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Easy Journey to Other Planets
Annihilation of the material world takes place in two ways. Partial annihilation occurs at the end of every 4,300,000 x 1,000 solar years, or at the end of each day of Brahmaloka, which is the topmost planet in the material world. During that time of partial annihilation, the topmost planets such as Brahmaloka are not annihilated, but at the end of each duration of 4,300,000 x 1,000 x 2 x 30 x 12 x 100 solar years, the entire cosmic manifestation is merged into the anti-material body from whence the material principles emanate, manifest and merge after annihilation. The anti-material world, which is far removed from the material sky, is never annihilated. It absorbs the material world. It may be that a “clash” occurs between the material and anti-material worlds, as suggested by the scientists, and that the material worlds are destroyed, but there is no annihilation of the anti-material worlds.  The eternally existing anti-material world is nonmanifested to the material scientist. He can simply have information of it insofar as the principles of its existence are contrary to the modes of the material world.  However, full details of the anti-material universe can be known only from the infallible source of liberated authorities who have thoroughly realized the constitution of the anti-material principle. This information is received by aural reception by a submissive disciple of the Personality of Godhead.
The Vedic knowledge was thus imparted unto the heart of Brahmā, the first living being in the material creation. It was Brahmā who related this knowledge to the sage Nārada Muni. Similarly, the  Bhagavad-
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gītā  was spoken by the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Krṣṇa, to Vivasvān, the presiding deity of the sun, and when the aural chain of discipline succession was broken, Lord Krṣṇa repeated the  Gītā  to Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra. At that time, Arjuna took the role of disciple and student in order to receive transcendental knowledge from Śrī Krṣṇa. In order to drive out all misgivings which the gross materialists of the world may have, Arjuna asked all relevant questions, and the answers were given by Krṣṇa so that any layman can understand them. Only those who are captivated by the glamour of the material world cannot accept the authority of Lord Krṣṇa.  One has to become thoroughly clean in habit and heart before one can understand the details of the anti-material world. Bhakti-yoga  is a detailed scientific transcendental activity that both the neophyte and the perfect  yogī  can practice.
The material world is only a shadow representation of the anti-material world, and intelligent men who are clean in heart and habit will be able to learn, in a nutshell, all the details of the anti-material world from the text of the  Gītā , and these are in actuality more exhaustive than material details. The basic details are as follows:
The presiding Deity of the anti-material world is Śrī Krṣṇa, who exists in His original personality as well as in His many plenary expansions. This personality and His plenary expansions can be known only by anti-material activities commonly known as  bhakti-yoga , or devotional service. The Personality of Godhead is the supreme truth, and He is the whole