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Elevation to Krṣṇa Consciousness
in actuality no inferior or material energy, but that everything is spiritual. We can understand that on the higher platform whatever we are experiencing are the actions and reactions of the different energies of the Supreme Lord. When we understand Krṣṇa perfectly, then these distinctions of superior and inferior energies will disappear. Whatever is engaged in the service of Krṣṇa is superior energy. In the higher sense, everything is serving Krṣṇa, and those who are highly elevated understand this.
That the Lord has various energies is confirmed in Vedic literatures. Yet the Supreme Lord personally has nothing to do. How is this? He has not to strive for wealth, for all wealth is His; nor for knowledge, for all knowledge is His; nor for power, for all power is His; nor for beauty, fame or renunciation, for they are all His in full. Nor does He directly manage universal affairs, for He has many assistants who can conduct affairs while He remains in His abode. This is confirmed in Śrī  Īśopaniṣad :
anejad ekaṁ manaso javīyo 
    nainad devā āpnuvan pūrvam arṣat 
    tad dhāvato 'nyān atyeti tiṣṭhat 
    tasminn apo mātariśvā dadhāti
“The Personality of Godhead, although fixed in His abode, is more swift than the mind, and can overcome all others running. The powerful demigods cannot approach Him. Although in one place, He has control over those who supply the air and rain. He surpasses all in excellence.” (Śrī  Īśopaniṣad ,  Mantra 4 )