identity that eternally exists as independent thinking entities or beings that can choose to serve the Superior energy (Krishna) as their perpetual body, or be covered by the inferior energy (fleeting material energy of subtle [ethereal] and gross [biological] bodily vessels) within the mahat-tattva creation of Maha-Vishnu.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Although there is a paradox to all this or an apparent contradiction here, which is, even though the marginal living entities are independent thinkers, still they are always fully dependant on the Lords Superior or inferior energy to express their independent desires.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> Tatastha s'akti then refers to the jiva soul's sovereignty as a living being (you and I) who have 'our' identity, personality, individuality and desires or our own way of thinking eternally. We therefore eternally exists independently, not in some place in-between the spiritual creation and the material creation, but rather under the influence of free will that can CHOOSE BETWEEN the imperishable super energy (Lord Krishna), or take shelter of the inferior energy (mahat-tattva) This is an important point to understand.


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This article was published on October 27, 2013
Trademark filing suggests Logitech's leaked iPhone gamepad is real and will be called Powershell
Jon Russell
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We've already seen leaked images of Logitech's apparent upcoming gamepad for the iPhone and now, less than a month later, the product looks a whole lot more real thanks to another leak and a trademark filing that suggest it will be called Powershell.
The name was first put forward by serial technology insider @evleaks — who leaked initial images of the Powershell, below, on October 2 — and that claim is backed up by an entry on trademark and patent filing database Legalforce — flagged by @DustinLeiblein — which shows Logitech registered the Powershell trademark in September of this year.
The trademark filing describes the device as an "integrated game control device and battery pack for use with computers and digital electronic devices," but, since it is merely a filing, there's no mention of the iPhone nor are there any other details.
Logitech announced a reorganization in January which saw it switch its focus to mobile computing — and specifically tablets and smartphones — following a disappointing period of business for its PC peripherals devision. The Powershell, which could be rivalled by a rumored iPhone controller from Moga, would clearly fit with Logitech's new strategy.
Headline image via Geoff Stokes /Flickr, other via @evleaks
Published October 27, 2013 - 8:30 am UTC

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"Obsession with a consumerist lifestyle . . . can only lead to violence and mutual destruction," says the encyclical. Really? Only? If you hear of an atrocity in a shopping mall, do you immediately think of consumerism or religious fanaticism as the more likely cause? There is no mention in the encyclical of the suffering caused by fanaticism, totalitarianism or lack of technological progress — of the four million who die of indoor smoke from cooking over wood fires, for example.
Yet the Pope is exercised about the dangers of genetically modified food, for although he admits, "no conclusive proof exists that GM cereals may be harmful to human beings", he thinks "difficulties should not be underestimated". This in a world where golden rice, a genetically modified cereal fortified with vitamin A, could be preventing millions of deaths and disabilities every year, but has been prevented from doing so entirely by fierce opposition from the environmentalists the Pope has now allied himself so closely with.
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Having been comprehensively discredited by history (their prediction was that by now we would be mired in ecological horror), they are still dispensing misanthropic gloom.
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber was the only scientist at the launch of the papal encyclical. He is a member of the Club of Rome.
Technological progress is what enables us to prevent child mortality; to use less land to feed the world, and so begin reforesting large parts of the rich world; to substitute oil for whale blubber and so let whales increase again; to get fossil-fuelled electricity to people so they don't die of pollution after cooking over fires of wood taken from the rainforest.
"Nobody is suggesting a return to the Stone Age, but we do need to slow down and look at reality in a different way," says the Pope. Personally, I would rather speed up the stunning and unprecedented decline in poverty of recent decades.


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problem.tex is compiled with xelatex, both figures with mpost.
When I don't include the first picture, the second one is alright. However, when it's included, rotated label ($\text{odvěsna úhlu }\alpha$) is displayed with totally inappropriate font. I've no idea if it's a bug or some hidden feature I am not aware of... (In a little bit different setup than presented only alpha is displayed incorrectly as ligature ff.)
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If you enjoy scratch cards, then it is possibly because you are looking to win a big prize. You may therefore want to play the game that offers the best possible prize. Finding it could be tricky though.
If you play scratch cards offline, then it is easy to see where you will be able to win the most money. There are a limited amount of cards available and you will be able to look at each one to find out how much the prize is for and then buy the one with the best prize. However, if you play online it is not so easy.
There are many websites that have scratch cards and so finding the one which has the biggest prize can be difficult. It is also worth noting the odds of winning that prize, as a huge prize could have a very small chance of being won. You will have to make a decision as to whether you would rather have a small chance of winning a big prize or a better chance of winning a smaller prize. Looking at the odds will help you to work out which you have a better chance of winning. These will be in the terms and conditions on the website or on the back of the card and so you will be able to see. If you do a search on a search engine, it can be difficult to come up with a list of the scratch cards with the biggest jackpots. That means that you will have to take a look at some of the many sites that sell online scratch cards and see which is the highest. It is likely that the more well known companies will be able to afford the highest jackpots, but only by looking at them all will you know for sure.


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Christian Genocide in Nigeria
Tags: Attacks, Boko Haram, Central Plateau Region, Christian, Genocide, hundreds killed, Islamic, Mainstream Media, Militias, Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan, President Muhammadu Buhari
Israelis are not the only people whose suffering goes unnoticed by the mainstream media. Just as the fields of Jews burning near the Gaza border went unreported by much of the media and the mortars and rockets launched into Israel were ignored and only when Israel responded did reporters take notice merely to claim that Israel was shooting innocent peaceful demonstrators. Had the Gazans been peaceful instead of launching incendiary devices and shooting at IDF positions, then the reporters would have had nothing to report, as the IDF does not engage those who do not pose a threat. Just as the video we posted yesterday showed, there were Hamas terrorists shooting at IDF positions who were then engaged by an IDF tank crew which destroyed their built-up bunker killing the two terrorists within. But we are not going to talk about Hamas and Islamic Jihad or their continuing assaults on Israeli communities with their incendiary balloons and kites or their engaging IDF positions with live fire in attempts to kill the soldiers. Today we are going to talk about the slaughter which has been mostly uncovered in Africa and in particular, the terror campaign ongoing from Boko Haram in the area centered in Nigeria.
Just last month, over a span of four days, militant Islamic Fulani herdsmen embarked on a killing spree that reduced a dozen Nigerian villages to dust and claimed the lives of at least two-hundred innocent Christian men, women, and children. These were the villages of Nigeria's Plateau State and were considered, according to Open Doors an organization serving persecuted Christians; the region was "the epicenter of Christianity in northern Nigeria's Middle Belt." This was nothing short of a genocidal cleansing of a region of all who were not Muslim. According to reporting, "No fewer than 120 persons were weekend killed in several villages in Barkin Ladi, Mangu and Riyom local government areas of Plateau State in fresh attacks by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen, while over 200 others sustained gunshot injuries."
The Plateau State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) issued a statement in Jos, the state capital, signed by the Publicity Secretary, John Akans stated:
"We received with rude shock the level of genocide going on now in Gashish District, Razat, Ruku Nyarr and Gana-Ropp, all in Barkin Ladi Local Government.
"We also note with great pains the dastardly attacks ongoing in many other local government areas in the state by the militias.
"We condemn in the strongest terms the level of continuous genocide of Plateau people. At the moment, Barkin Ladi is under siege with over 130 people feared to have been killed. As at time of this statement, the (SOM) CAPRO School of missions Gana-Ropp is under heavy attack by the militias.
"This unholy act of systematic genocide and the destruction of the cultural heritage of Plateau people must stop.
"We call on the international community to come to the aid of Plateau people as, besides the over 130 people killed, many are missing."
Summarizing World Watch Monitor reports, that dusk to dawn curfews have been ordered and in what has been perceived as a 'lukewarm' attitude towards the ongoing murderous violence, President Muhammadu Buhari, who is seeking a second term in the coming February 2019 elections, condemned what he called "painful" and "regrettable" killings and expressed his "deepest condolences to the affected communities". To his credit, Buhari also announced an unprecedented deployment of security forces in the region, including two police surveillance helicopters, five armored personnel carriers, three Police Mobile Force (PMF) units, two Counter-Terrorism Units (CTU) and Police Intelligence Units, and conventional police personnel from other states. Perhaps these reporters desired a more overt response like perhaps an Army Battalion being sent to the area to conduct maneuvers as part of a training exercise. That is always a great excuse for placing a large contingency of potential forces in an area to calm the natives, so to speak. Below is a video report from World Watch Monitor featuring the Reverend Gideon Para-Mallam on the situation across Nigeria.
Where these attacks have been mostly portrayed as Muslim on Christian violence, which is valid and a definite problem in central Nigeria where the northern Islamic regions and the southern Christian regions meet, one must also include the natural enmity between herdsmen and farmers which is as old as recorded history and even before. Remember Cain and Able, one the hunter, the forerunner of a herdsman, and the other a planter and gatherer, the forerunner of the farmer, and how their brotherly relations went afoul. There are plenty of reasons but the level of the violence does play more to the religious differences than anything else.
Burnt Remains of Home in a Christian Village in Nigeria
For many, particularly among the Christian communities in the Plateau and other Middle Belt States like Benue and Nasarawa where Fulani militias have been causing havoc, there is a feeling of déjà vu. Some might remember the attacks by Boko Haram during the terms of President Obama when they kidnapped three-hundred Christian girls from a school in Nigeria and threatened to sell them as slaves. Many might remember Michelle Obama's famous picture (see below) where she was holding a sign which read, "#BringBackOurGirls" with the most dour look on her face signifying her great concern and compassion and her sharing their pain. This episode was all part of a similar series of attacks in central Nigeria somewhat east of these current attacks. Back during that episode, to President Goodluck Jonathan's credit, it was reported that his government efforts included two special battalions from the military tasked solely to the search for those missing girls. Some of those young girls escaped and gave reports on where they had been held and a fair number, but not all, of the young women were eventually recovered.
In a FrontPageMag.com report, they state that community members insist that these attacks are part of "a grand plan to Islamize Nigeria." According to a Dr. Soja Bewarang, the murders are "no longer farmer and herder clashes" but, rather, a "deliberate attempt to conquer and occupy the land of the people's ancestral heritage." What makes these killings even a greater tragedy is the near complete lack of mainstream media coverage with absolutely or next to nothing reported on the nightly news. Americans and Europeans are left completely uninformed about the Islamic war against Christians going on in Nigeria and the rest of northern savannah in Africa where the Islamic regions which extend down from the Mediterranean Sea meet the Animist and Christian regions of central and southern Africa in what is called the African Transition Zone. This zone reaches clear across Africa from Somalia to Senegal. The lack of coverage of the problems in this region cannot be laid at the feet of President Trump any more than they could be used to place blame on President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, and President Bill Clinton to as far back as one desires to go. The last Presidents to challenge the Islamic terror presence in Northern Africa were President Thomas Jefferson and President James Madison during the First and Second Barbary Wars. Some have referred to President Reagan's brief encounter with Libya as the Third Barbary War, humorously we hope. Still, what is happening along the borders of the Islamic World and the Animist and Christian Worlds in Africa is a travesty only exceeded by the lack of interest by the mainstream media. Choose whatever reason you prefer for their lack of coverage, the victims are people of color, the perpetrators are Islamic and they fear being tagged as Islamophobic, there is no glory or sensationalism, to them it is old news as it has been continuing for decades now and they reported on it once or whatever other lame excuse fits your fancy. Whatever their reason, people are being murdered in the hundreds and even into the tens of thousands over the decades long history and unless it has some unusual twist such as when Michelle Obama and the world momentarily cared about three hundred young Christian school girls abducted in the middle of the night with a number of school officials murdered for attempting to prevent the attack, then the media sat up and paid attention, momentarily. We would like to ask and challenge, where are the media now?


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CHR is open, and medical travel to NYC is possible.Learn more.
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Medically reviewed by Norbert Gleicher, MD, FACOG, FACS - Written by CHR Staff - Updated on Oct 23, 2020
Become an Egg Donor and Receive up to $14,000 in Compensation
Thank you for your interest in donating eggs at the Center for Human Reproduction (CHR). Every year, CHR's New York-based egg donation program helps many couples with infertility issues build families using donor eggs. These couples have, for a variety of reasons, been unable to conceive, though primarily because the women can no longer produce good-quality eggs. This is where you come in.
Most of our recipient couples have experienced significant emotional and financial strain while trying to conceive a child on their own. Without the help of special women like you, these couples may never have the opportunity to build a family. So, again, thank you for your interest.
Apply Online to Become an Egg Donor
Donating Eggs: FAQs
Donating your eggs requires a significant amount of commitment, and comes with responsibilities. At our CHR-New York program, the amount you'll earn as a donor will depend on the number of eggs you produce. Our current egg donation compensation is $8,000 if the donor produces at least 10 mature eggs (which is a historical average number of eggs that egg donors at CHR have produced).
Donors who produce more than 10 mature eggs can earn up to $12,000, and donors who are in high demand can earn up to $14,000.
To learn more about our compensation structure, please click here.
Our egg donor program is run on the principle that we are here to serve both parties equally: We have the same level of responsibility to recipients and donors. Throughout the process, you will receive the same kind of individualized attention and clinical vigilance from our IVF coordinators and physicians as our recipient couples.
Since egg donation is a complicated medical process, we take our donors' safety very seriously. CHR covers all egg donors with a third party insurance policy, which gives you, the donor, additional security. Of course, you will incur no cost during the donation process.
Long-distance Donors
Typically, our egg donors must be able to easily commute to our center in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. But if you live outside of the NYC metropolitan area and have some extraordinary qualities, and are between the ages of 21 and 29, we may consider you as a donor candidate.
In that case, most of your egg donation cycle will take place at an IVF center near you, under our supervision. You will have to travel to NYC once, for 3 nights and 2 days, for egg retrieval. If you think you are one of these extraordinary young women living away from New York City, please refer to our long-distance egg donor page.
If you'd like to help a couple have a baby by becoming an egg donor, please fill out our online application.
Interested in donating your eggs? Apply Online
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Norbert Gleicher, MD, leads CHR's clinical and research efforts as Medical Director and Chief Scientist. A world-renowned specialist in reproductive endocrinology, Dr. Gleicher has published hundreds of peer-reviewed papers and lectured globally while keeping an active clinical career focused on ovarian aging, immunological issues and other difficult cases of infertility.
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Tenth Anniversary of 51 Peg-b: Status of and prospects for hot Jupiter studies.
Colloquium held at Observatoire de Haute Provence, France, August 22-25, 2005.
Edited by L. Arnold, F. Bouchy and C. Moutou.
Published by Frontier Group, Paris (ISBN-2-914601-17.4).
The proceedings of the colloquium in PDF format can be downloaded from this page.
Extrasolar planets studies started with the discovery of 51Peg-b by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz in 1995, based on observations performed at Observatoire de Haute Provence, France. As a tenth-anniversary celebration of this event, eighty astronomers met during a colloquium, the rich conclusions of which are summarised in this book. The main focuses of discussions were the nature, origin and evolution of extrasolar planets orbiting their star in extremely short periods: the so-called "Hot Jupiters." Most recent observational facts, theoretical advances and expectations from future observation facilities are included.


3D See Voyage screensaver - embark on a sailing voyage around the world!
Feel the cool breeze playing with its sails and listen to the waves breaking over this magnificent vessel. Captivating music together with a truly colorful setting will make your trip unforgettable.


Does anyone know how I can tell whether my llamas are actually guanacos?
I was given a pair of llamas last year and just assumed they were llamas until a combination of things made me wonder whether they are in fact guanacos. They are very big- 6' to the top of their heads - fawny/apricot coloured, with white underbelly and black on their legs and faces. They can jump really high and I've had to put in 6' fencing to keep them in over the winter. Out of interest, I had a look on YouTube at some video of vicunas and guanacos and the wild guanacos look just like my llamas, only thinner.
I've tried to work out how to put a photo in here, but can't seem to do it. I'd be grateful if any guanaco owners could tell me what they think I might have!
Re: Are my llamas guanacos?
Thanks for the offer, but don't worry. I'm pretty sure there is a large percentage of guanaco in them.


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Easy to use booking system, Really friendly guy. Very impressed with my Partners phone being fixed and then my step-daughters phone being fixed the next week too. Hopefully I wont have to go back, but if I did I would go here every time.
Took my phone in today, thought it wasn't going to be able to be fixed! It took less then an hour to fix my iPhone and it's now as good as new! Very high quality screen replacement, would highly recommend!
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Fabulous guy. Great customer service. Good price. The advice is honest & accurate. Its the first time I have ever broken a phone (in the 19 years of owning one), they put me at ease straight away. Highly recommend. If visiting in person, note they are on a one way street & parking is difficult although free for the first hour.
Excellent quality iphone screen repair, would never know it was not the original!! Fast and friendly service. Very pleased.
Genuinely could not recommend this service / company highly enough. Dropped my iPhone 6 at a wedding on a Saturday and completely shattered the screen. Took it to a local mobile phone shop who did the total hatchet job for £35 with a very poor quality screen and ruining Touch ID. Found iPhonefixed online and sent my phone (and hopes of regaling touch ID) in the post on Monday. Have the phone back by Wednesday lunchtime with a genuine screen which made the phone look brand-new. They have tried in vain to salvage the touch ID and have changed the flex book couldn't seem to get it working. After rebooting the device not only does the touch ID network but my phone looks better than it was before I dropped it. If you want quality you have to pay for these guys genuine quality. Very very pleased and highly recommended.
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Excellent company, friendly and professional! Overall I'm very happy with the quality of service I received, and with iphonefixed's reasonable prices I would definitely recommend.


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This guide gives you the basics, essentials, and the 'How To' methods for creating specific types of documents, as well as relevant insight to becoming a Technical Writer. If you are interested in becoming a Technical Writer, this guide provides a detailed look into the world of Technical Writing. If you are already a Technical Writer, this guide is a great reference tool.


Residing at an elevation of 7,526 feet, the town of Idaho Springs is tucked away in the beautiful Clear Creek Canyon.
Idaho Springs was founded in 1859 during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush and continued to be at the heart of the mining efforts throughout the nineteenth century.
When you arrive in town, you can stop at the Heritage Visitors Center, which includes information about the town's history and a fascinating museum that you can tour for free.
Equally fascinating is the Argo Gold Mine and Tour, where visitors can embark on a walking tour of this historic mining site.
Though plenty has changed since the town's mining days, you'll be delighted to discover there's a historic feel that has been preserved throughout the decades.
Walking through the downtown area, you'll find a strip of old-timey businesses that will take you back to the good ol' days.
In addition to a fascinating history, the town also boasts plenty of incredible outdoor attractions. St. Mary's Glacier (shown below) is a stunning destination that can be reached just outside of town.
Have you visited Idaho Springs, Colorado recently? We'd love to hear about your experience there!


The Hotel Technology Institute (ITH), the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and FITUR are organizing the fifth edition of FITUR Green, in the context of FITUR, in collaboration with the Habitat Futura Group. Under the theme "Innovative and Sustainable Management: a Commitment to the Tourist", FiturGreen 2014 will examine the role of organizations, companies, government agencies and tourists in the creation, development and growth of sustainable tourism destinations.
Based on the premise that sustainability is a matter that revolves around people, FITUR Green 2014, which will take place from Wednesday to Friday, 22-24 January 2014, in Hall 10B5 of the IFEMA Fairgrounds in Madrid, aims to bring innovation in sustainability to the tourism sector in order to enhance the competitiveness of businesses and destinations, and to share current trends on expectations and demands of tourists.
The event will be officially inaugurated by Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General of UNWTO, Ana Larrañaga, Director of FITUR, and Juan Molas, President of the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation (CEHAT) and the ITH. Over the three days of the event, roundtable discussions and special presentations will be held, featuring success stories, projects and practical experiences at the national and international levels relative to the sustainable management of tourism offerings. The programme for 2014 also includes workshops and case studies on advanced technologies for efficient climate control, water management and indoor air quality as well as trends across the entire tourism value chain for the creation of sustainable destinations.
UNWTO will once again be undertaking a number of events and activities at FITUR-2014, Madrid.
Co-organized by the Hotel Technology Institute (ITH), FITUR, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and HABITAT FUTURA, FITUR Green provided a comprehensive overview of successful initiatives and practical experiences relating to sustainability in the tourism sector through a series of roundtables and interventions and latest trends from the offer and the demand sides. The three-day events (from 30 January to 1 February 2013, on the occasion of FITUR 2013), were attended by more than 700 visitors.
In opening FITUR Green, Mr. Luigi Cabrini, Director, UNWTO's Sustainable Development of Tourism, and Mr. Juan Molas, President of ITH and of the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation (CEHAT) - in the picture below, analyzed the progresses in sustainability made by the tourism industry and recognized that sustainability has an increased business value. Also on the demand side there has been a positive change: as demonstrated by the Tour Operators' Initiative for Sustainable Tourism Development (TOI) at the Roundtable on Sustainable Tourism in the XXI Century, on 1 February, Price and the ratio Quality/Price still remain the main decisional factors to book a holiday. However, 1 in 2 consumers would be willing to book more sustainable services if available and, most importantly, there is evidence of a direct relation between quality assessment and sustainability.
The "Forum on Tourism, Sustainability and Climate Change in Central America" will be held on 11, 12 and 13 April 2013 in the city of La Ceiba, Honduras, jointly organized by the National Chamber of Tourism of Honduras (CANATURH) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), with the support of various organizations such as the Federation of Tourism Chambers of Central America (FEDECATUR), the Honduran Tourism Institute, the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Honduras (SERNA), the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the World's Forests, among others.
The main objectives of the event are to analyze the climate impact on tourism, especially in tourist destinations in Central America, to strengthen the sector's ability to address the threats and challenges of climate change, to present the opportunities and adaptation techniques and to implement the recommendations of the Davos Declaration and the Declaration of Sustainable Tourism Year in Central America.
The event will take place at the headquarters of the Regional Centre for Documentation and Environmental Interpretation (CREDIA).
The event will conclude with a plenary session in which the conclusions and recommendations of the round tables will be presented.
Within the framework of the Conference of the Parties (COP18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), UNWTO and other United Nations agencies held a side event under the theme "The tourism sector response to climate change: mitigation and adaptation initiatives and strategies".
Speakers addressed tourism response to climate change and mitigation measures adopted within the transport and accommodation sectors.
The event was held on 29 November 2012, from 18:30 to 20:00 as one of the UN side events organized within the UN System.
To open the side events flyer, please click on the image below.
In the context of the Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-11), four Tourism Side Events will be held from 8th to 19th October 2012 in Hyderabad, India.
UNWTO, together with CBD, has organized one of these side events, under the theme "Highlighting tourism's contribution to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development".
To see the four side events flyer, please click on the image below.
1. Toutes les formes de tourisme basées sur la nature dans lesquelles la principale motivation des touristes est l'observation et la jouissance de la nature ainsi que des cultures traditionnelles qui prévalent dans les zones naturelles.


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Q: Summation of series involving complex exponents.
I am interested to find out what is $\sum_{k=0}^{200} i^k$, where $i$ is complex number

A: Hint. You may use the standard geometric series identity
$$
\sum_{k=0}^nz^k=\frac{1-z^{n+1}}{1-z},\quad z\neq1,
$$ giving
$$
\sum_{k=0}^{200}i^k=\frac{1-i^{201}}{1-i}.
$$ Then simplify $1-i^{201}$ using $i^2=-1$.

A: Hint:
Look at the sequence of partial sums.
$1$
$1+i$
$1+i-1$
$1+i-1-i$
$1+i-1-i+1$
$1+i-1-i+1+i$
$\vdots$

simplify each to see the pattern:  $(1,1+i,i,0,1,1+i,i,0,\dots)$

A: I assume that $i$ is the imaginary unit. Note that for all $k \in \mathbb N_0$
$$\begin{align*}
i^{4k} &= 1 \\
i^{4k+1} &= i \\
i^{4k+2} &= -1 \\
i^{4k+3} &= -i
\end{align*}$$
In particular $i^{4k}+i^{4k+1}+i^{4k+2}+i^{4k+3} = 1 + i -1 -i = 0$ for all $k \in \mathbb N_0$.
Now $\sum_{k=0}^{200} i^k = \left( \sum_{k=0}^{49} i^{4k}+i^{4k+1}+i^{4k+2}+i^{4k+3} \right) + i^{200} = 0 + i^{4 \cdot 50} = 1$

A: Hint summation of four continuous powers of $i=0$ now $200$ is divisible by $4$ hence summation of all the powers till $200$ is $0$. And $i^0=1$ thus $\sum =1$


Update (May 13) -- The following statement was issued by the official spokesperson for the Aronson family: "Thank you to Dr. Green and the Presient & CEO of Jackson Memorial, Carlos Migoya. All of the hospital parking is controlled by the county and Mr. Migoya went out of his way to "sponsor" us and allow us to park at the hospital. Dr. Green and Mr. Migoya have been extraordinary and we wish to say thank you."
The following is statement issued by the official spokesperson for the Aronson family.
MIAMI, Fla. -- IHRA Pro Stock racer Cale Aronson, of Chillicothe, Missouri, is on the road to recovery following a high-speed accident which left him critically injured on April 25, 2015. Aronson lost control of his Mustang during final eliminations at the IHRA Palm Beach Nationals, crossing the centerline before striking the retaining wall and flipping. His car slid to a stop in the Palm Beach International Raceway shutdown area.
Aronson was transported via helicopter to St. Mary's Hospital in Palm Beach, Fla, where he underwent surgery on April 28 to repair damage when he sustained a C-5 compressed vertebra. He is expected to make a full recovery following a lengthy rehab process.
"Basically I had a bruised spine," Aronson explained. "I still have some difficulty with my upper body movement, but everything has a tingling sensation. I have feeling throughout my body."
Once Aronson was stabilized following the surgery, he was transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, and placed under the care of renowned spinal cord injury specialist Dr. Barth Green. Instrumental in the transfer was the Gwynn Family, whose son Darrell, suffered a spinal cord injury during a racing accident in April 1990.
Aronson admits he's experienced a rollercoaster of emotions in the days following his accident.
"My focus hasn't changed much in wanting to get busy in rehab and move forward," Aronson said. "The most important thing to me is taking care of my family. The inability to do that is enough to frighten anybody. At the same time, I always felt this was a condition I'd be able to recover from. Plus I try to never try to think negatively like that.
"I'm not saying I didn't have negative thoughts, but I try to focus more on the how to make the best of any situation. The hardest part is the lack of being able to bond, to wrap my arms around and hug my wife."
Aronson credits wife Tinzy with her unwavering support as an inspiration throughout the ordeal. He also credits the legions of fellow racers and race fans as inspiration.
"Your support was a large part of what inspired me to fight through this time," Aronson said. "Some of those who stepped up to show support, you helped Tinzy and myself so much. It's overwhelming when you are a small family team like we are. We do this because we love it. It's important to see what we do is appreciated. It's done a lot for my family."
Godspeed Ministry, the official chaplain for the IHRA, has set up a Bridge the Gap fundraiser for the Aronson Family to help defray medical expenses.


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Stillness and Speed
By Dennis Bergkamp
In Stillness and Speed, one of football's most enigmatic stars finally opens up about his life and career, revealing the things that motivate and inspire him. Viewed by many as one of the most influential figures in Premier League history, and scorer of the goal that Arsenal fans voted the best in the club's history, Dennis Bergkamp is a true giant of the game.
As a youngster, Bergkamp learned from the Dutch master Johan Cruyff. By the time the pupil was ready to graduate from Ajax and move abroad, he was ready to spread the word, but in Italy he found few willing listeners. It was only when he moved to Arsenal and linked up with Arsene Wenger that he met someone else who shared his vision for football's possibilities. Bergkamp became central to everything the club did: now he had become the teacher, their creative genius, and the one who inspired some of the wayward old guard to new heights, helping them to seven major trophies.
Few footballers' books make you think anew, but in Stillness and Speed Bergkamp presents a new vision for the game and how it might be played. He was a player like no other; his story is told like no other. It is a book that will inspire football fans everywhere, whatever their allegiance.
Born in Amsterdam in 1969, Dennis Bergkamp began his hugely successful career at Ajax, before moving to Inter Milan and then on to Arsenal in 1995, where he was a central figure in the side that won three league titles and four FA Cups. He also won 79 caps for the Netherlands. He is currently assistant manager at Ajax.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK (September 26, 2013)
Biography & Autobiography > Sports
Book Cover Image (jpg): Stillness and Speed


HI. I have a KN5000. After I go to sound button...I can not get the part setting function to work. Not sure if I did something to cause this inadvertently or what's up. I have tried turning keyboard off and on and did a reset as well. Playing in a gig tomorrow. Sure could use some quick help.