are transferred to the galaxy, whatever it may be, where Krishna appears. There, they get their first chance to live in the direct, personal company of the Lord. This "formation" can be seen in the Vrindavana of our planet (located in India). Thus Krishna revealed to the inhabitants of Vrindavana the true aspect of the Vaikunthas spiritual planets so that they could know their destiny.

Krishna manifested in their eyes the spiritual world, eternal, endless and all knowledge. In the material universe we find various forms of bodies, sometimes high and sometimes low, and according to these forms, knowledge differs. In the body of a child, for example, it is not as perfect as in an adult man's body. In all life forms different levels are distinguished, in aquatic beings, plants and trees, reptiles and insects. Birds and beasts, civilized and uncivilized men. Beyond the human form are the celestial beings, the perfect beings, the inhabitants of the heavenly and Edenic planets, as well as the inhabitants of Brahmaloka, the home of Brahma. In celestial beings themselves different degrees of knowledge are manifested. But beyond the material cosmos, in the "atmosphere" Vaikuntha, all beings also enjoy full knowledge. There, on the Vaikunthalokas or on Krishnaloka, all, indiscriminately, are absorbed in the devotional service offered to the Lord.

To benefit from knowledge in its fullness is to know Krishna as God, the Supreme Person. In the radiance that emanates from the divine body of Krishna, God, who represents the spiritual "atmosphere," there is no need for sunlight, moon, or electric force. There, all the planets themselves produce their light and are eternal. The spiritual world, bathed in this radiance, knows neither creation nor annihilation. Beyond the material cosmos is an eternal, spiritual universe, where everything exists for eternity. Conditioned souls can only have knowledge of the spiritual world through wise men already beyond the influence of the three gunas, the three attributes and modes of influence of material nature; virtue, passion and ignorance. Unless firmly established at the absolute level, understanding the nature of this spiritual world is impossible.

The Krishna Lord loved to cross the Vrindavana Forest on the side of Govardhana Hill. On the banks of the Yamuna, he saw in all the trees beautiful hives from which flowed honey. On Govardhana Hill stood numerous waterfalls, whose sweet-sounding song was perceived by Krishna as he explored the caves on the hill. During the rainy season, when it was nearing its end in the fall, Krishna and his companions, especially if the rain started to beat the forest, would sit under a tree or in a cave in Govardhana and take great pleasure to savor the fruits while talking. When Krishna and Balarama, his first full emanation, spent the whole day in the forest, his Mother Yasoda sent them yoghurt rice, fruits and sweets. Krishna tasted them on a stone slab on the banks of the Yamuna River. Krishna was proud of the beauty of the forest, which is none other than the manifestation of his own energy. As joy reigned in all places, the cows covered the whole earth with their milk. The rivers flowed a great stream and bathed the trees, which covered themselves with fruits and corollas with a thousand tastes, with a thousand colors. From their trunk sprinkled drops of honey.