62 Elevation to Krsna Consciousness

in actuality no inferior or material energy, but that
everything is spiritual. We can understand that on
the higher platform whatever we are experiencing
are the actions and reactions of the different ener-
gies of the Supreme Lord. When we understand
Krsna perfectly, then these distinctions of superior
and inferior energies will disappear. Whatever is
engaged in the service of Krsna is superior energy. In
the higher sense, everything is serving Krsna, and
those who are highly elevated understand this.

That the Lord has various energies is confirmed
in Vedic literatures. Yet the Supreme Lord personally
has nothing to do. How is this? He has not to strive
for wealth, for all wealth is His; nor for knowledge,
for all knowledge is His; nor for power, for all power
is His; nor for beauty, fame or renunciation, for they
are all His in full. Nor does He directly manage
universal affairs, for He has many assistants who can
conduct affairs while He remains in His abode. This
is confirmed in Sri [sopanisad:

anejad ekam manaso javiyo
nainad deva apnuvan purvam arsat
tad dhavato‘nyan atyeti tisthat
tasminn apo matarisva dadhati
“The Personality of Godhead, although fixed in His
abode, is more swift than the mind, and can over-
come all others running. The powerful demigods
cannot approach Him. Although in one place, He
has control over those who supply the air and rain.
He surpasses all in excellence.” (Sri ISopanisad,
Mantra 4)
