38 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness

that after liberation from material life, after the
nirvana of this material body, we become zero,
void. That is a dangerous theory. By nature the
living entity is not attracted to zero. We may be
diseased and suffering from so many elements, but
if our doctor comes and says, “Let me finish your
ailments by killing you,” we will immediately say,
“No, no! Better let me suffer from the disease.’’ We
do not want to be killed just to end our miseries.
Thus the theory that after material life there is void
is not at all attractive. Nor is it a fact. We are sac-cid-
ananda-vigraha, eternal, blissful and full of knowl-
edge, and part and parcel of the Supreme. The Su-
preme Lord is sac-cid-ananda-vigraha, and we are
qualitatively one with Him. Although very small, a
drop of seawater is as salty as the sea, and although
we are but spiritual atoms, we have the same prop-
erties as the supreme spirit whole. There is no
question of being void, for as living entities our
spiritual properties are all there in infinite variegated-
ness. If, however, out of the frustration of material
existence we commit suicide, we do not end our
miseries. We simply create other miseries. If one
attempts suicide but does not succeed, or is somehow
revived, he is subject to being punished under state
law. Similarly, the laws of nature treat suicides as
criminal acts. We are to end this material life only
after finding out the true blissful life of eternity. We
should not simply be trying to end the miseries of
this life simply out of frustration, but we should en-
gage ourselves in activities that will raise us to spiri-
tual life.
