Devotee: When one's tasted the higher taste, then how it is possible that he'll fall down in material sense gratification.

Prabhupāda: What is that?

Devotee: When one's tasted the higher taste in devotional service how is it possible that he can fall back again in material sense gratification.

Harikeśa: When one has tasted a higher taste, how is it that one can fall back down again into material sense gratification?

Prabhupāda: There is, that possibility is always. Just like the fire spark. Because it is spark, some way or other, if he falls down from the fire it is extinguished. That possibility is always there. Because it is small, there is possibility of being extinguished.

(Lecture on Bhagavad-Gita------New Myayapura).

Devotee: When we are in the spiritual sky and serving Kṛṣṇa, we have a perfect relationship with Kṛṣṇa, what causes us to fall down in the material world, because we re already serving Kṛṣṇa?

Prabhupāda: Because you desire to fall down. Here it is explained that "Don't fall down." And as soon as you associate with the material nature, then you fall down.

(Lecture on Bhagavad-Gita-------Melbourne).

Hṛdayānanda: (translating) Why it seems that when the soul comes into contact with material nature it becomes contaminated?

Prabhupāda: He wants to enjoy this material enjoyment. Just like everyone is going to the restaurant for eating something palatable, but we are not going, and somebody is going to cinema, but we are not going to the cinema. Similarly, there are two kinds of men: one is attracted; one is not attracted. Those who are not attracted, they are called nitya-siddha, eternally liberated. And those who are being attracted, they are called nitya-baddha, eternally conditioned. So you'll find always two classes of men. So one is attracted; one is not attracted. In the spiritual world the number of liberated person—many, many times greater than these conditioned soul. Just like the prison house and outside the prison house. The population outside the prison house, their number is very great, but within the prison house there are small number, criminals. So there are innumerable living entities. Out of them, some of them become attracted to this material enjoyment; others not. So one who does not want to serve Kṛṣṇa and wants to serve his senses, he's put into this material world. And he's given all facilities to enjoy, but he becomes entangled. This is the position. Yes?

(Lecture on Bhagavad-Gita-------Mexico).

David Wynne: Why do we all choose the dark? Why are we all in the dark, most of us?

Prabhupāda: Dark means without Kṛṣṇa consciousness—darkness.

(Room conversation-------London).