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THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION
Both  Kṛṣṇa  and  Rāma  mean “the supreme pleasure,” and  Harā  is the supreme pleasure energy of the Lord, changed to  Hare  in the vocative. The supreme pleasure energy of the Lord helps us to reach the Lord.
The material energy, called  māyā , is also one of the multienergies of the Lord. And we, the living entities, are also the energy, marginal energy, of the Lord. The living entities are described as superior to material energy. When the superior energy is in contact with the inferior energy, an incompatible situation arises; but when the superior marginal energy is in contact with the superior energy,  Harā , it is established in its happy, normal condition.
These three words, namely  Hare ,  Kṛṣṇa , and  Rāma , are the transcendental seeds of the  mahā-mantra . The chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His energy, to give protection to the conditioned soul. This chanting is exactly like the genuine cry of a child for its mother’s presence. Mother Harā helps the devotee achieve the Lord Father’s grace, and the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants this mantra sincerely.
No other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy as the chanting of the  mahā-mantra : Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.