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<h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2>
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<h3>1975 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3>
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Difficulty is mind; otherwise there is no difficulty. I am foolish, therefore . . . otherwise Kṛṣṇa is visible to everyone. We have got two kinds of experience, within and without. And He is present within and without, but still we cannot see Kṛṣṇa.
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[[Vanisource:750506 - Conversation - Perth|750506 - Conversation - Perth]]
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Kṛṣṇa may enter within anything, but still He is important than anything. This is simultaneous. Aṇḍāntara sthaṁ paramāṇu-cayāntara stham (Bs. 5.35)—Kṛṣṇa is within and without. That is Kṛṣṇa's position. Antar bahir avasthitam ([[Vanisource:SB 1.8.18|SB 1.8.18]]). In Kunti's prayers you will find that "Kṛṣṇa, You are within, and You are without, but still nobody can understand." That is stated. What is our experience? Within and without. But Kṛṣṇa is both, within and without, and still we do not see. Naṭo nāṭyadharo yathā ([[Vanisource:SB 1.8.19|SB 1.8.19]])—just like a person playing on the stage, and his relatives and others they cannot understand that Mr. Such-and-such is playing. He is seeing something else. He is playing before him, he is known to him, but he still cannot understand. This example is given, naṭo nāṭyadharo yathā. So Kuntīdevī explained this. Did you not read Kunti's prayer? She said, antar bahir avasthitaḥ: "You are situated within and without. Everywhere You are. But still the foolish men cannot understand." And why they cannot? Naṭo nāṭyadharo yathā. Just like one's father is playing on the stage, but because he is playing in a different role, or dressing in a different role, even the son cannot understand. So what is the difficulty? Hmm?

Difficulty is mind; otherwise there is no difficulty. I am foolish, therefore . . . otherwise Kṛṣṇa is visible to everyone. We have got two kinds of experience, within and without. And He is present within and without, but still we cannot see Kṛṣṇa. That is my foolishness, that is my imperfection. You have to become perfect, then we will see Kṛṣṇa everywhere. That is morning sādhana, spiritual consciousness, advancement. And the more we advance in spiritual consciousness, Kṛṣṇa we'll realize more and more. Svayam eva sphuraty adhaḥ

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:ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi
:na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ
:sevonmukhe hi jihvādau 
:svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ
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"No one can understand the transcendental nature of the name, form, quality and pastimes of Śrī Kṛṣṇa through his materially contaminated senses. Only when one becomes spiritually saturated by transcendental service to the Lord are the transcendental name, form, quality and pastimes of the Lord revealed to him." (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.2.234): you cannot see Kṛṣṇa, but as soon as you become purified, He reveals Himself. It is not due to you that you can see. When Kṛṣṇa allows Himself to be seen by you, then you can see. So you have to become qualified to see Him, otherwise He is everywhere present. We can see Him. And without being qualified, if you want to see Him, that is not possible.
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