The Lord said: Listen to how, by practicing yoga [the practice of union and communion with God], with your consciousness and mind fixed on Me, it will be possible for you to know Me fully, without the slightest doubt remaining.

Pure love for Krishna has existed from all eternity and is found in the hearts of all beings, and nowhere else.

And when the heart is purified by chanting “Hare Krishna” and listening to the glories of Lord Krishna, the being naturally awakens.

Since Krishna consciousness is inherent in each of us, we must hear about Him. Simply by practicing chanting and listening to matters related to Krishna, our hearts are directly purified and our original consciousness, Krishna consciousness, immediately awakens within us.

Krishna consciousness cannot be imposed on us by any artificial means, for it already exists in our respective hearts, and as soon as we hum the chant of the holy names of Krishna “Hare Krishna,” our hearts are purified of all material defilements.

As soon as we become Krishna conscious, we instantly become aware of our true spiritual identity. Then, through the practice of devotional service to the Lord, we develop knowledge of God. And when we are firmly established in devotional service, when we have fully developed our spiritual consciousness, we are then able to perceive the Lord's presence in every action we perform.

This is called “liberation through the realization of the Absolute.”

Indeed, the Krishna conscious being always acts in full knowledge of his relationship with the Supreme Lord.

Lord Krishna rules over material nature, and all conditioned souls are subject to the yoke and severity of the laws of material nature.

Therefore, without knowing these fundamental truths, there can be no peace in this world, either at the individual or collective level. Perfect peace is achieved only through the complete development of Krishna consciousness.

Indeed, the Krishna conscious being always acts in full knowledge of his relationship with the Supreme Lord, and the perfection of this science consists in perfect knowledge of Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The pure soul, as an integral and minute fragment of Godhead, remains his eternal servant. But as soon as he desires to dominate maya, the illusory material nature, he is seized by it and thus becomes its prey and suffers in various ways. And as long as the soul remains in contact with matter, it must act according to its material needs.