children, those around him, his compatriots ... He must therefore design for this many forms philanthropic activities at a political, national and international level; but all of them are part of the illusion of confusing the material body with the true self, the spiritual soul. And unless you are freed from this false concept relating to body and soul, there can be no question of knowledge of the Divine, and in the absence of such knowledge, all the progress of a materialistic civilization, despite its brilliance, nonetheless remains a failure.

Only those who unreservedly surrender themselves to the Lord have access to them. We must stop wasting our energy in vainly following the path of materialistic experimental knowledge. Surrendering to the Lord and serving Him with love and devotion is what gives true knowledge. The Lord is limitless, and by his internal power, He helps the submissive soul to know him according to his abandonment.

Lord Krishna says, “As they surrender to Me, in proportion I reward them.”

The false ego is the force which connects the incarnate to material existence.

The ultimate totality of matter from which all beings are going to be manifested, is differentiated into many varied forms. The incarnate is above all influenced by ignorance and produces the false ego.

The ultimate totality of matter acts as an intermediary between the pure spiritual element and material existence. It is situated on the border between the material and the spiritual, the source of the false ego of being conditioned by matter. All beings are separate souls emanating from the Supreme Lord, but under the pressure of the false ego, conditioned souls, although they are an integral part of the Sovereign Being, claim to be masters and beneficiaries of material nature. This false ego is the force which links distinct being to material existence. The Lord offers again and again to conditioned and lost souls the possibility of freeing themselves from this false ego, and it is for this purpose that material creation occurs at regular intervals. It is true that He places at the disposal of conditioned souls all the means required to rectify the activity of the false ego, but He does not interfere in any way with the tiny independence which they enjoy as partial emanations of his Person. .

The false ego is also wanting to dominate matter, or identify with its material body. It is this spirit of artificial domination that is called the false ego.