Those who have attained the level of spiritual realization see in every material body a temple of the Eternal Supreme, for the Sovereign Lord resides in every material body, that of the heavenly being, that of the human being, that of the animal and that of the plant, as the Supreme Soul also called the Holy Spirit. That is why we must love each other, because we also love Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, the Eternal Sovereign at the same time.

The goal of human life is to renew the bond that unites us to God, to love him, to obey him, to do his divine will with enthusiasm, to link our desires and interests to his own, to offer him all the fruits of our actions, to achieve spiritual fulfilment, to attain Krishna consciousness or God consciousness, to surrender ourselves to Krishna and to serve him with love and devotion, in order to establish ourselves at the absolute spiritual level. Those who find refuge in God, enjoy a peace that nothing disturbs.

God’s love or love for God is the culmination of spiritual perfection.

He who has the chance to serve a great soul, a spiritual master, a true servant of Krishna, is assured that the path of liberation, of salvation, is wide open to him.

Holy souls are spiritualists or transcendentalists as calm as they are peaceful. Anger is foreign to them, and they grant their friendship to all living beings. Just dating such pure souls can turn a person into a devotee of Krishna. In truth, the company of devout saints is essential to the development of love for God.

Seeing spiritual progress is accessible to anyone who comes into contact with a holy person. By following this path, one is sure to develop one’s Krishna consciousness as part of the integral devotional service. These are some attributes of a Krishna conscious person.

Lord Krishna says:

The devotee who is envious of nothing, who behaves with everyone as a benevolent friend, who does not believe himself to be the possessor of anything, who is free from the false ego (false ego or material ego, the force that chains the incarnated being to material existence. The force that pushes the incarnated being to identify himself with his body and to want to dominate matter) and remains the same in joy as in sorrow, who forgives, who always knows contentment and commits himself with determination to devotional service, and whose mind and body are surrendered to the Supreme Lord, he is very dear to Me.

The devotee who never causes agitation towards others and who is unaffected by joys and sorrows, who does not depend in any way on the modes of material action, the pure being, expert in everything, free from all anxiety, liberated from suffering, and who does not seek the fruit of his deeds, he is very dear to Me.

He who seizes neither joy nor sorrow, who neither grieves nor covets, who renounces the favorable as well as the unfavorable, he is very dear to Me.

He who is equal to friend or foe, who remains the same in glory or disgrace, in heat or cold, in praise or blame, forever pure from all defilement, always silent, satisfied with everything, unconcerned about lodging, and who, established in knowledge serves Me with love and devotion, he is very dear to Me.

He who, full of faith, commits himself entirely to this imperishable path of devotional service, making Me the supreme goal, is very dear to Me.