WORDS TO KNOW:
aware means to be awake, alert, to notice things.
manufacture means to make something.
valuable  means worth a lot.
thankful means you are happy to have something.
reason means telling why about something

1. NATURE’S GIFT, ORDERED BY KRISHNA

    Do you like to get gifts? Did you know that gifts are all around you? I’m not talking about the basketball you got for your birthday or your new bicycle. No, I’m talking about the many gifts from nature you are not always aware of. I mean the air that you breath, the water that you drink, and the sunshine that helps grow the cereal you ate for breakfast.  People cannot manufacture these things, but we use these kinds of gifts every day. In fact, we cannot live without them.  

   Perhaps one day you found out how valuable water is. Maybe the water in your house got turned off. Perhaps you got really thirsty, or the kitchen was a mess because there was no water to wash the dishes and cooking pots. Without water it was hard for your mother to cook, so you may have felt hungry. Without water your body started to smell because you couldn’t take a bath. 

  When we think about these things such as water, we see there is a lot to be thankful for. Feeling thankful is the beginning of Krishna consciousness. Krsna is the Supreme Father. He supplies and cares for all living beings.  Everything we have is because of His mercy. He created this material world and all its gifts for a special reason.  

     In this unit you will begin to learn about that reason and also Krishna’s special gift called the human body. You will learn about the Lord’s material nature from which the body is made. You will learn about the spirit soul and the difference between the spirit soul and the material body. 

   Real knowledge means knowing these differences. It means knowing the difference between matter and spirit. Knowing how to add two and two together is useful, but it cannot help us the way spiritual knowledge can. It is the most important knowledge.