Knowledge of Krsna’s Energies 23
“This factory was started by me,” in no case should
it be concluded that I am lost or in any way not
present. Although a manufacturer may refer to his
products as being “manufactured by me,” it does not
mean that he personally created or constructed his
product, but that the product was produced by his
energy. Similarly, if Krsna says, “Whatever you see
in the world was created by Me,” we are not to
suppose that He is no longer existing.

It is not very difficult to see God everywhere in
the creation, for He is everywhere present. Just as in
the Ford factory the workers see Mr. Ford in every
corner, those who are conversant with the science of
Krsna can see Him in every atom of the creation.
Kverything is resting on Krsna (mat-sthani sarva
bhitani), but Krsna is not there (na caham tesv
avasthitah). Krsna and His energy are non-different,
yet the energy is not Krsna. The sun and the sun-
shine are not different, but the sunshine is not the
sun. The sunshine may come through our window
and enter our room, but this is not to say that the
sun is in our room. The Visnu Purana states: parasya
brahmanah saktih: parasya means supreme, brahma-
ah means Absolute Truth, and saktih means energy.
The energy of the Supreme Absolute is everything,
hut in that energy Krsna is not to be found.

There are two kinds of energy—material and spiri-
tual. Jivas, or individual souls, belong to the superior
energy of Krsna, but because they are prone to be
attracted to the material energy, they are called
marginal energy. But actually there are only two
energies. All of the planetary systems and universes
are resting on the energies of Krsna. Just as all the
