souls that we all are, the possibility of rediscovering their eternal spiritual consciousness and thus perfecting the mission of existence.

The Human Form is specially intended for the blossoming of the consciousness of Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, because this divine consciousness will allow us to find our spiritual body, all of bliss, knowledge and eternity. The purpose of Krishna consciousness, or God consciousness, is to give us a body of the same nature as that of Krishna Himself.

Krishna consciousness is the art of spiritualizing material activity, of to increase the degree of spiritual realization of the one who accomplishes it, to know the universality of God and the relationship that unites us to Him.

Knowing one's intimate relationship with the Lord is the supreme goal of human life.

The real goal of existence is to learn to know God as He really is, to rediscover our true spiritual identity, to renew the bond that unites us to Him, to love him, to bind our desires and our interests to his own, to surrender ourselves to him, and to return to our original abode in the absolute kingdom of the Lord, in order to serve him with love and devotion and to live in his divine company for eternity.

We are all separate spiritual entities, eternal fragments of Krishna, God, the Supreme Person. We exist from all eternity as fragments, even after we have achieved spiritual liberation. But once delivered from matter, these tiny eternal particles of God live eternally with Him, the Supreme Person, and enjoy in His company, absolute knowledge and bliss.

The Lord says: He who is neither affected by joys nor sorrows, who, in all circumstances, remains serene and resolute, he is worthy of liberation.

Anyone who, firmly determined to realize his spiritual Self, manages to tolerate the onslaught of misfortune as well as happiness, is ready to achieve liberation, to be liberated from matter. This is the case with the order of renunciation [the detachment from the things of this material world, the disinterest in material pleasures, the rejection of objects which arouse the pleasure of the senses, and the natural rejection of the materialism], which requires enormous sacrifices on the part of the one who adopts it, but no obstacle can stop the human being truly eager to make his life perfect.

The greatest difficulties come from this that it is imperative to break his family and social relations, and thus abandon the company of his wife and children. But whoever can tolerate this separation is making a quick path to spiritual realization. It is only with such strength, such determination, that we can free ourselves from the bonds that hold us prisoners of the material universe, and return to where we were originally, in the kingdom of God.