the spiritual world, there is no need for the light of the moon, that of the sun, electric force or fire; all the planets produce their own light there, like the sun.
When the Sovereign Lord, which rests on the ocean Garbhodaka, entered the heart of Brahma, the latter united all his intelligence, and with the intellect thus concentrated, he set out to create the galaxy as it was before. At one point, the Supreme Lord, Karanodakasayi Visnu, lies down in the Karana Ocean, and there, produces several thousand galaxies from his breath. As Garbhodakasayi Visnu, He then enters the interior of each of the galaxies, of which he fills the lower half with the water exuding from his body. The other half of the galaxy remains empty and becomes what is called space. Then, from the abdomen of this second Visnu sprouts the lotus, from which Brahma is born, the first to be created. The Lord then enters the heart of every living being, including Brahma, as Ksirodakasayi Visnu. Witnessing to the activities of all distinct beings, the Lord grants everyone the memory and the intelligence necessary to act according to the desires that he harbored when he was destroyed, during his last existence, in the previous era. This intelligence appears according to the personal aptitude of the being or by the law of karma.
A great soul is a person who practices devotional service constantly, twenty-four hours a day. Unless you rely on such a noble person, no one can know Krishna, God as He really is. One can understand and know God only by serving a great soul, such as the servant of the Supreme Person, Krishna. People who seek to improve their material conditions are said to chew on the already chewed. No one has ever succeeded in perfecting their material condition; however, life after life, from generation to generation, people apply themselves to it, and they repeatedly fail. Unless you are properly instructed by a great soul, a pure devout servant of the Lord, it is impossible to know and understand Krishna and his service of love and devotion.
The function of the authentic spiritual master consists in guiding the souls incarnated and conditioned by the matter towards God, to lead them back to their eternal original abode, located in the kingdom of Krishna.
Krishna, God, said, “Seek to know the truth by approaching a spiritual master; inquire of her with submission, and while serving him. The realized soul can reveal knowledge to you, because it saw the truth.”