Logos 341
The Lord said: Briefly, learn from Me how, if one acts in the way I am going to tell you, one can attain perfection supreme, the spiritual level. Entirely purified by intelligence, mastering the mind with determination, renouncing objects which delight the senses, freed from attachment and aversion, the man who lives in a secluded place, who eats little and masters the body and the tongue, which always remains in contemplation (meditation), detached, without false ego, without vain power or vain glory, without lust or anger, which is closed to material things, free from any feeling of possession, serene, this man finds himself elevated to the level of spiritual realization. Whoever reaches the spiritual level realizes at the same time the Supreme Being, and finds there an infinite joy. He never grieves, he never longs for anything; he shows himself equal to all beings. He then obtains to serve Me with pure love and devotion. Through devotional service, and only thus, can one know Me as I am. And the being who, through such devotion, becomes fully aware of My Person, then enters My absolute Kingdom.
Although engaged in activities of all kinds, My devotee, under My protection, reached, by My grace, the eternal and imperishable Home. In all your actions, depend only on Me, and always place yourself under My protection. This devotional service, do it with full awareness of My Person. If you become aware of Me, all the obstacles of conditioned existence, by My grace you will overcome them. If, however, you do not act animated by such a consciousness, but by the false ego (by identifying with your body and seeking to dominate matter), closing your ear to Me, you will be lost. If you do not act according to My directives, then you will be led astray. In the grip of delusion, you now refuse to act on My instructions. But, constrained by your own nature, you will have to do the same. The Supreme Lord stands in the hearts of all beings, and directs their wanderings to all, who are each as on a machine (the body), made up of material energy. Surrender yourself completely to Him. By his grace you will know absolute peace, and you will attain the eternal and supreme Abode. Thus have I revealed to you the most secret of knowledge. Think carefully, then do as you please.
[Krishna says that we can do as we please. God, in fact, never deprives the individual being of his tiny independence. Right understanding must make us agree to act according to God's directives. Thus, the firm and constant establishment in Krishna consciousness, which is the highest perfection of human life, will be facilitated.]
If I reveal to you this part of knowledge, the most secret, it is that you are My dear friend. Listen to My word, for I am speaking it for your good. Always fill your mind with Me, and become My devotee, offer Me your homage, devote your adoration to Me, and to Me you will come. This I promise you, for you are My friend, infinitely dear. Leave any other form of religion there, and just surrender to Me. All the consequences of your faults, I will free you from them. Have no fear. This secret