TOVP will answer “Who am I?” and “Where am I?” according to Srila Prabhupada’s teachings.
Drutakarma Das: We will have exhibits showing the limits of anumana and pratyaksa, and we will introduce the idea of sadba pramana.
Given the self is not material there must be a place the self can fully express itself.
Many scientists believe that universes will ultimately contract.
The first exhibit will use virtual reality technology to give people experiences of being different ages, different genders, and different species. It will ask the question “Who am I?”
In the material world, souls have to have different material bodies.
There are 8,400,000 species. Different beings on different lokas [planets], earthly lokas, hellish lokas, and heavenly lokas.
First we show the universe according to the Surya-siddhanta, which is more like the universe we usually see in science.
There is reincarnation, and there is scientific evidence for reincarnation.
We need to know where we are to attain the spiritual world as we need to know where the airport is to catch our flight out.
They are things in the universe that we cannot see.
There are also things in the universe that astronomers cannot see.
There will be exhibits of the unseen features of the universe.
The most important events in the history of the universe are the appearance of avatars who teach us why we are here.
When people have a true understanding of who they are and where they are, they can cooperate to satisfy their material needs in a simple and efficient way so we can focus on attaining the spiritual world.