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Understanding Material Nature
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greatest position. If one can understand this and can thus revive one's original nature of eternal servitorship of the Lord, he stands fully independent. A living entity's independence is lost by material contact. In the spiritual field he has full independence, and therefore there is no question of becoming dependent upon the three modes of material nature. This position is attained by a devotee, and therefore he gives up the tendency for material enjoyment after seeing its faultiness.
The difference between a devotee and an impersonalist is that an impersonalist tries to become one with the Supreme so that he can enjoy without impediment, whereas a devotee gives up the entire mentality of enjoying and engages in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. That is his constitutional glorified position. At that time he is  īśvara , fully independent. The real  īśvara  or  īśvara-parama , the supreme  īśvara  or supreme independent, is  Kṛṣṇa . The living entity is  īśvara  only when engaged in the service of the Lord. In other words, transcendental pleasure derived from loving service to the Lord is actual independence.
TEXT 25
यथा ह्यप्रतिबुद्धस्य प्रस्वापो बह्वनर्थभृत् । स एव प्रतिबुद्धस्य न वै मोहाय कल्पते ॥२५॥
yathā hy apratibuddhasya prasvāpo bahv-anartha-bhṛt sa eva pratibuddhasya na vai mohāya kalpate
yathā—as; hi—indeed; apratibuddhasya—of one who is sleeping; prasvāpaḥ—the dream; bahu-anartha-bhṛt—bearing many inauspicious things; saḥ eva—that very dream; pratibuddhasya—of one who is awake; na—not; vai—certainly; mohāya—for bewildering; kalpate—is capable.
TRANSLATION
In the dreaming state one's consciousness is almost covered, and one sees many inauspicious things, but when he is awakened and fully conscious, such inauspicious things cannot bewilder him.
PURPORT
In the condition of dreaming, when one's consciousness is almost covered, one may see many unfavorable things which cause disturbance