Similarly, the materialist, frustrated in his efforts to find pleasure in our limited material galaxy, will seek impersonal liberation by merging himself either in the causal ocean or in the impersonal effulgence of God.

But because neither offers substitutes for material relationships and sense activity, the impersonalist will have to fall back into the limited material universe and lose himself once again in the cycle of successive deaths and rebirths, driven by the insatiable desire for sense pleasures.

But the saintly being, the devotee of Krishna, who has chosen to engage his senses in devotional service, attains the kingdom of God and there enjoys the company of the Lord and liberated souls, and will never again feel any attraction for the limited attractions of the material world.

What does it mean to “become one with God”?

Truly, to become one with Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is to link our desires and interests with those of the Lord.

What is the purpose of the human form?

The human form is meant to free oneself from material bondage.

As long as man remains absorbed in self-interested action, his thoughts will always be swept away in the whirlwind of material energy, hence his successive imprisonment in various material bodies.

Man must therefore live for the sole purpose of returning to God, to His original abode, so as to no longer assume any ephemeral material body whatsoever, whether pleasant or unpleasant, thus putting an end to the cycle of repeated death and rebirth in this world. True intelligence is that which leads man to understand that the only perspective he has is that of desiring to lead his existence for this sole purpose.

Let us always remember that material creation exists only for the salvation of conditioned souls. It is indeed for this purpose that, through His causeless mercy, the Lord descends upon various planets of this world and displays His spiritual and absolute acts there.

Souls forever conditioned by matter are inclined to subjugate material nature.

This is why the material cosmic creation is designed for these conditioned souls for two reasons: first, they can satisfy their tendency to rule over the osmic manifestation, and second, they are granted the opportunity to return to Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

After the dissolution or “end of the world” of the cosmic manifestation, most conditioned souls merge into the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is then plunged into a mystical sleep, and they will manifest again in the next creation.