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spiritual life strictly, a new awakening happens by the mercy of Lord Krishna. The Lord reveals the true
understanding of the Vedic knowledge. The Vedas state:

yasya deve parā bhaktir / yathā deve tathā gurau
tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ / prakāśante mahātmanaḥ

Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports
of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed. (Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.23)

This stage of highest perfection in yoga can be attained only by bhakti-yoga, as is confirmed in all Vedic
literature:

Bhaktir asya bhajanaṁ tad ihāmutropādhi-nairāsyenāmuṣmin manaḥ-kalpanam, etad eva naiṣkarmyam.

Bhakti means devotional service to the Lord which is free from desire for material profit, either in this life or in
the next. Devoid of such inclinations, one should fully absorb the mind in the Supreme. That is the purpose
of naiṣkarmya. (Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad 1.15)
The performance of bhakti by which one is free of all karmas or rituals and actions and all desires for material
benefit, in other words pure Kṛṣṇa consciousness or naiskarmya imbued with love for Radha Krishna is the
perfection of human life. This gives entrance into the spiritual world and the experience of transcendental bliss.

This is emphasized more emphatically by Sukadeva Goswami the reciter of the Srimad Bhagavatam:

sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo / yato bhaktir adhokṣaje
ahaituky apratihatā /yayātmā suprasīdati

The supreme occupation (dharma) for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service
unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely
satisfy the self. (SB 1.2.6)

Personal conception of God is everywhere in creation

Everything in existence is personal. What appears to be impersonal is due to the incomplete vision of living
entities. For example, when we observe the surface of the ocean, we might think that the ocean seems like a
gigantic impersonal body of water. Yet, every aspect of the ocean is personal. There are innumerable living
entities living in the ocean. Each with distinct characteristics. Secondly, the floor of the ocean is as variegated
as any place on the surface of the earth and there are gigantic forests of seaweeds. Each wave on the surface of
the ocean is distinct although from a distance they may seem similar. By closer observation we perceive more
distinct characteristics of every aspect of the ocean. Ultimately, Lord Krishna is present in every atom of the
ocean water and in the heart of every living entity residing in the ocean along with the individual souls in every
aquatic living entity. Thus everything is personal whether it is moving or non-moving, living or dead, animate or
inanimate. Lord Krishna is all pervading in the material and spiritual worlds and the individual livng entities are
also all-pervading. This is confirmed by the following:

acchedyo ’yam adāhyo ’yam / akledyo ’śoṣya eva ca
nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur / acalo ’yaṁ sanātanaḥ

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