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ways, and fixing it up in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And one who is so fixed up in the Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated on the  sama  platform. On that platform the devotee understands that Krishna is the basic principle of everything that be within our experience. The same thing is explained in the  Bhagavad Gita : after many, many births in the cultivation of knowledge, one surrenders unto Vasudeva because he can understand that Krishna is present in everything, that He is distributed all over the cosmic manifestation. Everything is under the control of the Supreme Lord, and everything, being situated in His energy, is different from Krishna in His Personal Form. The same thing is explained in the  Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhu , in which it is said that when intelligence is fixed on Krishna, that is called the quality of  sama . This is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead:  Samo mannisthata buddhee : that without being elevated to the platform of  santa rati , nobody can be fixed in knowing the greatness of Krishna, the diffusion of His different energies which are the cause of all manifestation. The same thing is further explained in the  Srimad Bhagwatam , Eleventh Canto, Nineteenth Chapter, 33rd verse: equilibrium of the mind can be achieved by one who has fixed his conclusion on the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the Original Source of everything, and when one can control his senses, that is called  sama . When one is ready to tolerate all kinds of suffering for controlling the senses and to keep the mind in equilibrium, that is called  titiksha , or tolerance. And when one can control the urges of the tongue and the genital, that is called  dhriti . From  dhriti  one becomes  dhira , the pacified. A pacified person is never disturbed by the urges of the tongue and genital.
If one can fix up his mind in Krishna without any deviation, such a steadfast position in Krishna Consciousness is called  santa rasa . In  santa rasa  two things are visible—unflinching faith in Krishna, and cessation from all material desires. The specific qualities of  santa rasa , unflinching faith in Krishna and withdrawal from all kinds of desires which are not in connection with Krishna, are common factors in all the other  rasas  as well. Just like sound vibration is generally present in all other elements, namely air, fire, water, and earth: sound vibration is produced from the sky, so this sound is present in all other elements. Similarly, the qualities of  santa rasa , unflinching faith in Krishna and desirelessness toward anything which is not Krishna—these two qualities are present in other transcendental relationships, such as  dasya , servitorship,  sakhya , fraternity,  vatsalya , paternal affection, and the  madhurya rasa , conjugal love.
When we speak of non-Krishna it does not mean that anything exists