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everything, of every conception, “I am the source.”’ The Abso-
lute Truth may be realized in three phases, but is one nondual
truth. Brahman (the glowing effulgence), localized Supersoul,
and Bhagavan—the Supreme Person—are three features or
aspects of God.

If no one knows the Supreme Personality of Godhead, how
can He be known? He can be known when the Supreme Lord
comes before you and reveals Himself to you. Then you can
know. Our senses are imperfect, and they cannot realize the
Supreme Truth. When you adopt a submissive attitude and
chant, realization begins from the tongue. To eat and to vibrate
sound is the business of the tongue. If you can control your
tongue for prasadam, spiritual food, and make the sound vibra-
tion of the holy name, then by surrender of the tongue you
can control all the other senses. If you cannot control your
tongue, you cannot control your senses. Taste prasadam and
become spiritually advanced. You can have this process at your
home: offer vegetarian foods to Krsna, chant the Hare Krsna
mantra and offer obeisances:

namo brahmanya-devaya
go-brahmana-hitaya ca

jagat-hitaya krsnaya
govinddya namo namah.

Everyone can offer, and then take the food with friends.
And chant before the picture of Krsna, and lead a pure life.
Just see the result—the whole world will become Vaikuntha,
where there is no anxiety. All is anxious with us because we
have accepted this material life. Just the opposite is so in the
spiritual world. No one, however, knows how to get out of the
material concept. Taking an intoxicant doesn’t help; the same
anxieties are there when you are finished being drunk. If you
want to be free and want life eternal with bliss and knowledge,
