BASY JOURNEY TO OTHER PLANETS 1]

9 =wildered by the influence of material manifestation without

any knowledge in the anti-material jurisdiction. It isa good

sign therefore that the materialistic scientist is gradually pro-

gressing towards the region of anti-material world and it may

be possible for them to make further progress in the matter

9 and thus can know one day, it is better Jate than never, the

details of anti-material world where the Personality of Godhead,

resides as the Predominating Figure whereas the living entities

9 who live there along with Godhead in equal status but at the

same time as predominated as servitors. In the anti-material

world there is no difference between the predominated and

predominator but yet the sense in perfection of the Predomina-

| =tor and the predominated prevails without any inebreity of the
material world.

The nature of the material world is destructive. The assu-
mption of the physical scientist about the annihilation of the
two worlds namely the material and non-material by a chance
flashing clash—is partially true as far as we get it from the
Bhagwat Geeta. The material world is a creation of changing
modes of Nature called by the name of Sata, Raja and Tama.
It is created by the Rajas mode, it is maintained by the Sata
mode and it is annihtlated by the Tama mode. These modes
are present everywhere within the material world and as such
in every second. in every minute and in every hour such crea-
tion, maintenance and annihilations are taking place all over
the material world. The highest planet of the material world
namely the ‘Brahmaloka’.is also subjected to these modes of
nature, although the duration of life in that planet, on account
of its predominance of Sata modes is said to be 4300000 x 1000
x2x30x12x100 of years as we know in this planet. But

| with all theselong period of years, the planet is destructible.
In comparison to the eternal life in the non-material world,
these countable years in the highest planet of the material world
is a negligible stand. The speaker of the Bhagwat Geeta or the
Personality of Godhead Shri Krishna asserts, therefore, the
importance of anti-material world which is His abode. He says
as follows:

“All the planets within the material world are destructible
at the end of 4300000 x 1000 x2 30x 12100 of solar years.
