emanation of Krishna. These upward flames, driven by high winds, burn everything in all directions. Hordes of clouds called Samvartaka pour down torrents of rain for a hundred years. Inundating with raindrops as long as an elephant's trunk, the deadly precipitation submerges the entire galaxy in water. Then Vairaja Brahma, the soul of the universal form, abandons her universal body, and enters the subtle, ethereal, unmanifest nature, like a fire that has no more fuel. Deprived of its aroma by the wind, the earth element turns into water, and water, deprived of its taste by this same wind, merges with fire. Fire, deprived of its form by darkness, dissolves in the air element. When air loses its touching quality by the influence of space, it merges into that space. When space is deprived of its tangible quality by the Supreme Soul in the form of time, it merges into a false ego [material Ego or false ego: “Node” which holds soul and body together]. Illusion of being the absolute master, the supreme possessor and the legitimate beneficiary of all the pleasures of the world, by which the distinct soul identifies itself with the body of matter which it clothes and with all that relates to it [appearance, nationality, race, family, community, religious affiliation, pleasures and suffering]. Illusion is at the root of material conditioning and ignorance. The material senses and intelligence merge into a false ego in the passion from which they arose, and the mind, along with the heavenly beings, merges into a false ego in virtue. Then the global false ego, with all its qualities, merges into the aggregate of the twenty four elements of material nature.

This is maya, the illusory energy of the Supreme Person. This illusory power, made up of the three modes of influence of material nature; virtue, passion, and ignorance, is empowered by the Lord for the creation, maintenance and annihilation of the material galaxy. Even a foolish materialist can easily pass through the illusory energy of the Supreme Lord, which is always difficult to overcome for those who have not surrendered to God. By accepting the role of men and women in human society, individual souls conditioned by matter and the energy of illusion unite in sexual relations. Thus, beings are constantly making material efforts to eliminate their unhappiness and continually increase their pleasure. But it must be seen that they inevitably lead to exactly the opposite result. In other words, their happiness inevitably disappears, and as they age, their comfort increases.

One cannot find permanent happiness, even on paradise planets, which one can achieve in one's next one. life through ritual ceremonies and sacrifices. Even in the material sky, the living entity incarnate is troubled by rivalry with equals and envy of superiors. And since their residences in the Edenic planets end with the exhaustion of their godly activities, the inhabitants of these higher planets are grieved with fear, anticipating the destruction of their heavenly life. They thus resemble kings who, although admired by ordinary citizens, are constantly harassed by enemy kings, and thus never achieve real happiness.

Therefore, anyone who seriously desires true happiness, must seek an authentic spiritual master, and take shelter by the initiation received. The qualification of a genuine spiritual master is that he has realized the conclusions of the holy scriptures