Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.10.26
Visarga· Brahmā's creationUse Higher Consciousness for Spiritual Realization
“The creation of the human beings, who are of one species only and who stock their eatables in the belly, is the ninth in the rotation. In the human race, the mode of passion is very prominent. Humans are always busy in the midst of miserable life, but they think themselves happy in all respects.”
What the purport teaches
- Human beings form one species and belong to the ninth creation. The mode of passion is especially prominent in human life.
- Higher human consciousness is meant for gaining relief from material miseries. In ignorance, people instead use their intelligence to increase material comforts and pursue eating, sleeping, defending and mating.
- The pursuit of greater material comfort puts people into a more miserable condition. Yet, illusioned by material energy, they think themselves happy even amid misery.
Try this today
Set aside five minutes today from pursuing a material comfort to reflect on spiritual realization.
Ask yourself
Am I using my higher consciousness for spiritual realization or only for greater material comfort?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.