Hayagriva: Carl Gustav Jung speaks of the soul in this way. He says, “If the human soul is anything, it must be of unimaginable complexity and diversity, so that it cannot possibly be approached through a mere psychology of instinct.”
Prabhupada: That he does not know. As soon as we train ourself, that just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, “I am not a brahmana, I am not a ksatriya, I am not a sudra, I am not a sannyasi, I am not brahmacari.” By negation. “I am not, I am not, I am not.” Then what is your actual? That gopi-bhartuh kamalayor dasa-dasanu: “I am the servant of the servant of the servant of the maintainer of gopis.” That means Krishna. “That is my real identification.” So I have, so long we do not identify as the eternal servant of Krishna, there will be so many varieties of identification, and bhakti, devotional service, means to become purified from all this false identification.
Hayagriva: He says, “I can only gaze with wonder and awe at the depths and heights of our psychic nature.”
Prabhupada: Psychic nature means so long you are not Krishna conscious there will be varieties of psychic nature, because we are changing constantly to different bodies by transmigration. So we, we are accumulating varieties of experiences. But if we don’t change, remain fixed up in Krishna consciousness, then one identification we have got—that “I am servant of Krishna. My duty is to serve Him.” Karisye vacanam tava [Bg. 18.73], as Arjuna realized after studying Bhagavad-gita. “Yes,” nasto mohah smrtir labdha. “Now I have revived my real consciousness and I will act as You dictate.” That is final.
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with His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada / Carl Gustav Jung
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