154 TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTI
therefore, invent by our advancement of material knowledge all sorts of
counteracting material resources, but without being guided by the Lord
all such inventions end in fiasco, however strong and stout the reaction-
ary elements may be.

AS soon as an important man dies, his name and form become unim-
portant, even though he may have been a big scientist, politician, or
philosopher. As long as we are alive our name, form, and activities are
glorious, but as soon as the life is gone the body is but a lump of matter.
When an important man is alive he may have so many guards, and no
one can go before him or touch him, but when the same man is dead and
lying on the floor, one may kick him in the face, and practically no one
will care. After the disappearance of the soul, the body of the important
man has no value. And what is that soul? It is the energy of Krsna, and
therefore it is part and parcel of Krsna. So when the energy is with-
drawn—that is, when Krsna is not there—the body becomes unimportant.

Krsna’s energy and Krsna Himself are not different (sakti-Saktimator
abhedah). The sun, for example, is energetic, and the sunshine is energy.
As long as the sunshine is present the sun is present, and if the sun were
not present the sun’s energy would also not be there. The energy and the
energetic must both exist. Although the Mayavadi philosophers do not
accept the energetic but only the impersonal energy, we must accept both
the energy and the energetic.

While the energy works, the energetic remains aloof, just as the
sunshine spreads everywhere while the sun itself remains apart. Simi-
larly, there is energy working throughout the cosmic manifestation. The
cosmic manifestation consists of earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intel-
ligence, and false ego. These eight material elements are separated ma-
terial energies (me bhinnd prakrtir astadha) , and we can understand that
behind these energies there must be an energetic source. For example,
we are using electric power, but behind this power are the powerhouse
and the engineer. Rascals do not understand this. They simply see the
power of this cosmic manifestation, but they do not understand that
behind this power is the powermaker, the source of power. Therefore
Krsna comes and says, ‘“‘I am the powermaker. I am behind this power.”’

Krsna Himself personally comes because we do not have the eyes to
see Krsna and cannot understand Him. When we contemplate the form
of God, we think that because God created millions and millions of years
ago, He must be a very old man. Therefore God personally comes before
us so that we can see what He is. This is His kindness. The Lord says in
Bhagavad-gita (4.7):
