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of the material universe. Rather, one should learn to discern the existence of supreme intelligence behind all these material manifestations. The Supreme Being, who is the supreme intelligence,  is the ultimate creator, the all-attractive Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa . Although one may not be aware of this, there is definite information of the creator given in Vedic literatures such as the  Bhagavad-gītā  and especially the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam . The  Gītā  flatly denies that life simply “happens” by the lucky “interaction of certain physical and chemical combinations.”
All beings, Arjuna, pass into nature  which is My own  at the end of the cycle; and at the beginning of the next cycle, I send them forth. Taking hold of nature which is My own, I send forth again and again this multitude of beings, which is helpless, being under the control of nature ( prakṛti ). Under My guidance, nature ( prakṛti ) gives birth to all things, moving and unmoving, and by this means, O Arjuna, the world revolves.
(Bg. 9.7-8,10)
In these words, Śrī Kṛṣṇa indicates Himself to be the absolute controller.
When a satellite is thrown into outer space, a child may not understand that there are scientific brains behind it, but an intelligent adult realizes that scientific brains on earth are controlling the satellite. Similarly, less intelligent persons do not have information of the creator and His eternal abode in the
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spiritual world, which is far beyond our range of visibility, but in actuality there is a spiritual sky and spiritual planets which are more spacious and greater in number than those in the material sky. From the  Gītā  we receive information that the material universe only constitutes a fraction (one-fourth) of the creation. Such information is extensively available in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and in other Vedic literatures.
If living energy can be generated in the scientist's laboratory by “the interaction of certain physical and chemical combinations,” then why haven't the boastful material scientists been able to manufacture life? They should know definitely that spiritual force is distinguished from matter and that it is not possible to produce such energy by any amount of material adjustment. At present Russians and Americans are undoubtedly very much advanced in many departments of technological science, but they are still ignorant of the spiritual science. They will have to learn from superior intelligence in order to make a perfect and progressive human society.
The Russians are unaware that in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  the socialist philosophy is most perfectly described. The  Bhāgavatam  instructs that whatever wealth exists—all natural resources (agricultural, mining, etc.)—is created by the ultimate creator, and therefore every living being has a right to take part of them. It is further said that a man should only possess as much wealth as is sufficient to maintain his body, and that if he desires more than that, or if he takes more than his share, he is subject to punish-