To be able to truly realize the permanent nature of spiritual existence, one must voluntarily learn to be self-sufficient with the minimum so that one can meet all of one's needs without difficulty. By avoiding creating artificial needs, man will more easily be able to satisfy himself with the minimum. He who bases his life on the principles of a soul-oriented civilization, or, in other words, who adopts the path of devotional service, is then able to access this kingdom of God, and thereby to attain the highest perfection of existence. He will thus live eternally on the soul level, with a perfect knowledge of the service of absolute love offered to the Lord. It is therefore by sacrificing his vast material possessions for the benefit of this civilization of the soul, that the holy being qualifies to access the kingdom of God, in comparison with which the paradisiacal kingdom of our galaxy seems insignificant. Whoever receives the special favor of the Supreme Person for having surrendered entirely in the service of love and devotion offered to his Divine Person, will be able to cross the impassable ocean of illusion and realize the Lord.
Alone access to the kingdom of God whoever surrenders himself to the Lord without reserve. We must stop wasting our energy in vainly following the path of materialistic experimental knowledge. Surrender to the Lord and serve him with love and devotion is what confers true knowledge. The Lord is without limits, and by his internal power He helps the submissive soul to know him according to his abandonment.
Lord Krishna said: “According to whether they (living beings) surrender themselves to Me, in proportion I reward them”.
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The false ego is the force which chains the incarnate being to material existence.
The incarnate being is mostly influenced by ignorance and produces the false ego. The ultimate totality of matter acts as an intermediary between the pure spiritual element and material existence. It is located on the border between the material and the spiritual, source of the false ego of the being conditioned by the material. All beings are separate souls emanating from the Supreme Lord, but under the pressure of the false ego, conditioned souls, although an integral part of the Sovereign Being, claim to be the masters and beneficiaries of material nature. This false ego is the force that binds the individual being distinct from God, which each of us is, to material existence. The Lord offers again and again to conditioned and lost souls the possibility of freeing themselves from this false ego, and it is for this purpose that material creation occurs at regular intervals.