Mantra Twelve 63

cosmic situation. This fact has already been explained in Mantra
our of Sri [sopanisad. The Lord is present everywhere, as the
Sun is. A man can move through space with the highest possible
xpeed, and still he will find that the Sun is there, although the
Sun is situated in its own undeviating orbit.

The problem of life cannot be solved by going to the Moon.
There are many pseudo-worshipers who become religionists for
Ihe sake of name and fame only. Such pseudo-religionists do
nol wish to get out of this universe and reach the spiritual sky.
They want only to maintain the status quo in the material
world, under the garb of worshiping the Lord. And the atheists
and the impersonalists lead such foolish pseudo-religionists into
the darkest regions by preaching the cult of atheism. The atheist
directly denies the existence of the Supreme Personality of God-
lead, and the impersonalist supports the atheist by preaching
the impersonal existence of the Supreme Lord. As far as we
have gone through Sri [sopanisad, we have not come across
wny mantra where the Personality of Godhead is denied. It is
xittid that He can run faster than anyone. Those who are running
after the planets are certainly persons, and if the Lord can
run faster than all of them, why should He be considered im-
personal? The impersonal conception of the Supreme Lord is
another face of ignorance, due to an imperfect vision of the
Absolute Truth.

And so the ignorant pseudo-religionists, the manufacturers
of so-called incarnations—directly violating the Vedic injunc-
lions—are liable to enter into the darkest region of the universe,
on account of their business of misleading those who follow
them. These impersonalists generally pose themselves as incar-
nitions of God to the foolish, who have no knowledge of the
Vedic wisdom. And if such foolish men have any knowledge at
all, it is more dangerous in their hands than ignorance itself.
Such impersonalists do not even worship the demigods as is
recommended in the scriptures.

In the scriptures there is a recommendation for worshiping
