Simply fix your mind on Me, God, the Supreme Person, and place all your intelligence in Me. Thus, there is no doubt that you will always live in Me. If you cannot fix your mind on Me without failing, observe the regulative principles of devotional service.
If, however, you cannot submit to the regulative principles of devotional service, then try to dedicate your works to Me, for by acting for Me, you will attain the perfect state.
And if thou canst not even act in that consciousness, then strive to renounce all fruits of thy acts, and in the soul to establish thy consciousness.
But if to this practice also thou canst not bend, then cultivate knowledge. Superior to knowledge, however, is meditation, and superior to meditation is the renunciation of the fruits of deeds, for this renunciation can confer all peace on the mind.
He who is envious of nothing, who behaves with all as a benevolent friend, who thinks himself the possessor of nothing, who is free from the false ego (that is, identifying with the body, dominating matter and material nature), and in joy as in sorrow remains the same, who, full of forgiveness, always knows contentment, who is resolutely engaged in devotional service, and whose mind and intelligence are in harmony with Me, he is very dear to Me.
He who never causes agitation to others, and whom agitation never troubles either, whom joys and sorrows do not affect, he is very dear to Me.
He who does not depend in any way on the modes of material action, the pure being, expert in everything, free from anxiety, free from suffering, and who does not seek the fruit of his actions, he, My devotee, is very dear to Me.
He who does not seize either joy or sorrow, who does not grieve or covet, who renounces the favourable as well as the unfavourable, he, My devotee, is very dear to Me. He who towards friend or foe is equal, and the same before glory or disgrace, heat or cold, joy or sorrow, praise or blame, who is always free from defilement, silent, satisfied with everything, unconcerned with lodging, and who, established in knowledge, serves Me with love and devotion, that one is dear to Me.
He who, full of faith, in this imperishable path of devotional service commits himself wholly, making Me the Supreme Goal, he is infinitely dear to Me.