115 - Two Forces of Nature Working in Us ("Raja Vidya: The King of Knowledge" pages 57-62)

"There are two forces of nature working in us. By one we decide that in  this lifetime we will make spiritual advancement, but at the next moment  the other force, māyā, or illusory energy, says, "What is all this  trouble that you're going to? Just enjoy this life and be easy with  yourself." This tendency to fall into forgetfulness is the difference  between God and man. [...] This material body is perishable, whereas the person who is occupying the body is imperishable. It is also full of ignorance, and because it is ignorant and temporary, it is full of misery. We feel severe hot or severe cold due to the material body, but as soon as we revive our spiritual body, we become unaffected by dualities. Even while within the material bodies there are yogīs who are impervious to dualities such as heat and cold. As we begin to make spiritual advancement while in the material body, we begin to take on the qualities of a spiritual body. If we put iron into a fire, it becomes hot, and then it becomes red-hot, and finally it is no longer iron, but fire - whatever it touches bursts into flames. As we become advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, our material body will become spiritualized and will no longer be affected by material contamination." | Link to get  your own copy or  read: www.biglink.to/rajavidya | Find us on social  media:  Facebook  "Sravanam Diaries" | Instagram & Tumblr  @sravanamdiaries | Email:   [email protected]