The Sky Beyond the Universe 45

“Those who are seers of the truth have concluded
that of the nonexistent there is no endurance, and of
the existent there is no cessation. This seers have
concluded by studying the nature of both.” (Bg. 2.16)

Real pleasure is Krsna, whereas material pleasure,
which is temporary, is not actual. Those who can
see things as they are do not take part in shadow
pleasure. The real aim of human life is to attain that
spiritual sky, but, as Srimad-Bhagavatam points out,
most people do not know about it. Human life is
meant to understand reality and to be transferred in-
to it. All Vedic literature instructs us not to remain in
this darkness. The nature of this material world is
darkness, but the spiritual world is full of light and
yet is not illumined by fire or electricity. Krsna hints
of this in the Fifteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita:

na tad bhasayate suryo

na Sasanko na pavakah
yad gatva na nivartante

tad dhama paramam mama

“That abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or
moon, nor by electricity. One who reaches it never
returns to this material world.” (Bg. 15.6)

The spiritual world is called unmanifested because
it cannot be perceived by material senses.

avyakto’ksara ity uktas

tam ahuh paramam gatim
yam prapya na nivartante

tad dhama paramam mama

“That supreme abode is called unmanifested and
