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do not find rest on some planet, they have to return
again to earth. In any case, rest is required. In the
impersonal form, rest is uncertain, Therefore Srimad-
Bhagavatam says that even after so much endeavor,
if the impersonalist enters into the spiritual world
and acquires an impersonal form, he returns again in-
to the material world because of neglecting to serve
the Supreme Lord in love and devotion. As long as
we are here on earth, we must learn to practice to
love and serve Krsna, the Supreme Lord. If we learn
this, we can enter into those spiritual planets. The
impersonalist’s position in the spiritual world is non-
permanent, for out of loneliness he will attempt to
acquire some association, Because he does not associ-
ate personally with the Supreme Lord, he has to re-
turn again to the world and associate with cendi-
tioned living entities there.

It is of utmost importance, therefore, that we
know the nature of our constitutional position: we
want eternity, complete knowledge and pleasure al-
so. When we are left alone for a long time, we can-
not have pleasure—we accept the pleasure given by
the material world. In Krsna consciousness, real
pleasure is enjoyed. In the material world it is gen-
erally accepted that the highest pleasure is sex. This
is a perverted reflection of the sex pleasure in the
spiritual world, the pleasure of association with Krsna.
But we should not think that pleasure there is like
the sex pleasure in the material world. No, it is
different. But unless sex life is there in the spiritual
world, it cannot be reflected here. Here it is simply
a perverted reflection, but the actual life is there in
Krsna, who is full of all pleasure. Therefore, the best
