Logos 350
God teaches us how to come to Him and enter His kingdom.
I will now instruct you in the way of salvation, which requires continence, because the practice of union and communion with God consists in detaching oneself from all activity of the senses. It is by closing the doors of the senses, by keeping the mind fixed on the heart and by maintaining the vital air at the top of the head, that one establishes himself there.
Thus established in this practice, and pronouncing the sacred syllable Om, supreme alliance of letters, the one who, at the moment of leaving the body thinks of Me, God, the Supreme Person, that one, without a doubt, will reach the spiritual planets.
So, in Me Krishna, in My personal form, always absorb your thoughts, without failing to fight, as a warrior should do. Dedicating your actions to Me, turning your mind and intelligence to Me, without a doubt you will come to Me. He who always remembers Me, the Supreme Lord, and meditates on Me, without straying from the way, no doubt comes to Me. We must meditate on the Supreme Lord as the Omniscient Being, the oldest, the Master and sustains him of all, who, even more tenuous than the most tenuous, is inconceivable, beyond material intelligence, and remains still a person. Resplendent like the sun, He transcends this world of darkness.
Because constantly absorbed in devotional service, the one who always remembers Me, without deviation, reaches Me without difficulty. When they have reached Me, the spiritualists imbued with devotion, these noble souls, having thus raised themselves to the highest perfection, never again return to this transitory world (the material universe), where suffering reigns.
It is only through devotional service, and only thus, that I can be known as I am. And the being who, by such devotion becomes fully aware of My Person, can then enter My absolute kingdom.
My pure devotees are charmed at the sight of My various forms, by the radiance of My face, and the unspeakable grace of My body. My laughter, My entertainment as well as My gaze fascinate them so much, that they constantly absorb their thoughts in Me, and their life, they abandon it to Me. Because they have not aspired to any form of liberation or material enjoyment, I take them to Me, among My eternal companions, in My absolute kingdom.
The Lord teaches:
After having left his body, the holy servant (the holy servant) no longer receives a material body, but returns to the kingdom of God where he receives a spiritual body similar to that of the eternal companions of the Lord whose example he followed.
When the purified saint (the purified saint) is ready, what is commonly called death occurs, but which is ultimately only a sudden change of body. To the pure sage, this change is like lightning, which is simultaneously accompanied by a bright light. By the supreme will, he develops a spiritual body the very moment he leaves the material body.