Logos 376
It is the interest of the soul that must be sought, not that of the body
The one who accumulates goods in this material world such as wealth, land, houses, relationships, friends and children, only ever owns them for a limited time. No one can forever keep all these illusory treasures, creations of the illusory energy of the Lord, which are so many factors leading astray on the path to spiritual realization.
To be able to truly realize the permanent character of the spiritual existence, we must voluntarily learn to be self-sufficient with the minimum so that we can meet all our needs without difficulty. By avoiding creating artificial needs, man will more easily be able to satisfy himself with the minimum. He who bases his life on the principles of a soul-oriented civilization, or, in other words, who adopts the path of devotional service, is then able to access this kingdom of God, and thereby to attain the highest perfection of existence. He will thus live eternally on the level of the soul, with a perfect knowledge of the service of absolute love offered to the Lord. It is therefore by sacrificing his vast material possessions for the benefit of this civilization of the soul, that the holy being qualifies to access the kingdom of God, in comparison with which the paradisiacal kingdom of our galaxy appears insignificant. Whoever receives the special favor of the Supreme Person for having surrendered entirely in the service of love and devotion offered to his Divine Person, will be able to cross the impassable ocean of illusion and realize the Lord.
Only he who surrenders himself to the Lord can enter the kingdom of God. One must stop wasting one's energy in vainly following the path of materialistic experimental knowledge. Surrender to the Lord and serve him with love and devotion is what gives true knowledge. The Lord is without limits, and by his internal power, He helps the submissive soul to know him according to his surrender.
Lord Krishna said: “According to their (living beings) surrender to Me, in proportion I reward them”.
Logos 377
The false ego is the force that connects the incarnate being to material existence.
The incarnate being is above all influenced by ignorance and produces the false ego. The ultimate totality of matter acts as an intermediary between the pure spiritual element and material existence. It is located at the border between the material and the spiritual, source of the false ego of the being conditioned by the material. All beings are separate souls emanating from the Supreme Lord, but under the pressure of the false ego, conditioned souls, although an integral part of the Sovereign Being,