The Spiritual World
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The love of the servant or servant feeds that of the Master, God, the Sovereign Person. The gopīs, the companions of Lord Krishna in his transcendental realm, do not aspire to their personal satisfaction. They have an intense desire to please Krishna, God, so that their relationships are all imbued with pure love for God, with no trace of carnal sexuality. Their sense of happiness is indirect because it depends entirely on Kṛiṣhṇa's satisfaction. This is always true of unmotivated love for God. This pure love is possible only when the servant or the maid derives his happiness from that of his Master, God.

Omnipresent, infinite and supreme, this kingdom of Vaikuṇṭha is the abode of Lord Krishna and his incarnations (Avatars). At the zenith of this spiritual heaven is the spiritual planet Kṛiṣhṇaloka, which is divided into three regions called Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula. Gokula, the highest of the three, also takes the names of Vraja, Goloka, Śvetadvīpa, and Vṛindāvana. Like the transcendental body of Lord Krishna, Gokula is omnipresent, infinite, and supreme. It extends upwards and downwards without any limit. Gokula, the highest place in the kingdom of God, in the shape of a thousand-petalled lotus. The outer part of this lotus-shaped planet is a square called Śvetadvīpa. The inner part of Gokula is carefully landscaped for the comfort of Lord Krishna and his eternal companions such as Nanda and Yaśodā. The existence of Gokula, a transcendental planet, rests on the power of Lord Baladeva, from which originates Śeṣa, or Ananta. Govinda, (Krishna) Lord and Master of the Gopis and Sovereign Divinity of Gokula, finds eternal happiness in Goloka, at the zenith of the spiritual world. Kṛiṣhṇaloka is the supreme star in the spiritual heaven. In order to promote pleasure related to a transcendental variety, K divertiṣhṇa's entertainments know three phases to which three houses correspond: Dvārakā, Mathurā and Gokula.

The attributes of Vaikuṇṭha, the spiritual world, arise from the inner energy of God and are therefore of a purely spiritual and transcendental nature, free from all material infection. All beings are immersed in pure virtue.

As spiritual sparks from the rays emanating from the transcendental body of Lord Krishna, we are eternally connected to Him and participate in His divine nature. In the material cosmos, material energy is such a gangue that envelops this particle of spiritual energy, but in Vaikuṇṭhaloka, spiritual planets, realized beings, pure beings, are free of such a veil, they never lose the memory of their identity; eternally they remain conscious of their bond with God, being situated in their natural condition of offering the Lord a transcendental service of love. Because they are constantly absorbed in this transcendental service, it is natural to understand that their senses are also transcendental in nature since the Lord can not be served with material senses. The hosts of Vaikuṇṭhaloka are thus devoid of such senses which aim to dominate the material nature. Everything is eternal, infinite and pure. The atmosphere produces its own light; no need of the sun, the moon, the fire, the electric force ... Whoever reaches this kingdom never again returns in this material world. All living beings who live there surrender themselves submissively to the service of love of the Lord.

 

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