Modern civilization's disease is identifying with body while ignoring the eternal spirit soul within.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Room Conversation with Psychiatrists — February 22, 1975, Caracas 750222R1-CARACAS [61:49 Minutes] Conv_750222R1-CARACAS [translated thoughout by Hṛdayānanda] Hṛdayānanda: ...cannot tell them they were God.
Prabhupāda: Hmm? Hṛdayānanda: I was explaining to him that a real spiritual master cannot lie to them and tell them they were God.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Spiritual master is the servant of God. He is not God, although he is respected like God. Sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ **(1).
Spiritual master is described as good as God in all scriptures, and all advanced spiritualists accept this. But he is the most confidential servant of God. Because he receives respect like God, he does not think at any time that he is God. He always thinks himself as eternal servant of God.
[pause] [break] What is the difference between animal and man?
Psychiatrist: [Spanish] Hṛdayānanda: [translating] He feels that they are both animals. The difference is that one is rational and the other is not.
Psychiatrist: [Spanish] Hṛdayānanda: [translating] The ability to think, the ability to encounter different situations and solve different problems...