Certainly, we have an innate tendency to gravitate towards those things and those persons who satisfy our inner-most needs. This is natural, as the Sri Isopanisad explains that from the Originating Source Complete Whole, Sri Krsna, uncountable sparks of spirit emanate, all of which have a unique portion of the qualities of Godhead. One difference, Godhead is atmarama, self-satisfied, whereas the sparks, ie us, the jiva souls, are dependent in all times upon a relationship with others, but we become fully satisfied only when we are fully spiritualized with Krsna's energies, as He is the self-satisfied One and originating Father.
A fish on the sand can never be satisfied until it is back in the water, its natural state. After many births and deaths, " One who is in knowledge surrenders to me, knowing me to be the casue of all causes and all that is. Such a souls is very rare in this world."
When the souls wish to try to enjoy as the Supreme themselves, the material realms become manifest for us. Here, we may make any attempt we wish, from creating universes, to crawling in the mud. In order to fulfill this illusion of seperateness from Godhead, we are given bodies with a degree of ignorance, we are given the built in hardware and software, we are given a field of activities,ksetra and ksetra-jna. The interface is called the mind, and it can be our best friend, when trained, or our worst enemy, if we allow it to control us, like sleepwalkers captivated by a dream.
By substituting positive alternatives to the crazy plans of the mind, ones given by fully liberated souls, such as the bonafide Vaisnava guru, we can become free of being servants of the mind and material nature, by instead intelligently taking up devotional loving service to Godhead, as this is our constitutional position, jivera svarupa haya, nitya krsna dasa.
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