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Q: What is the spiritual nature of humans?

The spiritual nature of not only humans but of all living entities is that of eternity, knowledge and bliss.

The soul in all living entities is a minute particle of consciousness, and consciousness is by constitution spiritual. The world around us, including our bodies and minds, are material. Only our selves are spiritual. The goal of the human life-form is to realize one’s spiritual self, as opposed to identifying oneself with the body and its culture.

A question a thoughtful person might ask is, what is God made of? The Vedic version teaches us that God is made of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. Note how ingenious this definition of God is. As usual the Vedic version reigns supreme.

Brahma, god of creation, says:

Krishna who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes. —Brahma-samhita, 5.1

It also makes perfect sense that eternity, knowledge and bliss is the substance of God. We can test it on ourselves. As souls, ie. atomic fragments of God, we consist of the same spiritual substance as God, and this fact should be somehow measurable. It's like, by examining one drop of the ocean one gets an understanding of the entire ocean.

The very fact that all living entities instinctively gravitate towards these three factors, indicates that this is our natural state. All living entities seek eternity, knowledge, and bliss. We all have the distinct experience that these three are the prime moving factors of our core existence.

We are all pleasure seeking. We all try to learn something. And we all try to preserve our being. Some people say - I don't seek eternity. It must become boring in eternity. But we all seek eternity in the sense that we try to preserve our being. The survival instinct together with the mating instinct are the strongest instincts in all living entities.

Besides, boredom is a factor of material existence, As souls on the spiritual plane we will never get bored playing with Krishna. Who would not want to be eternally young and blissful? Does anyone want his or her happiness to end, because it's just so boring being happy? The only reason one would want his existence to end is if it's miserable.

In reality we are happy all the time. Who wants bliss to end? Who sits in a real happy frame of mind, and thinks - gee, I wish this happiness would end... nobody does that. Thus it is a direct observable fact that all living entities gravitate towards eternity, knowledge and bliss, exactly as predicted in the Vedic version.

By connecting with our real selves we become re-situated in God's substance of eternity, knowledge and bliss. By connecting with our real selves we connect with eternity, knowledge and bliss. The method to do so is to invoke the name of God and petition Him. This is done in this age by chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare

"This mantra, consisting of 16 words and 32 syllables, is the only means against evil in this age. After searching through all the Vedic literature, one cannot find a method of religion more sublime for this age than the chanting of Hare Krsna."

--- Kali-santarana Upanishad🍀