The mind is the cause of our material existence, mano-dharma. Why we are in this material world? On account of this change of mind. Our position is jivera svarupa haya nitya krsna dasa [Cc. Madhya 20.108-109]. We are eternal servant of Krsna, but sometimes the servant thinks, “Why shall I remain a servant? Let me become master.” That is natural. A master is always in comfortable situation. Sometimes the servant becomes envious: “Oh, why this man should always remain in comfortable position and we shall serve? Why not we become also in comfortable position?
Let me eat as he eats,” or “Let me sleep now.” These are so-called comforts. So they want to imitate. When the living being imitates the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then he falls down. Krsna bhuliya jiva bhoga vancha kare, pasate maya tare japatiya dhare. As soon as he forgets his position—he wants to imitate—that is the beginning of maya, falldown. You should be very careful.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.6.3
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Vrndavana, November 25, 1976
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