(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 2005)

In the spiritual world, the body is made of pure consciousness – pure spirit – there is no difference between the self and the body. Here there is the self and the body. Prabhupada did these kind of exercises, such as asking the most intelligent boy in the school program to come forward. So this one boy comes forward, with little round glasses and his hair is parted in the middle with some brylcreem in there – its all glued onto his head…nicely parted. He looked very intelligent…and he is about 12 or 11 years old.

Prabhupada asks him if he can ask him a question. The boy said:

"Yes….yes"

So Prabhupada points at his nose and he says:

"What is this?"

And the boy looks at him like totally incredulous and thinks:

"It cannot be true, that he is asking me this question! He's asking me a question as if I am a five year old. What is this?"

Prabhupada again, prods him and asks:

"What is this?"

Whilst in Prabhpupada's presence he said:

"The boy must point".

So the boy said whilst pointing:

" My nose….my chest…..my arm". And he goes like that around the body. Prabhupada said:

"Then where are you?"

Then he appeared to look lost, so Prabhupada said:

"Ok, now you can sit down."

It's like there is a total tension in the class. Everyone is shocked…you know! The genius of the class has just been smashed! And it's just like – he lost it, and everyone is in total suspense and thinking:

" What's going to happen next?"

Then Prabhupada is establishing that if the self is not the body, then who are we? He begins to introduce the concept of the spirit soul. So here in this world we are separate from the body. It s very dramatic the way Prabhupada did it!

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, Durban – South Africa, April 2011)

How to become attracted to Krsna?  It comes naturally if we start to serve.  And serving means giving – giving ourselves, giving ourselves not for our own profit, our own gain, but for Krsna's interest and the interest of His devotees.  As soon as we start to act for Krsna's interest and the interest of His devotees, then after a short while, the higher taste in Krsna Consciousness begins to develop.  It comes automatically.

And that's what we see in those who simply take up devotional service selflessly and put other things aside, all other agendas aside.  They automatically become attracted to Krsna, and then comes even the amazing thing, and that is that Krsna becomes attracted to the devotee, because it is said that pure devotional service is Sri Krsna akarsani – it can attract Krsna!  Not only that we become attracted to Krsna, but that Krsna becomes attracted to the service of His devotee.  Then there is no question of feeling that Krsna is far away.  Then there is no question of feeling separated from Krsna.  Then one is with Krsna at all times and one lives in one's service to Krsna.