of material energy, we must take, one after another, many bodies of matter that respond, each time , to our new desires. Although conditioned beings imagine themselves to be the only masters of their destiny, they are constantly subjected to the law of karma:

Krishna, God says: "Under the influence of the three modes of influence of material nature, (virtue, passion and ignorance) the lost soul believes to be the author of his acts then that in reality they are accomplished by nature."

This misguidance comes from the fact that the living being, the incarnated soul, thinks to be the body.

But Krishna also teaches: "The Supreme Lord stands in the hearts of all beings and directs their wanderings to all, each one as on a machine made of material energy."

The "machine" is none other than the body of matter, and the different bodies which are attributed to us by material nature are such machines serving us as vehicles. Sometimes we rise to higher species, sometimes we degrade. But the being who, through the mercy of a spiritual master and Krishna, God, receives the seed of devotional service and cultivates it, can escape the cycle of repeated deaths and rebirths, and thus see its existence as a success. . Otherwise, he will have to go up and down endlessly the scale of the various forms of life, sometimes covering the body with a blade of grass, sometimes that of a lion ...

In truth, it is the desire for material enjoyment that makes us clothe these bodies, and the desire to reach Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, allows us to regain our natural position. The incarnate being is strongly influenced by the material energy of maya, through the body that behaves like a tyrant who dictates his law, despite the fact that we want to serve God. His ignorance prevents him from acting properly. Ignorance is at the root of the bewilderment, blindness, perdition, violence, aggression, crime and atheism of living beings. The real cause of all this is ignorance. This is why knowing Krishna, his word and teaching marks the beginning of the spiritual life. Krishna teaches, the man must learn that he is not the body of matter but a spiritual soul. The true knowledge of Krishna, God, the Supreme Person helps to fight ignorance.

Men are unaware that there are two kinds of energies, material energy and spiritual energy. They say that everything is matter, that everything is the product of material energy. Their mistake is that they take matter as their starting point, not spiritual energy. Now, in a sense, because matter comes from the mind, everything is spiritual. Spiritual energy, forming the origin, can exist independently of material energy, but