Hare Krishna,
Food, shelter, defense and sense gratification are all
needs in material existence. Otherwise, in his pure, uncontaminated state of
original life, the living entity has no such needs. The needs are therefore
artificial, and in the pure state of life there are no such needs. As such,
increasing the artificial needs, as is the standard of material civilization,
or advancing the economic development of human society, is a sort of engagement
in darkness, without knowledge. By such engagement, human energy is spoiled,
because human energy is primarily meant for purifying the senses in order to
engage them in satisfying the senses of the Supreme Lord.
One may claim proprietorship to as much wealth as required to maintain
body and soul together, but one who desires proprietorship over more than that
must be considered a thief, and he deserves to be punished by the laws of
nature. The living entity
cannot be desireless or senseless, but he does have to change the quality of
the desires.
To become desireless means not to desire anything for
sense gratification. In other words, desire for becoming Krishna conscious is
actually desirelessness.
To understand
one's actual position as the eternal servitor of Krishna, without falsely
claiming this material body to be oneself and without falsely claiming
proprietorship over anything in the world, is the perfect stage of Krishna
consciousness.
Keeping in touch
with Krishna forever,
Servant of
Krishna,
Jagannath
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