# Self-Realization *On understanding the self as spirit soul* --- ### When We Act According to Our Constitutional Position > So we have to rectify this mistake, that "We are not this body. This is our external covering. We are spirit soul, part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa." And that is the stage of liberation. *Svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ*. Now we are acting according to the covering. When we shall not act according to the covering but according to our constitutional position, that is liberated platform. Kṛṣṇa consciousness means when we understand that "We are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore our duty is to serve Kṛṣṇa," this is self-realization; this is liberation. — [[spoken/1976/761211bg.hyd|Bhagavad-gītā 7.6, Hyderabad, December 11, 1976]] --- ### Like Recorded Tape > So "They are caused by Me," Kṛṣṇa says. The body... Body is the material—earth, water, air, fire and ether, mind, intelligence, ego. They are also emanating from Kṛṣṇa. *Prakṛti..., bhinnā me prakṛtir aṣṭadhā.* The difference is they are not in touch with Kṛṣṇa. But it is Kṛṣṇa's energy. Just like I am speaking and it is being recorded. When it will be replayed, you will find that I am speaking, but that speaking is separated. The speaking has come from me, but in the tape record it appears that it is separated. Or it is separated. In one sense it is not separated, because originally comes from me, and another sense, it is mechanical going on. — [[spoken/1976/761211bg.hyd|Bhagavad-gītā 7.6, Hyderabad, December 11, 1976]] --- ### Jīvera Svarūpa Haya Nitya-Kṛṣṇa-Dāsa > When we are fully convinced about this fact that "We are all part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. Our only duty is to serve Kṛṣṇa," then you are liberated. So the *bhakti* science means to purify. *Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam*. We are differently conscious. Somebody thinking, "I am American," somebody, "I am Indian." This is not our identification. The identification, when I shall think, as Caitanya Mahāprabhu gives us information, *jīvera svarūpa haya nitya-kṛṣṇa-dāsa*, that is self-realization. — [[spoken/1976/761211bg.hyd|Bhagavad-gītā 7.6, Hyderabad, December 11, 1976]] --- ### Māyā Is Kṛṣṇa's Māyā > *Duratyayā* means—very, very difficult to get out of the clutches of My *māyā.* This *māyā* is Kṛṣṇa's *māyā.* Just like the criminal department is also government's department. Government has equal attention to the criminal department, similarly *māyā* is also Kṛṣṇa's *māyā.* Nobody is out of Kṛṣṇa's clutches. — [[spoken/1970/701211sb.bom|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.16–19, Bombay, December 11, 1970]] --- ### No Risk in This Process > *Akutaḥ-bhayaṁ* means—there is no risk. The same thing is explained in the *Bhagavad-gītā* also, ninth chapter. The Lord says that, *su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam.* These process, this Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so nice. It is the easiest process. — [[spoken/1970/701211sb.bom|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.16–19, Bombay, December 11, 1970]] --- ### Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Movement and Royal Family > So therefore Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and the support of the royal family is very old relationship. And at the present moment people need this Kṛṣṇa consciousness very badly. Without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the whole world is going to hell. And you can practically see how they are changing..., how this movement is changing character and mentality of the population. — [[spoken/1970/701211le.ind|Speech to Mahārāja and Mahārāṇī, India, December 11, 1970]] --- ### Good Conditioned Soul > The whole world is full of conditioned living entities. They're conditioned. Conditioned means under the control of the material nature. *Guṇaiḥ karmāṇi*. There are different types of conditioned souls. Some of them are good conditioned soul, some of them are passionate conditioned soul, some of them are rascal conditioned soul. So good conditioned soul means that, er, he thinks himself that "I have become very much learned, I have studied so many books, so now I am perfect." There is little goodness, because he has studied, he..., he has labored, but still he's conditioned soul, because he has imperfect vision. — [[spoken/1971/711211sb.del|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.4, Delhi, December 11, 1971]] --- ### Falls Down Again > He is insulted so many place, but still, but he's so learned, if, if anyone..., anywhere he goes and reads scriptures and *Vedas,* he can give very good reference and very nicely explain, but the conclusion is dull. Conclusion is dull means again he has come to this philanthropic work. So therefore *Bhāgavata* says, *āruhya kṛcchreṇa:* "Although they have undergone great austerities, penances," *āruhya kṛcchreṇa paraṁ padam,* "realized to some extent the Supreme Absolute Truth," but *patanty adhaḥ,* "falls down." — [[spoken/1971/711211sb.del|Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.4, Delhi, December 11, 1971]] --- *8 verified verbatim quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda on self-realization*