The material
manifestation is one fourth of God’s energy. The three-fourths manifestation of
His energy is the spiritual world. Paras tasmat tu bhavo ‘nyo ‘vyakto ‘vyaktat
sanatanah. Besides the material world there is another nature, which is
spiritual. The spiritual nature is described as para, “superior.” There are two
energies working: material nature and spiritual nature. Material nature is
described in the Bhagavad-gita:
bhumir apo
‘nalo vayuh kham mano buddhir eva ca
ahankara itiyam me bhinna prakrtir astadha
These eight
types of energy—earth, water, fire, air, sky, mind, intelligence, and ego—make
up the material nature.
Bhinna
prakrtih. They are separated energies, and they are inferior, apara. Apareyam
itas tv anyam prakrtim viddhi me param. Beyond the inferior energy is another,
superior energy. That is the living entity.
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