People suffer within the material world because they do not know that there are certain laws which govern the material universe. Because they think the standard is whatever makes them feel good, where in the spiritual world the standard is whatever makes Krishna feel good. The spontaneous affection that devotees have towards the Lord and the spontaneous dealings that they have are all derived by their pure unalloyed love for Him. Their love is completely pure, and that pure love is what Krishna is bound by. But when that love is pervertedly reflected as lust in the material world, the living entity is bound hand and foot by the stringent laws of material nature.
March 9, 1991, Kiev