300 THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION

Krsna consciousness. The partial realization of God in His impersonal
aspect or in His aspect as Supersoul enables one to develop veneration
for the Lord, but when one has an intimate relationship with Krsna as a
friend, master, son, or lover, then the veneration disappears.

This platform of personal relationship is certainly higher than the
impersonal platform or the platform of Supersoul, or Paramatma, realiza-
tion. In the neutral conception, one simply realizes that he and the Ab-
solute Truth are one in quality, or he realizes that he is part and parcel of
the Supreme. That is certainly knowledge, for when one develops a per-
sonal relationship with Krsna as servant, he begins to appreciate the
full opulence of the Supreme Lord. One who realizes that God is
full in six opulences actually begins rendering service. As soon as one be-
comes aware of the greatness of Krsna and understands Krsna’s
superiority, his service begins. The awareness of God’s greatness in-
creases when transcendental service is rendered. A person who serves
the Lord in order to satisfy the senses of the Lord becomes satisfied be-
cause Krsna is the Supersoul, and the individual living entity is His part
and parcel. If He is satisfied, then the living entity is satisfied. If the
stomach is satisfied, then all the parts of the body are satisfied, for they
receive nourishment through the stomach. When one of my God-
brothers began to fan my Guru Maharaja [spiritual master] on a very hot
day, Guru Maharaja asked, ‘‘Why are you fanning me all of a sudden?”’
The boy replied, ‘‘Because if you are satisfied, we are all satisfied.”’ This
is the formula—we should not try to satisfy our senses separately, but
should try to satisfy Krsna’s senses. Then naturally we will become
satisfied.

A Krsna conscious person is always trying to give satisfaction to Krsna,
and this is the beginning of Krsna consciousness. Because in the imper-
sonal conception there is no form of God, there is no opportunity to
satisfy His senses. However, one who sees Krsna as master can render
service. In the Bhagavad-gita Krsna is referred to'as Hrsikesa, master of
the senses. When it is understood that the Absolute Truth is the master
of the senses, that our senses are products of His senses, and that they
should therefore be utilized for the satisfaction of His senses, Krsna con-
sciousness, which is dormant within everyone, begins to awaken. Once
Caitanya Mahdprabhu asked, ‘‘What is the difference between the
neutral position in relation to Krsna and the relationship of master and
servant?’’ In both cases one can understand that Krsna is great, but in
the neutral position there is no inclination for service. Therefore the
master-servant relationship between Krsna and the living entity is more
