"There is no other way out of this great ocean of Nescience except the unalloyed mercy of the Absolute Godhead. A living entity although superior in nature in comparison to the nature of matter, is by association dependent and weaker than the material nature. The Absolute Godhead is the creator of all entities. He is the maintainer and deliverer of all entities. The innumerable living entities are infinitesimals and the Godhead is Infinite. The infinitesimal living entity is therefore subordinate to the Infinite and as such he is transcendentally the eternal servitor of the Absolute Godhead. The Supreme Spirit Godhead is the ultimate rest of all entities. This material world is a construction of material energy and the material existence of the living entity is a sort of punishment just like a prisoner. The punishment is due to the forgetfulness of the Godhead by the living entity. And therefore there is no deliverance of the living entities from the clutches of Nescience save and except by the revival of his sense of Godhead. Those who have forgotten the relation of Godhead are only the prisoners of this Material world and those who have not forgotten Him are the liberated souls."
Srila Thakur Bhaktivinoda
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