him as he really is, and that the human being can know his real nature and get rid of him. his material body.
Krishna, God, the Supreme Person is purity personified, supreme purity, purest among the pure, and whoever perceives this attribute of Lord Krishna and surrenders to Him, can purify himself from all his culpable acts. We must at every moment meditate on Him, and take pleasure in savoring the wonderful spiritual relationship that unites us to Him.
This is the perfection of existence.
The Lord gives us this judicious advice.
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 tongue, which always remains in contemplation, 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 at the level of spiritual liberation.
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.
Although engaged in activities of all kinds, My devotee, under My protection, reached by My grace, the everlasting and imperishable abode.
In all your deeds depend only on Me, and always place yourself under My protection. This devotional service, do it in 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, not animated by such a consciousness, but by the false ego [identifying yourself with your body and dominating matter], closing your ear to me, you will be lost.
I hold myself in the hearts of all beings, and direct their wanderings to all, who are each as on a machine (the body), made up of material energy.
Abandon yourself entirely to Me. By My grace you will know absolute peace, and you will attain the eternal and supreme abode (the kingdom of God).
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 infinitely dear friend.
Through devotional service, and only in this way, can I know Me as I am. And the being who, through such devotion becomes fully aware of My Person, then enters My absolute realm.
[This chapter complements these: “Our thoughts, words and actions cause effects and therefore, good or bad consequences”, “What we have done, will be done toward us”, and “karma infallible justice”. See the summary in the book The Pure Spiritual Science].