Logos 333
The Blessed Lord says: “Abandon the fruits of any act, this is what the wise understand by this word, "renunciation". And what the great scholars call "renouncing", it is the very state of the man who practices this renunciation. Man can taste the fruits of renunciation through simple self-control, detachment from the things of this world and disinterest in material pleasures. Therein in fact resides the highest perfection of renunciation”.
The Lord said: “When thus you will know the truth, you will understand that all beings are an integral part of Me, that they live in Me, and Belong to Me. Beings in the condition world (the material universe) are eternal fragments of My Person”.
We are, verily, tiny fragments of Krishna, God, integral parts of his Divine Person. Our true spiritual nature leads us, out of duty to the Lord, to serve him with love and devotion. This devotional service by nature spiritual offered to God and expressed with love, brings infinite joy.
This is why we must offer to the Supreme Lord, Krishna, the fruit of all our deeds, link all our plans to his, give Him everything we do, as well as our existence and even our life. Let us act for the sole purpose of making Him happy. We are, verily, his everlasting servants. A bond of love binds us to Him, and we can never be separated from Him.
Man must let go of self-interested action: this is the instruction of Krishna, God, the Supreme Person. But he must nevertheless retain the action which leads to higher spiritual knowledge. The revealed writings prescribe a number of methods for accomplishing the sacrifice according to the particular results one desires: having a worthy son, ascending to the paradisiacal planets, etc., but any sacrifice whose purpose is to satisfy some personal desire must be rejected. However, the sacrifice made to purify the heart, or for advancement in spiritual science, must not be abandoned.
True renunciation is that by which we always regard ourselves as an integral part of the Supreme Lord, knowing that we have no right to enjoy the fruits of our acts. Being ourselves only souls or spiritual sparks, tiny fragments of the Divine Person, Krishna, integral parts of the Lord, it is to Him that the enjoyment of the fruits of our acts must return. This is, truly, Krishna consciousness or God consciousness. He who acts in Krishna consciousness is the true renouncer. Performing his acts in such a spirit he knows satisfaction, for he is truly acting for the Supreme Being. He thus does not attach himself to anything material; he gets used to finding his pleasure in nothing other than the spiritual bliss given by devotional service. The renouncer is held to be freed from the consequences of his past acts; but the being established in Krishna consciousness quite naturally attains this perfection, without even having to