Delivery of the Message of Krṣṇa to the Gopīs
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of all thoughts is actually a wise man, and he surrenders unto Krṣṇa. The  gopīs  are the typical example of this perfectional stage of knowledge. They are not simple mental speculators. Their minds are always in Krṣṇa. The mind is nothing but the energy of Krṣṇa. Actually, any person who can think, feel, act and will cannot be separated from Krṣṇa. But the stage in which he can understand his eternal relationship is called Krṣṇa consciousness. The diseased condition in which he cannot understand his eternal relationship with Krṣṇa is the contaminated stage, or  māyā . Since the  gopīs  are on the platform of pure transcendental knowledge, their minds are always filled with Krṣṇa consciousness. For example, as there is no separation between fire and air, so there is no separation between Krṣṇa and the living entities. When the living entities forget Krṣṇa, they are not in their normal condition. As for the  gopīs , because they are always thinking of Krṣṇa they are on the absolute stage of perfection in knowledge. The so-called empiric philosophers sometimes think that the path of  bhakti  is meant for the less intelligent, but unless the so-called man of knowledge comes to the platform of  bhakti , his knowledge is certainly impure and imperfect. Actually, the stage of perfecting one's eternal relationship with Krṣṇa is love in separation. But that is also illusory because there is no separation. The  gopīs  were never separated from Krṣṇa. Even from the philosophical point of view, there was no separation.
The cosmic manifestation is also not separate from Krṣṇa. "Nothing is separate from Me; the whole cosmic manifestation is resting on Me and is not separate from Me. Before the creation, I was existing." This is confirmed in the Vedic literature: before creation, there was only Nārāyaṇa. There were no Brahmā and no Śiva as assistants. The whole cosmic manifestation is manipulated by the three modes of material nature. Brahmā is the incarnation of the quality of passion. It is said that Brahmā created this universe, but Brahmā is the secondary creator; the original creator is Nārāyaṇa. This is also confirmed by Śaṅkarācārya:  nārāyaṇaḥ paro'vyaktāt . Nārāyaṇa is transcendental, beyond this cosmic creation.
Krṣṇa creates, maintains, and annihilates the whole cosmic manifestation by expanding Himself in different incarnations. Everything is Krṣṇa, and everything is depending on Krṣṇa, but He is not perceived in the material energy. Material energy is called  māyā , or illusion. In the spiritual energy, however, Krṣṇa is perceived at every step, in all circumstances. This perfectional stage of understanding is present in the  gopīs . As Krṣṇa is always aloof from the cosmic manifestation, although it is completely dependent on Him, so a living entity is also completely aloof from his material conditional life. The material body has developed on the basis of