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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 26 ]
advancement of civilization, but factually the advancement of civilization is a manifestation of the false ego. By false ego all material things are produced as objects of enjoyment. One has to cease increasing artificial necessities in the form of material objects. One great  ācārya , Narottama dāsa Thākura, has lamented that when one deviates from pure consciousness of Vāsudeva, or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he becomes entangled in material activities. The exact words he uses are  sat-saṅga chāḍi' kainu asate vilāsa/ te-kāraṇe lāgila ye karma-bandha-phāṅsa : “I have given up the pure status of consciousness because I wanted to enjoy in the temporary material manifestation; therefore I have been entangled in the network of actions and reactions.”
TEXT 27
वैकारिकाद्विकुर्वाणान्यनस्तत्त्वमजायत । यत्सङ्ख्यविकल्पाभ्यां वर्तते कामसम्भवः ॥२७॥
vaikārikād vikurvāṇān manas-tattvam ajāyata yat-saṅkalpa-vikalpābhyām vartate kāma-sambhavaḥ
vaikārikāt —from the false ego of goodness;  vikurvāṇāt —undergoing transformation;  manaḥ —the mind;  tattvam —principle;  ajāyata —evolved;  yat —whose;  saṅkalpa —thoughts;  vikalpābhyām —and by reflections;  vartate —happens;  kāma-sambhavaḥ —the rise of desire.
TRANSLATION
From the false ego of goodness, another transformation takes place. From this evolves the mind, whose thoughts and reflections give rise to desire.
PURPORT
The symptoms of the mind are determination and rejection, which are due to different kinds of desires. We desire that which is favorable to our sense gratification, and we reject that which is not favorable to sense gratification. The material mind is not fixed, but the very same mind can be fixed when engaged in the activities of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Otherwise, as long as the mind is on the material platform, it is hovering, and all this rejection and acceptance is  asat , temporary. It is stated that he whose mind