He who becomes absorbed in Krishna consciousness possesses the key to perfect renunciation, since he neither abhors nor covets fruits of his actions. Entirely dedicated to the Lord, he also holds perfect knowledge. Aware of his eternal position in relation to Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, he is absolutely aware that Krishna is the All, and that he himself is an integral part of that All. His knowledge is right in all respects.
Qualitatively, he knows himself to be the equal of Krishna, by his spiritual nature, and, at the same time quantitatively, subordinate to God as a tiny part of his Divine Person.
Once reached this knowledge of his qualitative identity and his quantitative difference from God, the being reaches fullness, freed from all desire as well as from all regret. The mind no longer knows dualities, for everything, henceforth, is accomplished for the sole pleasure of Krishna.
Thus freed from duality, one attains, even in this material world, liberation.
True liberation of all suffering and true renunciation.
The Lord says: “The being knows the perfection of spiritual bliss, when, through practice, he manages to withdraw his mind from all material activity. Then, once the mind is purified, it realizes its true identity, and tastes the inner joy. In this happy state he enjoys, through his purified senses, an infinite spiritual happiness. This perfection reached, the soul knows that nothing is more precious and will not deviate from the truth, but will remain there imperturbable, even in the midst of the worst difficulties. Such is the true liberation from all the sufferings born from contact with matter”.
The blessed Lord adds: “Abandon the fruits of any deed, this is what the wise mean by the word "renunciation". And what the great scholars call "renouncing", it is the very state of the man who practices this renunciation. Man can taste the fruits of renunciation through simple self-control, detachment from the things of this world and disinterest in material pleasures. Therein in fact resides the highest perfection of renunciation”.
Let us have a precise idea of what material existence engenders.
The Lord says: “As the air carries away the odors, the living being in this world, carries with him, from one body to another, the various ways in which he conceives of life”.
The living being, the incarnate spiritual being, is also called the master of his own body. He can in fact, according to his desire, take on a more evolved body or reincarnate himself in a lower body. He enjoys a certain independence, however small, and thus becomes responsible for the body he will put on in his next life. At the hour of death, the state of consciousness that he has forged throughout his life will determine his next bodily state. Let there be created a consciousness similar to that of dogs or cats, and the being will be reborn in the body of a dog or a cat [this is the