The individual being with a bodily conception of life is absorbed by this body which is a combination of the physical elements, the five organs of perception, the five organs of action and the mind. He endures in his mind three kinds of trials or sufferings: those from the body itself and from the mind, those caused by other living beings, and those which originate from celestial beings themselves and material nature in the form of extreme cold and heat, even lightning, earthquakes, hurricanes, drought, heavy rain, earthquakes, etc. So the body is the source of all kinds of misery. Although of limited duration, the body is the cause of all the miseries of material existence.
The incarnate being itself creates, through its thoughts, the material condition in which it finds itself. As matter is destructible, it must naturally suffer. Otherwise, the living being is detached from all material conditions. One who reaches the spiritual level and who fully understands that he is a spiritual soul, stops complaining or yearning for all kinds of things.
The Lord said, “He who is thus established in transcendence simultaneously realizes the Supreme Being and becomes fully joyful. He never laments or desires to have anything.”
The Lord adds: “Beings, in the world of conditions, are eternal fragments of My Person. But because they are conditioned, they fight fiercely against the six senses, and among them, the mind.”
In reality, the tiny fragmentary and integral spiritual being of God, the Supreme Person, is unaffected by material conditions. But, because the mind is affected, the senses are affected as well, and the being is fighting for life in this material galaxy. We must carefully consider the position of the soul. In other words, let's try to find out who we really are, the body, the mind or the soul. Let us reflect on our real origin, our destination once we have abandoned our body, and the reason why material pain sometimes overwhelms us. Let us try to understand our real position in this way, then we will be able to give up our vain attachment to materialism, to the pleasure of meaning and to the things of this material world. We may also give up the belief that our material galaxy, where anything that is not directly related to the service of Krishna, is eternal. So we will come to serenity. Let us naturally become aware of our true identity, because Krishna, the Lord, makes it so that we understand above all that we are not the body, but the owner of it. When one understands this simple truth, one can move towards the goal of existence. Since people are not educated for the real purpose of life, they work like crazy and become more and more attached to the material atmosphere. The misguided man accepts the material condition as if it