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Supreme Personality of Godhead. The modern communistic theory, and
also the idea of the United Nations, can be reformed — indeed, rectified —
by the understanding that everything belongs to the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead. The Lord is not a creation of our intelligence;
rather, He has created us. Atmavasyam idam visvam. Isavasyam idarh
sarvam. This universal communism can solve all the problems of the
world.

One should learn from the Vedic literature that one’s body is also not
the property of the individual soul, but is given to the individual soul ac-
cording to his karma. Karmandé daiva-netrena jantur dehopapattaye.
The 8,400,000 different bodily forms are machines given to the in-
dividual soul. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (18.61):

isvarah sarva-bhitanam
hrd-dese ’rjuna tisthati

bhramayan sarva-bhitani
yantraridhani mayaya

“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is
directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a
machine, made of the material energy.” The Lord, as the Supersoul, sits
in everyone’s heart and observes the various desires of the individual
soul. The Lord is so merciful that He gives the living entity the oppor-
tunity to enjoy varieties of desires in suitable bodies, which are nothing
but machines (yantrdriidhani mayaya). These machines are manufac-
tured by the material ingredients of the external energy, and thus the
living entity enjoys or suffers according to his desires. This opportunity
is given by the Supersoul.

Everything belongs to the Supreme, and therefore one should not
usurp another’s property. We have a tendency to manufacture many
things. Especially nowadays, we are building skyscrapers and developing
other material facilities. We should know, however, that the ingredients
of the skyscrapers and machines cannot be manufactured by anyone but
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The whole world is nothing but a
combination of the five material elements (tejo-vari-mrdar yatha
vinimayah). A skyscraper is a transformation of earth, water and fire.
Earth and water are combined and burnt into bricks by fire, and a
