Lord Krishna says of Himself: I know everything that has happened in the past and everything that will happen in the future. I know everything, but no one knows Me.

Truly, there is nothing that exists apart from Me; this is what you must clearly understand. I am the source of all that Is.

The first-class person is one who takes refuge in Me in complete surrender, and who, renouncing all forms of material pursuits, lives according to My teachings.

I am that Supreme Person, who existed before creation, when nothing existed but Myself, and the cause of creation, material nature, was not yet manifest. I am also the One who will remain after annihilation.

Before the creation of this cosmic manifestation, I alone exist with My own spiritual powers, to the exclusion of all gross, subtle, or causal phenomena. Consciousness was not yet manifest. After creation, I alone live in all things, and when the time of annihilation (the end of the world) comes, I alone remain forever.

We currently live in the material universe, which was created, has a limited duration, and will one day be annihilated.

So let us return to the spiritual world, which was never created, for it exists from all eternity and will never be destroyed. It is there that true eternal life, true uninterrupted happiness, and absolute peace are found.

The supreme planet where Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, resides.

In Gokula, a transcendental place and one of the three main regions of Goloka, the supreme planet where Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, resides, there exists a divine lotus with a thousand petals and millions of filaments.

At its heart stands a majestic divine throne on which sits Lord Krishna, whose form embodies the eternal radiance of transcendental ecstasy, playing his celestial flute that vibrates with spiritual sounds upon contact with his lotus-like lips. There, his gopi lovers worship him with their personal subjective emanations as well as his external energy, which dwells outside, embodying all temporal qualities. The other two regions are Dvaraka and Mathura.

Goloka or Krishnaloka, the supreme planet and abode, resembles a thousand-petalled lotus. The heart of this lotus is the abode of Krishna. This supreme lotus-shaped abode is created by the will of Lord Ananta, the plenary emanation of Krishna.