impaired or dumb. It is also because of his virtuous acts that a person will be reborn in a well-to-do family, or whose father is a devotee of God.
In this material universe, the richest and the poorest are subject to the yoke of matter, because wealth and poverty are creations of the gunas (the three attributes and modes of influence of material nature, virtue, passion and ignorance). According to the gunas that influence us, material nature allows us to rejoice in this world under more or less favorable conditions.
No one can access civilized life unless they adopt Krishna consciousness, or God consciousness, because according to the laws of nature, each person is given a special situation according to his karma and his relations with the modes of nature. influence of material nature; virtue, passion and ignorance. If men desire to live in harmony and peace, they must opt ??for Krishna consciousness, because as long as they remain absorbed in a bodily conception of existence, they will be unable to rise to the highest level. level of existence.
The Supreme Lord says: "My devotees are not people of great opulence; they, too, are poor in the riches of this world. Rich people have no interest in devotional service, Krishna Consciousness. On the contrary, a penniless, out of necessity or by the circumstances, may be interested in Me. But men, infatuated with their wealth, do not take advantage of the Krishna Consciousness even when the company of My devotees is offered to them. In other words, only the poor are interested in me."
In response to the Lord, the Goddess Rukmini says, "My dear Lord, you have said again that the richest members of human society do not worship you. This too is true, for those who pride themselves on their material possessions first think of making use of it for the pleasure of the senses. As soon as a poor man becomes rich, as he ignores the proper way of using a fortune acquired so harshly, he draws up plans to satisfy his senses. Under the influence of the external energy, he believes that in the pleasure of the senses his money is used as it should, and neglects your absolute service. O dear Lord, beings who have nothing, have You said, are very dear to you; for renouncing everything, your devotee desires only You. So the great sage Narada Muni! He owns nothing and is none the less infinitely expensive."