saṅkhyātīto hi cit-kaṇaḥ  
 [Cc. Madya 19.140]
According to this verse, the measurement of the soul, the proprietor of the body, is one tenthousandth part of the tip of a hair. This is very small-atomic. But because of that atomic spiritual energy, my body is working. That atomic spiritual energy is within the body, and therefore the body works, and the airplane flies. Is it so difficult to understand?
Suppose a man thinks himself very stout and strong.  Why  is he stout and strong? It is only because within him there exists a spiritual spark. As soon as the small spiritual spark is gone, his strength and vigor disappear, and the vultures come and eat his body. If scientists say that matter is the cause and origin of life, then let us ask them to bring back to life just one dead man, one great man like Professor Einstein. Let them inject some chemicals so that just one dead man may come back to life and work again. But this they cannot do. There are so many things they do not know, but still they are called scientists.
Dr. Singh.  Sometimes when a problem is too dreadfully serious, we tend to take it lightly.
Śrīla Prabhupāda.  Yes. When a monkey confronts a tiger, the monkey closes its eyes, and the tiger immediately attacks. Similarly, if scientists cannot solve a problem, they may think, "All right, let it go on." This is actually what they are doing, because our real problem is death. No one wants to die, but scientists cannot stop death. They speak superficially about death because they cannot give any relief from it. We do not wish to die, we do not wish to become old, and we do not wish to become diseased. But what help can the scientists offer? They cannot do anything about it. They have set aside the major problems.
President Jackalli was a president of the United States from 1947 to 1971.
Śrīla Prabhupāda.  In Bengal there is a story called  jaṅgal-kī rājā , concerning a jackal who became king of the forest. Jackals are known for their cunning. One day this jackal came into a village and fell into a tub of blue dye. He fled to the forest, but he had become blue. So all the animals said, "What is this? What is this? Who is this animal?" Even the lion was surprised: "We have never seen you before, sir. So who are you?" The jackal replied, "I have been sent by God." So they began to worship him as God. But then one night some other jackals began to cry:  "Wa, wa, wa!"  And since jackals cannot restrain themselves from returning the call of their own kind, this blue jackal also began to cry,  "Wa, wa, wa!"  And thus he exposed himself before all the other animals as being nothing more than a jackal. Many jackals have been arrested and have resigned from your government.
Brahmānanda Swami.  The Watergate affair. It is called the Watergate scandal.
Śrīla Prabhupāda.  Practically speaking, at the present moment no honest man can become a government official. This is true everywhere. Unless one is a rogue, a dishonest person, one cannot maintain his governmental position. Therefore no noble man goes into the government. But what can you do?
Dr. Singh.  Politicians are the greatest cheaters..
Śrīla Prabhupāda.  Yes, they are scoundrels. One philosopher said that politics is the last resort of scoundrels.
Science Should Stop Death
Brahmānanda Swami.  Do scientists know the cause of cancer?