It is knowing that He is the Absolute Master, and that all individual beings are distinct from Him, tiny fragments of His person, including celestial beings. This is why we are all subordinate to him, and our only duty is to serve him with love and devotion.

It is knowing that in his contact we are immersed in the pure transcendental light permanently, the perfect joy continuously and without interruption, and eternal life.

It is knowing that real opulence is its own nature as the Supreme Divine Person, which He manifests through six unlimited opulences: beauty, wealth, fame, power, wisdom, and renunciation.

This is Krishna consciousness.

Consciousness is the energy of the soul, and the soul, through its different incarnations, acquires data that it stores, preserves, that enrich its knowledge, and gradually allow it to reach a high level. The soul, in each of its incarnations, if it develops divine knowledge through its search for God, increases its spiritual level each time.

In the material universe, embodied beings have different ideas, and those of a person with developed consciousness differ from those of another with undeveloped consciousness. If a person reveals himself to be conscious of Krishna shortly after his birth, it must be understood that he once meditated on the Supreme Lord.

Lord Krishna said to this effect: “Then he recovers the divine consciousness acquired in his past life and resumes his journey to perfection. No effort in this direction leads to any loss, and any progress, however modest, prevents the most formidable danger.”

The development of our Krishna consciousness or God consciousness is never lost, it increases to perfection.

There are different degrees of knowledge. The man with limited knowledge will confine himself to material data, unaware that a higher knowledge exists, of a spiritual order. And according to the developed state of consciousness, one will stop at material knowledge while the other, having developed a higher consciousness, will turn to spiritual knowledge, which elevates the being.

He who is wise knows that it is in contact with Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, that he acquires perfect knowledge, becomes conscious of the Lord, enriches his intellect and attains purity of being.

In truth, we can learn everything from God by learning the true knowledge that He teaches Himself. Our knowledge will then be perfect.