Everything Already Belongs to God | HG Vaiseiska Dasa | ISV | 26 July 2026

People get into a moral dilemma about owning things. In fact, there are many economic systems that talk about who owns what. Some say the state owns everything. Then there are very enthusiastic capitalistic systems that say, "No, each person." I don't want to try to truncate the meaning of capitalism, but in general, it belongs to the people. You own your own private property, and so forth. These conceptions run into problems: who owns what, under what circumstances. In fact, it becomes quite litigious. I'll tell you a story I heard this morning. Prabhupāda was speaking about this concept that God owns everything, and then he told a story about some thieves. They went into town at night, and they robbed a few places, and they took all the loot. They went to the edge of town, and they gathered in a circle with all the stuff they stole, and then one of them proclaimed, "Let's divide it equitably and morally." So, there is a cognitive dissonance that people have. When we start thinking about who owns what in the world, there is a bit of a conundrum because whatever we think we own will be unceremoniously taken away from us at a certain point, and other people may put a claim on it also, or a percentage of it, and it gets really complicated. Just as a side, Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā—and there are other utterances that are very helpful in this way—if you want to be happy for the rest of your life (that's the beginning of a song, but I'll finish in a different way), you should consider that everything already belongs to God. Don't make a claim over it. You can take care of it, but don't think that it belongs to you. This is something Kṛṣṇa mentions in the Bhagavad-gītā when he says: "brahmaṇy ādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ." Which means that you should renounce the idea that "this belongs to me." You can use it, but don't think "this is mine to keep." Use it in the right way, and then he says you won't be affected by it. And another place this is mentioned is in the... (13:52) ------------------------------------------------------------ To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://vaisesikadasayatra.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 https://thefourquestionsbook.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=launch2025 ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark ------------------------------------------------------------ #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose