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ability to go wherever he likes. In the Siddhalokas
there are perfected beings or yogis who can travel
wherever they want without the aid of airplanes or
other mechanical contrivances. Once we are liberated
from material conditioning, we can become very
powerful. Actually we have no idea how powerful
we are as spiritual sparks. Instead we are very much
satisfied staying on this earth and sending up a few
spaceships, thinking that we have become greatly ad-
vanced in material science. We spend millions and
millions of dollars constructing spaceships without
knowing that we have the ability to travel wherever
we want free of charge.

The point is that we should cultivate our spiritual
potencies by knowledge. The knowledge is already
there; we simply have to accept it. In former ages
people underwent so many penances and austerities
to acquire knowledge, but in this age this process is
not possible because our lives are very short and we
are always disturbed. The process for this age is the
process of Krsna consciousness, the chanting of Hare
Krsna, which was inaugurated by Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu. If, by this process, we can kindle the
fire of knowledge, all of the reactions of our activities
will be reduced to ashes, and we will be purified.

na hi jrianena sadrsam
pavitram tha vidyate
tat svayam yoga-samsiddhah
kalenatmani vindati
“In this world, there is nothing so sublime and pure
as transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge is the
