universe, each with its own opulences. The Impersonal Supreme Being is Krishna Himself, for Krishna is the source.

The Supreme Lord says:

“The Impersonal Supreme Being is a partial manifestation of My Person, and no truth is superior to Me”.

“This dazzling radiance, this absolute light that you contemplate, knows that it is none other than the radiance that emanates from My Body. This radiance is none other than Myself.”

Just as the sun and its rays can not be separated, so is Krishna and the radiance that emanates from his body. This radiance is constituted by a set of tiny particles called spiritual sparks or spiritual souls, or in other words by incarnated living beings, us.

Krishna further explains:

“This radiance is an emanation of My spiritual energy”.

“Radiance extends beyond the realm of My outer energy (the material universe).”

He who dwells in this material world can not know this radiance of the Impersonal Supreme Being. This is why it is not manifested in the material universe, because it is veiled by matter, but only in the spiritual world. The spiritual energy and external energy of God are both eternally manifest.

The radiance emanating from the absolute body of Krishna, the Supreme Person, is the impersonal aspect of the Absolute Truth, God, and represents the first degree of realization of the absolute, the Sovereign Person.

The Impersonal, Transcendental Supreme Being is the realm of the dazzling radiance of God. Certain passages of the original scriptures thus define the radiance that emanates from the body of God, the Supreme Being:

In the spiritual world, beyond the veil of matter, shines the infinite radiance of the absolute body of God, free from all material defilement. This dazzling white radiation, spiritualists hold it for the light of all the lights. In this kingdom, there is no need for the rays of the sun, of those of the moon, of fire, or of electric light. To tell the truth, all luminous radiance perceived in the material universe is only a reflection of this supreme light. The absolute exists in front as well as behind, north, south, east, and west, both up and down. In short, his supreme radiance extends everywhere, in the material and spiritual worlds.

But in the material universe, it is veiled by material nature.