20 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness

dictation of illusory nature. Indeed, that is the law
of nature; if money is not devoted to the service of
the Lord, it must be spent as spoiled energy in the
form of legal problems or diseases. Foolish people do
not have the eyes to see such facts; therefore the
laws of the Supreme Lord befool them.

The laws of nature do not allow us to accept
more money than is required for proper mainten-
ance. There is ample arrangement by the law of
nature to provide every living being with his due
share of food and shelter, but the insatiable lusts of
human beings have disturbed the arrangement set
forth by the Almighty Father of all species of life.
By the arrangement of the Supreme Lord, there is
an ocean of salt because salt is so necessary for the
living being. God has, in the same manner, arranged
for sufficient air and light, which are also essential.
Anyone can collect any amount of salt from the
natural storehouse, but constitutionally we cannot
take more salt than what we need. If we take more
salt, we spoil the broth, and if we take less salt our
food becomes tasteless. On the other hand, if we
take only what we require, our food is tasty and we
are healthy. Presently there is a great deal of concern
over the fact that our natural resources are becoming
polluted and exhausted. Actually there is ample
supply, but due to misuse and greed everything is
being spoiled. What conservationists and ecologists
do not understand is that everything will continue
to be spoiled by the insatiable lusts of mankind un-
less this Krsna consciousness process is taken up. It
is impossible to have peace on any platform of exis-
tence without Krsna consciousness.
