INTRODUCTION
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Kṛṣṇa gives the explanation: ‘Unintelligent men, who are not mature, think I am just this form. Only an intelligent man understands that I am immortal. Even when I assume this form, I am that same consciousness. I have not become an ordinary human being by assuming a human form.’ He declares His divinity openly. Kṛṣṇa says, ‘All types of people come to Me. I fulfill them at different levels, to encourage their faith and to enrich them to grow. But only intelligent people understand, that even if I assume this body, I am the ultimate, I am enlightened. Unintelligent people think by seeing my body, by seeing my form, that I am not the Divine. So please be very clear: I am THAT.’ He makes a clear statement again and again, so that Arjuna understands.
We need to understand two
important issues here.
First, the formless energy of
Kṛṣṇa defines His supremacy, His
divinity, His Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Second, in whatever form the
formless is expressed, it is divine.
It is the awareness of that divinity
in Him that makes Kṛṣṇa divine,
the supreme Master.
If that awareness happens in you,
you will be in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness, immersed in Him;
and you will be divine too. The
intelligence Kṛṣṇa talks about is
the intelligent awareness of one’s
own divinity, not merely that of
Kṛṣṇa. They are both one and the
same.
It is only when we are aware of
our divinity that we appreciate
the Divine
