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Imported quote 18910 These are all different transformation of the ethereal existence. So in the Bhagavad-gita it is said, matra-sparsas tu kaunteya sitosna-sukha-duḥkha-daḥ [Bg 2.14]. So our these material pains and pleasure are felt on account of this sparsa, an arrangement of the ether and transformation of ethereal activities. Actually, it has nothing to do with the spirit soul. Spirit soul is untouched by all these thing. It requires simply realization. Great devotees like Bharata Maharaja or Prahlada Maharaja, Haridasa Thakura, because they were very, very much advanced in spiritual consciousness, these ethereal activities on the external body did not touch them. Even in our Western world, Lord Jesus Christ, he was also crucified, but it did not touch him.
(More...) So this is to be practiced, that we should not be disturbed by the ethereal transformation in touch with the skin and be disturbed in our regular activities in devotional service. That is called sthita-prajna. In the... The word is used in the Bhagavad-gita, sthita-prajna. So a devotee is sthita-prajna. He should not be disturbed by this material condition, or change of ethereal activities. We should be fixed up, atma-stha, atma-stha. And then our progress in spiritual life will be unhampered. Actually, as it is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, ahaituky apratihata.
(More...) So this Krsna consciousness movement is gradually developing up to the stage of raga-bhakti or para-bhakti. Then life is successful. In that way we should not be disturbed by these ethereal interactions. As it is stated here, mrdutvam kathinatvam ca saityam usnatvam eva ca. We are disturbed by these things. Suppose we are lying on the floor. It is kathinatvam: it is very hard. But if we given a cushion or a nice mattress, that is mrdutvam. Similarly, sitosna. Water, sometimes it is felt very chilly, cold, and sometimes it is very hot. The water is the same; according to the change of ethereal arrangement, it is becoming in different position, different condition. And it is the source of pains and pleasure on account of this touch, the skin. The skin is touch. So if we understand fully that "I am not this body," that requires realization, atmanubhūti.
(More...) One who is not disturbed in spite of the threefold miseries, who is not elated when there is happiness, and who is free from attachment, fear and anger, "One who is not disturbed in spite of the threefold miseries, who is not elated when there is happiness, and who is free from attachment, fear and anger, is called a sage of steady mind." A devotee should not be aggrieved in an awkward position, nor should he feel extraordinarily happy in material opulence. This is the way of expert management of material life. Because a devotee knows how to manage expertly, he is called jivan-mukta. As Rūpa Gosvami explains in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu:
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