The Touch of Superior Energy 73
vadanti tat tattva-vidas
tattvam yaj jtdnam advayam
brahmeti paramatmeti
bhagavan iti sabdyate
(Bhag. 1.2.11)
The Absolute Truth is one, but is perceived in three features, known
as Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan. The original, complete feature
of the Absolute Truth is Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of God-
head, and His plenary representation is Paramatma, Ksirodakasayi
Visnu, who is situated in everyone’s heart (isvarah sarva-bhutanam hrd-
dese ’rjuna tisthati). The third feature of the Absolute Truth is Brahman,
the all-pervading impersonal effulgence of the Absolute.

The Absolute Truth is equal to everyone, but one will realize the Ab-
solute according to the way one approaches Him (ye yathd mam prapa-
dyante). According to one’s capacity for understanding, the Absolute
Truth is revealed either as the impersonal Brahman, as the localized
Paramatmé, or ultimately as Bhagavan.

To explain this by an example, we may sometimes see hills from our
room, although we may not see them distinctly. In Los Angeles there are
many hills, but when we see the hills from a distant place they look like
something cloudy. However, if we go further toward a hill, we shall find
that there is something distinct—a hill. And if we go all the way to the hill
itself, we shall find many people working there, many houses, streets,
cars, and so many varied things. Similarly, when one wants to know the
Absolute Truth by one’s tiny brain and thinks, ‘‘I shall conduct research
to find the Absolute Truth,”’’ one will have a vague, impersonal idea.
Then if one goes further and becomes a meditator, one will find that God
is situated within one’s heart. Dhyadnavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti
yam yoginah. Yogis—real yogis—see the form of Visnu within the heart by
meditation. The devotees, however, meet the Supreme Person face to
face, just as we meet face to face and speak face to face. The Supreme
Personality of Godhead orders, ‘‘Supply Me this,’’ and the devotee
directly serves the Lord by supplying what He wants. Thus there are dif-
ferent realizations of the Absolute Truth, and although He is equal to
everyone it is up to us to understand Him according to our advancement.
Therefore Kunti says, samam carantam sarvatra: ‘“‘In distributing Your
mercy, You are equal to everyone.”’

The word carantam means ‘‘moving.’’ The Lord moves everywhere—
within and without—and we simply have to make our vision clear so that
