Logos 422
God is the ultimate and sole purpose of existence.
Our purpose in this world is to seek advancement in the spiritual life. In truth, one who seriously desires to progress in the spiritual life must be very careful not to cling only to Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, and to no one else.
In the exercise of our spiritual journey sometimes we have to agree to engage in all kinds of material activities, but we always have to remember that we are acting only for God, Krishna. If this thought remains in our mind, we are in no danger of falling victim to these material activities.
We now see how affection for animals is growing all over the world. So even a figure as high as a holy being who has developed feelings of love for God can fall from his position because of his attachment to an animal, in this case a fawn. Now, if a holy devotee of God could have known such a fate, what about all those who are not spiritually advanced and who attach themselves to an animal, a dog or a cat, they will surely fall.
Their affection for these animals, and even others, will force them to be reborn into like bodies, unless they appreciably increase their affection and love for the Sovereign Lord. Indeed, unless we increase our faith in God, we will cling to a thousand other things, and this is precisely the cause of our enslavement to matter.
We must make sure that every moment of our life is devoted exclusively to the service of the Lord. This is the safest position for those who desire to return to God, to his absolute kingdom.
Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Avatar of Gold says: I have brought the remedy to the perpetual sleep in which all beings are immersed. Accept, I pray you, the Holy Name of the Lord, the song Haré Krishna, and wake up.
We all sleep in this world, so wake up, and benefit from our human existence. Sleep actually involves the loss of true existential and spiritual knowledge. What is in the domain of the night for all beings becomes for the one who has mastered his senses, the time of awakening. All beings in this world of matter are under the influence or spell of the energy of illusion, whose name is Mayan. This is why no one is really interested in the real values of life.
Deep sleep, which is called “the time factor”, keeps the conditioned soul in ignorance, in such a way may his pure consciousness be lost.