Elevation to Krsna Consciousness - Original 1973 ... - Prabhupada

32 Elevation to 11a Consciousnessus is just like the relationship of a father to a son.The son may insist upon getting something from thefather, and the father may try to convince him thatwhat he wants is not for his good, saying, "My dearson, don't touch this. This is not good for you." Butwhen the boy insists upon it, the father will allowhim to have it. The affectionate father gives the sonjust what he wants. Similarly, the Supreme Fathergives His sons and daughters just what they want. Itis stated in Bhagavad-gitii that all beings, in allspecies of life, are his children.sarva-yoniu kaunteyamurtaya sambhavanti yiitiisiim brahma mahad yoniraham bija-prada pitii"It should be understood that all species of life, 0 sonof Kunti, are made possible by birth in this materialnature, and that I am the seed-giving Father." (Bg.l4.4)In this material world, the mother, prakrti, whichis material nature, supplies us with the body, and theSupreme Father impregnates this matter with livingsouls. There is an erroneous theory current that onlyhuman beings have souls and that other living entitiesdo not, but we understand from Vedic authoritythat there are over 8,000,000 species of bodies,including plants and trees, and that they all havesouls, otherwise they would not be able to developand grow. In this verse Sri Kr:r;a claims that allliving entities, regardless of the forms they take in