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THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION
conditioned by so many of nature's laws, the rascals think they are free. Yet if there is a cloud, they cannot see the sun. What power have we to see? Only when nature's laws give us some facility are we able to see. Indeed, we can only experiment under certain conditions, and if the conditions are not favorable, our experiments fail. Why then are we so proud of experimental knowledge?
Why experiment? Things are already there. The sun's energy is there, given by God for us to use. What else is there to know? So many apples fall from trees. What further need is there to explain the law of gravity? Actually the scientists are lacking in common sense. They are simply concerned with "scientific" explanations. They say the law of gravity works only under certain conditions, but who has made these conditions? When Kṛṣṇa appeared as Lord Rāmacandra, He threw stones on the water, and the stones floated. The law of gravity did not work in that case. Therefore the law of gravity works only under the direction of the Supreme Lord. The law in itself is not final. A king may give a law, but he can change that law immediately. The ultimate law-giver is Kṛṣṇa, and a law will only work by His will. Scientists try to explain God's will in so many ways, but because they are conditioned by  māyā , illusion, they can only talk like a person haunted by ghosts. Tell me, what is the scientific explanation that accounts for all the varieties of trees?
Karandhara dāsa:  They say that nature mutates and makes these varieties.
Śrila Prabhupāda:  Then it must be nature's will. And what is that will? Does the land have any will?
Karandhara dāsa:  Well, they are very vague on that point.
Śrila Prabhupāda:  That means that they do not have perfect knowledge. They do not know that behind nature is the will of Kṛṣṇa.
Dr. Singh:  They explain that the chemical composition of these different plants is different.
Śrila Prabhupāda:  That's all right, but who made these chemical compositions? As soon as you say "chemical composition," you immediately require a God.
Karandhara dāsa:  They say there is no need for a God because if you mix two chemicals together . . .
Śrila Prabhupāda:  God or not, there must be some will. There must be some consciousness. Two chemicals mix and produce such and such. Who mixes them? Consciousness is there. Well, that consciousness is Kṛṣṇa. There is consciousness everywhere, and as soon as you accept that consciousness, you must accept consciousness as a person.