Krishna, God, the Supreme Person says, “Only through devotional service, and only thus, can one know me as I am.”
Surrender to God and devotional service is the sure way to approach Krishna, to enter his kingdom and to see him face to face.
The ultimate goal of existence is to seek the absolute blessings of Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, and to consecrate his life to serve him with love and devotion.
The Supreme Eternal, Kṛiṣhṇa, is Himself the Absolute Truth, the ultimate reality, one and indivisible. It manifests itself under three aspects: the Impersonal Spiritual Being, the Supreme Soul also called the Holy Spirit, and the Supreme Person in his personal, real, original, primordial form.
God, the Supreme Person, has an eternal human form, which can not be perceived by material vision (our material eyes) or intellectual speculation. Only the transcendental devotional service offered to his Divine Person makes it possible to see his transcendental form.
To see the Supreme Lord, one must possess the eyes conferred by devotional service. God, the Supreme Person, is not accessible to those who decide to serve Him with love and devotion, only they can see what He is.
The Supreme Lord, Krishna, says:
“I never show myself to fools; by My internal power, I am veiled for them. This misguided world, therefore, does not know Me, the unborn, the imperishable.”
“Because I am God, the Supreme Person, I know everything about the past, the present and the future. I also know all beings; but Me, no one knows Me”.
“Only through devotional service, and only thus, can one know Me as I am”.
One may wonder why God, once present on Earth and visible to all, is no longer so today. But in reality, though present, He was not manifested to all; only a handful of men knew him to be the Supreme Lord. God was not revealed as such to the common people and unbelievers. In truth, with the exception of his devotees who know who He is and who know the signs that characterize him, all take Him for an ordinary man. Thus, his devotees, and they alone, saw Him as the source of all joy. For others, for unbelievers without vision, He remained veiled by His eternal power.
God, the Sovereign Being, is not only the unborn, He is also inexhaustible and imperishable. His eternal form is all about knowledge, happiness and eternity. His energies are all inexhaustible. The personal, real, original, primordial form of the Supreme Eternal is veiled by the rays that emanate from his Divine body which thus form a radiance called brahmajyoti, his inner power. For its only devotees, the Lord takes away this dazzling radiance, so that they may see Him as He is. For the atheist