Although the soul is transcendent to material existence, its existence in this world continues endlessly because of its spirit of domination over nature. As in a dream, it experiences all kinds of inconvenience.

It is the duty of every conditioned soul to direct its impure conscience, now attached to material pleasure, towards devotional service, applying itself to it with great seriousness and detachment. Thus the mind and consciousness will be perfectly mastered.

One must strengthen one's faith by practicing self-mastery through yoga [practice of union with God], and rise to the level of service of pure and unadulterated devotion by singing and listening to My glories

When one acts in the framework of devotional service, one must see all beings with the same eye, without harboring hostility towards anyone but without maintaining an intimate relationship. In addition, one must observe the vow of continence, be serious, fulfill one's eternal duties, and offer the fruits to God, the Supreme Person. As for his income, the holy being must be satisfied with what he can earn without great difficulty. He should not eat more than necessary either. He must live in a secluded place and always be thoughtful, serene, benevolent, compassionate and aware of his true self. You have to perfect your vision through knowledge of matter and the mind, and avoid identifying yourself in vain with the body at the risk of letting yourself be attracted by material affinities.

You have to establish yourself at the spiritual level, beyond different levels of material consciousness, and remain free from any other conception of existence. Thus freeing oneself from the false ego [domination of material nature and identification with one's body], one must learn to see one's own being as one sees the sun in the sky.

The liberated soul realizes the Absolute Supreme Lord, that transcends everything and that manifests even inside the false ego, in reflected form. It represents the support of the material cause and penetrates into everything. It is Absolute, Unique, and constitutes the eyes of illusory energy (maya).

One can grasp the presence of the Supreme Lord just as one perceives the sun, first through his image on the water, then through its reflection on the wall of a room, the sun itself never leaving the firmament.

The realized soul is thus reflected in the three forms of the false ego [Domination of material nature, identification with its body and the seizure of all material possessions], then in the body, the senses and the mind.

Although the holy being may seem totally melted in the five material elements, the objects of pleasure, the senses, the mind and material intelligence, it must be held awake and freed from the false ego.