When the Lord absorbs it, everything comes back to Him. The Lord is the master of the internal, external, marginal and relative energies, as well as of the cosmic manifestation and of living beings. External energy is manifested by the three modes of influence of material nature (Virtue, Passion and Ignorance). Who can understand the nature of being in the spiritual realm can truly grasp perfect knowledge. The Supreme Lord cannot be understood by the sole analysis of material energy and the conditioned soul. But when one is immersed in perfect knowledge, one is freed from the influence of external energy. The moon reflects the light of the sun, without the solar star, the moon cannot illuminate anything. Likewise, the manifestation of the material cosmos is only the reflection of the spiritual world.

Once freed from the spell of external energy, one can know the intrinsic nature of the Supreme Lord. Only devotional service gives access to the Lord. Anyone, in any country and under any circumstances, can adopt it. Devotional service surpasses the four tenets of religion and the understanding of liberation. Even the preliminary practices of such devotion transcend the highest liberation achievement associated with popular religion. Let us therefore approach an authentic spiritual master without taking into account our social position, our confession, our color, our country, to hear from him all that has to do with devotional service. The real purpose of existence is to rekindle our latent love for God. In truth, this is our ultimate necessity.

Knowledge consists of data drawn from the holy scriptures, and science corresponds to the practical realization of this knowledge. Knowledge is scientific when it comes from the scriptures and is received from an authentic spiritual master who has fully realized it. Interpreted in a speculative way, it has only limited personal value. By gaining a scientific understanding of scriptural data through an authentic master, one learns, by one's own realization, the true nature of God, the Supreme Person. The transcendental form of the Lord differs from material manifestations and is not subject to the interactions of matter. Without a scientific understanding of both the spiritual and personal form of God, one becomes an impersonalist. Unless you are freed from the influence of material energy, it is impossible to understand the Supreme Lord and his different energies. Bewitched by material energy, one cannot apprehend the spiritual form of the Lord. Unless one realizes the transcendent form of the Supreme Person, there can be no question of love for God. Without this realization, loving God is fiction, and human life cannot know perfection.

This realization is expressed as follows: just as the five raw elements of nature, earth, water, fire, air and ether exist both inside and outside of all living beings in this world, the Supreme Lord exists simultaneously in all and outside all that exists, so his devotees can realize it. Pure devotees know well that they are to serve God, the Supreme Person, and that anything that exists can be used in this service. Blessed by the Supreme Being who resides in his heart, the devotee can see him wherever he looks. In truth, he sees nothing else. The Srimad-Bhagavatam confirms in these terms the relationship which unites the devotee to the Lord: If a person's heart is always attached to the Sovereign Lord through the bonds of love for God, the Lord never leaves him. In truth, even if her memory remains imperfect, she must be regarded as the highest in devotion.