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On the Way to Krsna
All living entities must drink water. The taste of water is so nice that when we are thirsty nothing but water seems to do. No manufacturer can create the pure taste of water. We can thus remember Kṛṣṇa or God when we drink water. No one can avoid drinking water every day of his life, so God consciousness is there—how can we forget?
Similarly, when there is some illumination, that is also Kṛṣṇa. The original effulgence in the spiritual sky, the  brahmajyoti , emanates from the body of Kṛṣṇa. This material sky is covered. The very nature of the material universe is darkness, which we experience at night. It is being artificially illuminated by the sun, by the reflected light of the moon, and by electricity. Where is this illumination coming from? The sun is being illumined by the  brahmajyoti , or the bright effulgence of the spiritual world. In the spiritual world there is no need for sun, moon or electricity because there everything is illuminated by the  brahmajyoti . On this earth, however, we can remember Kṛṣṇa whenever we see some illumination from the sun.
When we chant the Vedic  mantras  which begin with  om , we can also remember Kṛṣṇa.  Om , like Hare Kṛṣṇa, is also an address to God, and  om  is also Kṛṣṇa.  Śabdaḥ  means sound, and whenever we hear any sound we should know that it is a vibration of the original sound, the pure spiritual sound  om  or Hare Kṛṣṇa. Whatever sound we hear in the material world is but a reflection of that original spiritual sound  om . In this way when we hear sound, when we