have the opportunity to serve the Lord to the best of their ability, and everyone should appreciate the service of others. These are the activities of the kingdom of God. Since we are all servants, we all stand on the same level and all have the opportunity to serve the Lord according to our personal abilities. The Lord stands in the heart of every being, from where He directs his servant according to his own attitude and aptitude. If a holy being sincerely desires to serve the Lord, the latter guides him. Krishna, God, explains Himself:

“Those who always serve Me and adore Me with love and devotion, I give them the intelligence through which they can come to Me.”

Thus, all living things are in fact servants, not friends or enemies, and all act according to different directives given by the Lord, who directs according to his own mentality.

Logos 307

No one can overcome the illusory energy [Maya or Satan] of God, the Supreme Person, so powerful that it disturbs all living things, to the point of making them lose all understanding of the purpose of life.

This same maya is subject to God, the Supreme Person, who governs all beings and is equally disposed towards each. The power of God, the Supreme Person, undoubtedly rules all living things, to the point that they have forgotten the purpose of life, ignore it. Embodied and conditioned souls have forgotten that the purpose of life is to return to God, to their original home, located in the kingdom of God. The external energy of God, the Supreme Person, makes them dangle the possibility of being happy in this material world, but this comes under maya (illusion); in other words, it is a dream that can never come true. So every being is deluded by the external energy of the Supreme Lord. This energy of illusion is undoubtedly very powerful, but it remains completely under the domination of the Transcendental Person, the Transcendental Lord. The Lord is not part of material creation; It transcends it. Therefore, not only does He direct the conditioned souls through his external energy, but He also governs the external energy itself. The powerful material energy directs each being so much that it is very difficult to get out of its grip. This energy belongs to God, and acts under his direction. However, the living beings that it subjects to its hold forget God, the Supreme Person.

Who surrenders to God and serves him with love and devotion, by the grace of the Lord, easily overcomes it.