Prabhpada, Hyderabad, November 27, 1972: ..Actually, we are very, very small particle, molecular parts of the spirit. And they are eternally part. Not that circumstantially it has become part, and again it can join. It can join, but not that in a homogeneous way, mixed-up way. No. Even it is joined, it, the soul keeps his separate existence. Just like a green bird, when he enters into the tree, it appears that the bird is now merged into the tree, but it is not that. The bird keeps its identity within the tree. That is the conclusion.
Although both the tree and the bird being green, it appears that the bird is now merged into the tree, this merging does not mean that, that the bird and the tree has become one. No. It appears like that. Because both of them are the same color, it appears that the bird has…, there is no more existence of the bird. But that is not a fact. The bird is… Similarly, we are individual spirit soul.
The quality being one, say, greenness, when one merges into the Brahman effulgence, the living entity does not lose his identity. And because he does not lose the identity, and because the living entity, by nature, is joyful, he cannot stay in the impersonal Brahman effulgence for many days. Because he has to seek out joyfulness. That joyfulness means varieties.
So in the Brahman effulgence it is, simply being cin-matra, simply spirit, there is no varieties of spirit. It is simply spirit. Just like the sky. The sky is also matter. But in the sky, there is no variety. If you want varieties, even in this material world, then you have to take shelter of a planet, either you come to the earthly planet or go to the moon planet or sun planet. Similarly, the Brahman effulgence is the glowing rays from the body of Krishna. Yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti [Bs. 5.40].
Just like the sunshine is glowing effulgence from the sun globe, and within the sun globe, there is the sun-god, similarly, there is, in the spiritual world, there is Brahman effulgence, impersonal, and within the Brahman effulgence, there are spiritual planets. They are called Vaikunthalokas. And the topmost of the Vaikunthalokas is Krishnaloka.
So from Krishna’s body, the Brahman effulgence is coming out. Yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti [Bs. 5.40]. Everything is existing in that Brahman effulgence. Sarvam khalv idam brahma. In the Bhagavad-gita also it is said, mat-sthani sarva-bhutani naham tesu avasthitah. Everything existing on His effulgence, Brahman effulgence…
Just like the whole material world, innumerable planets, they are existing on the sunshine. The sunshine is impersonal effulgence of the sun globe, and there are millions of planets resting on the sunshine. Everything is happening on, on account of the sunshine. Similarly the Brahman effulgence coming out, the rays coming out from the body of Krishna, and everything is resting on that Brahman effulgence. Actually, different types of energies. Just like from the sunshine there are different types of colors, energies. That is creating this material world.
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