We must think of Him perfectly, that is, with the compelling desire to please Him, to make Him happy, to satisfy Him in every way.

In reality, there is no other consciousness except Krishna consciousness, spiritual consciousness. Thus, even during our sojourn in the material universe, we only need to intensify our Krishna consciousness to immediately live in the spiritual world. For example, living in a temple is tantamount to living in the spiritual realm, due to the constant service we offer to Krishna. Many activities are performed there for Krishna. Therefore, all those who strictly adhere to the principles of Krishna consciousness truly live in the spiritual world, not in the material universe, even if they are still there. Their space is no longer material but now spiritual.

Such is the power of Krishna consciousness.

Spiritual education cultivates and develops God consciousness. True education is spiritual.

Spiritual education is the basis of the science of God and the teachings of Lord Krishna. It allows us to understand that the spirit soul is different and distinct from the material body. It provides all the answers to questions relating to God, to the spirit soul that each of us truly is, to eternal spiritual knowledge, and to existential and absolute truth.

It diffuses transcendental light and pure divine knowledge of which Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the source and Supreme Teacher. It brings those who receive it out of ignorance and blindness. It is the key that opens the door to the kingdom of God.

Lord Krishna says, At the moment of death, the soul takes a new body, as naturally as it passed through the previous one, from childhood to youth, and then to old age. This change does not disturb the sober being.

Unfortunately, this spiritual education is completely absent from today's civilization. No one knows their true interest, which is that of the spiritual soul that each of us truly is, and not that of the material body, which is in reality a garment we have donned.

It is the interest of the soul that must be sought, not that of the body. It is the needs of the soul that must be satisfied, not those of the body.

Working intensely under the influence of a bodily conception of existence, without spiritual education, is tantamount to living like an animal. People expend so much energy simply for the convenience of the body, without being instructed as to the benefit of the spirit soul. They thus live in a dangerous civilization, for the spirit soul must indeed reincarnate from one body to another.