The Supreme Lord said to this effect: “At the moment of death, the soul takes on a new body, as naturally as it passed, in the previous one, from childhood to youth, then to old age. This change does not disturb anyone who is aware of his spiritual nature”.

“It is the thoughts, desires and memories that emerge at the time of death that determine what your next existence will be”.

“Whoever, at the hour of death, leaves his body remembering Me alone, immediately reaches My kingdom, has no doubt”.

Logos 27

The spiritual soul alone enlightens the whole body of consciousness. Consciousness is concrete proof of the presence of the soul in the body. Consciousness is the major energy of the soul.

It is the particular consciousness of an individual soul that directs its actions. The brain is just an instrument that has nothing to do with the real intelligence that is in the soul. Consciousness is the major principle, the essence of the spiritual soul, the energy of the soul, it is the soul itself. The soul is present in the heart of the living being, celestial, human, animal and vegetable, it is the source of all the energies which support the body. The energy of the soul is spread throughout the body, this is what is called consciousness.

True intelligence is also another major principle of the soul, because it is in it that it is found and nowhere else. Real intelligence, mind and consciousness in their pure form are inherent in the distinct spiritual soul of God. This allows us to state with complete certainty that the brain of the material body is not the center of intelligence, and that it is the consciousness of the soul that determines the intelligence of its actions. Whatever brain we have, our life will be successful if we simply divert our consciousness from matter and orient it towards Krishna, God, the Supreme Person. Consciousness is individual. Because consciousness remains specific to the individual, it remains unchanged despite the transformation of the body. Thus, the physical constitution has no relation to the development of consciousness, which follows the movements of the soul through its transmigrations (reincarnations).

Whoever adopts the path of Krishna consciousness, God, reaches the highest perfection of existence, regardless of the downfall into which he may have fallen. In