34 Krsna Consciousness: the Topmost Yoga System

6) fading of the body, 7) crying in ecstasy, and 8) trance. But
there is no doubt that chanting for a while takes one imme-
diately to the spiritual platform, and one shows the first symp-
tom of this in the urge to dance along with the chanting of the
mantra. We have seen this practically. Even a child can take
part in the chanting and dancing. Of course, for one who is too
entangled in material life, it takes a little more time to come to
the standard point, but even such a materially engrossed man
is raised to the spiritual platform very quickly. When it is
chanted by a pure devotee of the Lord in love, it has the
greatest efficacy on hearers, and as such this chanting should
be heard from the lips of a pure devotee of the Lord, so that
immediate effects can be achieved. As far as possible, chanting
from the lips of nondevotees should be avoided. Milk touched
by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects.

The word Hara is the form of addressing the energy of the
Lord, and the words Krsna and Rama are forms of addressing
the Lord Himself. Both Krsna and Rama mean the supreme
pleasure, and: Hara is the supreme pleasure energy of the Lord,
changed to Hare (Hah-ray) in the vocative. The supreme plea-
sure energy of the Lord helps us to reach the Lord.

The material energy, called maya, is also one of the multi-
energies of the Lord. And we the living entities are also the
energy, marginal energy, of the Lord. The living entities are
described as superior to material energy. When the superior
energy is in contact with the inferior energy, an incompatible
situation arises; but when the superior marginal energy is in
contact with the superior energy, called Hara, it is established
in its happy, normal condition.

These three words, namely Hara, Krsna and Rama, are the
transcendental seeds of the mahaimantra. The chanting is a
spiritual call for the Lord and His energy, to give protection to
