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tion. The other three-fourths of the manifestation is Vaikuntha Loka, the
Spiritual World. In that Vaikuntha Loka every Narayan has His four expan-
sions: Samkarshan, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and Vasudeva. (That Samkarshan
is Nityananda.) These Universes surround the body of the Supreme; and
Vishnu is Master of this material Nature.

As the husband and wife combine together to create, so Maya is the wife
and the Supreme Maha Vishnu is her Husband. This is also confirmed in the
Bhagavad Gita: “This expansive material Nature is My wife, and all the living
entities are born of Me.” How is Vishnu contacting Maya? That contact is
also described in the Bhagavad Gita: Simply by a glance: “He glanced over the
material Nature and it became impregnated.” This is Spiritual. We must
impregnate by a particular part of our body, but the Supreme Lord, Krishna
or Vishnu, can impregnate any part by any part. Simply by glancing He can
cause conception. The reason why is found in the Brahma Samhita: the spiritual
body of the Supreme Lord is so powerful that any part can perform the duty
of any other part. We can only touch with the hand, but Krishna can touch
you by glancing. We can only see with the eyes, we cannot touch or smell
with our eyes; but Krishna can smell and can also eat with His eyes.

When we offer Prasadam, foodstuffs, to Krishna, we don’t see that He is
eating; but, simply by glancing at the food, He can eat. Simply by seeing.
We have the idea, because we have this mouth, that unless we devour the
whole thing, we cannot eat. But that everything is spiritual—that we cannot
imagine. We see that we are offering to Krishna, and He is not eating. Is it by
our imagination that He is accepting Prasadam? No, it is not like that. Actually,
He is eating, but His eating is different from our eating. Our eating process
will be similar to His when we are completely on the spiritual platform.
There, every part of the body can act for the other parts of the body.

You have seen that picture where Brahma is born from the navel of
Vishnu, Who is lying down. And Vishnu’s energy, Lakshmi, the Goddess
of Fortune, is serving Him, sitting by the side of His leg. Vishnu does not
require Lakshmi to give birth to Brahma. How then can you expect that
there is sex life in the Spiritual World? Sex life here in this material world
is required to produce children, but in the Spiritual World you can produce
children, as many as you like, without any help from a wife. So there is no
sex life there. Vishnu produces Brahma from His navel without the help of
His wife. There are many such instances. This is the inconceivable spiritual
energy. Because we do not experience spiritual energy, we think these are
fictional stories. No. You think that way because you have no conception of
