every person endowed with intelligence should unerringly engage under the guidance of a spiritual master, in the unmixed service of love and devotion offered to the Lord and worship him, because He is the source of the life. If we want to stop the action of time and the cycle of rebirths and repeated deaths, then let us surrender to God and serve Him with love and devotion. We will thus obtain true freedom and return to Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, in his eternal kingdom.

The human body is an excellent vehicle that gives us access to eternal life.

Like a rare and precious vessel, the body allows us to cross the ocean of ignorance of material existence. On this boat one benefits from the help of an experienced captain, the spiritual master, and thanks to God, he sails in favorable wind. Who would refuse, with all these assets, such an opportunity to cross the ocean of ignorance?

Whoever neglects such an opportunity, let us know that he is simply committing suicide. It is certainly very comfortable to travel in a first class car, but if the train does not go in the right direction, what is the use of an air-conditioned compartment?

Modern civilization is too concerned with the material body and its comfort, and no one knows the true purpose of the journey of life which is to return to God. Do not just sit in a comfortable compartment; you must also make sure that the vehicle is moving in the right direction. To devote oneself to the well-being of the material body brings, in the long run, no real benefit if it costs to forget the primordial and indispensable side of existence, to recover our lost spiritual identity. This vessel, the human form, is designed so that it must move toward a spiritual purpose. Unfortunately, five heavy chains, like an anchor, hold this body to a material consciousness:

Attachment to the material body, due to ignorance of spiritual realities.

Attachment to loved ones, due to bodily bonds.

The attachment to the native land and the material goods, house, furniture, buildings, properties, important papers, etc ...

attachment to materialistic science, which is always confused by lack of spiritual light.

The attachment to religious customs, rituals, without knowing God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or his devotees, which are the very reason for the sanctity of these practices.