has only material assets which are of little value. Indeed, as he wanders on the mental plane, he can be sure to be attracted to the shimmer of material energy.
Citizens under the leadership of a king or a Krishna-conscious head of state will become righteous beings, devotees of God. If citizens are educated to become holy beings, they will automatically become peaceful and honest, and if they are guided by a devoted king or head of state, himself advised by holy beings, servants of God, the state will no longer be in the material world but in the spiritual world.
Without Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, the living being is nothing and can do nothing. He cannot see, hear or act without the active principle, which is none other than God Himself.
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Let us wake up, for we are asleep.
Verily, our life force and our actions are dormant. As long as the incarnate living being has not reached the spiritual level, the various parts of his body, his thought and the other functions of his organism are considered asleep. If man has not reached the spiritual level, everything he does is equivalent to the activities of a dead man or a ghost.
Likewise, the original holy scriptures also called “The true gospel” specify: “Wake up! Wake up ! You have the chance, the privilege, to have the human form; you must now access spiritual realization.”
We must rediscover our true spiritual identity, and know that we are indeed a spiritual entity, a spiritual soul. The spiritual awakening of the senses and the mind is due to the action of the internal power of the Lord, which can only be attained through the unmotivated mercy of God. It is through the grace of this energy that one can achieve spiritual enlightenment. This acts on the living being who surrenders completely to the Lord and accepts his position as an eternal servant. The fact of placing oneself at the disposal of the Supreme Lord, of being ready to do his will; It is then that He is revealed to us little by little by spiritual energy. When the individual being distinct from God is truly revived by spiritual energy, all of his senses become purified, and he devotes himself exclusively to the service of the Lord. Thus illuminated, the holy being has no more material activities; nor does he have the slightest desire to engage in such activities. This way by which the distinct being