In reality, the human form is intended to lay the foundations for this primary duty, which consists of learning to know Krishna, God, the Supreme Personality as He truly is. All that is required is to read, learn, and/or listen to the spiritual writings devoted to His Person, which reveal His excellences, His glories, His pastimes, which you will find in each of my books.

In other words, all that is required of all those who wish to prepare perfectly for their next existence is to read them and practice this sublime teaching without fail, while remaining faithful to the Lord. We must renew the bond of love that unites us to Krishna, obey Him, do His divine will, link our desires and interests to His, surrender to Him, and serve Him with love and devotion. Then our present life will be perfect, and our next life will certainly be sublime.

We must emerge from this abode of the dead, turn to God, with the goal of finding Him in His absolute kingdom, which is the true world, and where true eternal life is found.

By doing this, we will see the end of our existence come without fear of facing death, for the latter concerns only the material body and not us, the soul, which is eternal. Death is separation from God, but it also means a change of body for one who must reincarnate.

Now, one who works in Krishna consciousness has absolutely nothing to fear, for upon the death of their body, they will emerge from it and receive a spiritual body through which they will enter the kingdom of God forever. The intelligent person seeks to obtain in his next life the best possible body, that is, a spiritual body, such as all those who return to the kingdom of God or who are currently living there possess. We must prepare for our next life now.

To this end, the Lord recommends that we sever the ties that bind us to our family, our friends, our community, our nation, to social or political implications, and to the material desires that anchor us in the repetitive cycle of reincarnation from the age of fifty, or even earlier, in order to prepare for our future life. Let us change the nature of our desires and opt for higher, spiritual desires.

The incarnate spiritual being is made to engage in acts of service, and their desires revolve around this same attitude of service. Thus, from the lowest vagabond to the head of state, all serve others in one way or another. But the perfection of such an attitude can only be achieved by diverting the desire focused on serving matter or Satan to spiritual service offered to God. Such is the perfection of service.

Lord Krishna says to this effect: Only through devotional service, and only thus, can one know Me as I am. And the being who, through such devotion, becomes fully aware of Me, can then enter My absolute kingdom.