The living being is the marginal energy of the absolute
Personality of Godhead, and he can spend his conserved
energy either externally or internally. When spent internally the
energy is identified with the internal energy of the Personality of
Godhead, but the same conserved energy, when spent for His
external energy, is identified with that external energy. All ener-
gies — internal, external, and marginal — are emanations from
Him, the Supreme, and they act differently to prove diversity in
unity. The unity is the Lord, and the energies represent diversity.
The Lord is so powerful that He can do anything and everything
merely by His sweet will alone. As mentioned above, everything
is done by His energies in a natural way, with full knowledge and
complete perfection. That is the information we have from the
Vedic literatures.

The internal energy and the marginal energy are of the same
superior quality, but the external energy is inferior in quality. That
is the information we have from the Bhagavad-gita. Because the
living entity is classified as marginal energy and is of the same
quality as the internal energy, it is quite natural for him to cooper-
ate with the internal energy. But when the living entity prefers to
cooperate with the external energy, he is put into difficulty. By the
process called pratyahara (diversion), yoga diverts our energies
from external to the internal.

The energy of our senses is meant to be diverted, not stopped.
The senses are to be purified so that they serve the Lord instead
of disturbing His settled harmony. The entire cosmic harmony is a

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