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The ultimate perfection is love for God.
How can we love God and have pure love for Him?
True transcendental love, as practiced in the spiritual world.
First, let us distinguish two kinds of feelings of love for God. The first is the feeling of covetousness, because it expresses the desire to satisfy one's own senses, whereas the second, which spreads true pure love, love of God, or love for God, is concerned with satisfying the senses of Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, and His alone.
In truth, the highest benefit that a human being can attain is to obtain the grace of the Lord, the love of God.
To develop love for God is the highest perfection of existence, and God-consciousness is the highest benefit that can be bestowed upon mankind.
The spiritual world is three times larger than the material universe. There are an unimaginable number of spiritual planets orbiting in it, all of which are placed under the major planet, the most important, the highest of all the planets, that of Krishna whose name is Krishnaloka, which is bigger than all the spiritual and material planets put together.
The planet of Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, is divided into three main regions, Goloka Vrindavana, Dvaraka and Mathura. Krishna personally resides there in the company of the Goddesses of fortune, also called gopis, the first of them, Goddess Radharani, and his pure devotees.
This place is eternally spiritual in nature. The trees are all wish-trees, from which one can obtain whatever one desires. The earth is made up of philosopher's stone and the water is real nectar. Every word is a song, every step a dance, and Krishna's flute accompanies every gesture. Everything shines with its own light. The Lord exchanges with each of the inhabitants of this wonderful planet a sublime love, unknown in the material universe. Since in the spiritual world every moment is used wisely, there is no past, present or future.
Truly, no one can appreciate the kingdom of God without being deeply accomplished in spiritual knowledge, in Krishna consciousness or God consciousness. It is a place of unimaginable beauty, sweetness and atmosphere of bliss. In this transcendental place, the Lord exchanges with His pure devotees personal feelings such as neutrality, servitude emanating from devotional service, friendship, parental affection and love.
The love affairs of Krishna and the gopis in Vrindavana are spiritual in nature. Although they resemble the love affairs of the material world, there is a chasm that distinguishes and separates them.