intelligence; Now, it is from the civilization of intelligence that the word of God maintains us. The Bhagavad-gita (Words of Krishna, Christ, God, the Supreme Person), because it deals essentially with human intelligence, traces the evolutionary path of a civilization centered on the spiritual soul, and the pure spiritual science will describe this civilization in its full development. The man who has reached this stage then enters the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God: the sun, the moon or electricity, although essential in this world of darkness, is in no way required there (see “The spiritual world”). Whoever bases his life on the principles of a soul-oriented civilization, or, in other words, who takes the path of devotional service, then finds himself able to access this kingdom of God, and thereby reach the highest perfection of existence. He will thus live eternally on the soul level, with a perfect knowledge of the service of absolute love offered to the Lord.
It is therefore by sacrificing his vast material possessions for the benefit of this civilization of the soul, that the holy being qualifies to gain access to the kingdom of God, in comparison with which the paradise kingdom of our galaxy seems insignificant. Those who enjoy the material benefits of a sense-oriented civilization should strive to reach the kingdom of God by following in the footsteps of his holy servant. This path is advocated by the Lord.
Neither Brahma the demiurge, the first created and regent being in our galaxy, nor all the wise truly know the omnipotence of God, the Supreme Person. The Supreme Almighty Lord has three main energies, internal, external and marginal, which in turn unfold endlessly. No one can therefore ever assess the extent of these powers since even the Lord in person, in the form of Sesa, cannot estimate them, He who, however, has always described the glories of the Lord forever, from his thousand mouths.
However, whoever receives the special favor of the Supreme Person for having completely abandoned himself in the service of love and devotion offered to the Lord, will be able to cross the insurmountable ocean of illusion and realize the Lord; but certainly not the one who remains attached to the body, which will eventually fall to dust and return to the earth.
Pure beings know the glories of the Lord, in that they can perceive his greatness as well as the extraordinary display of his various energies. Those, however, who remain attached to the perishable body can hardly have access to the science of the Divine. Indeed, the materialistic world, which is based on the identification of the self with the material body, ignores everything of the science of God. Thus, the materialist devotes all his energy to the well-being of the material body, his own, that of his