In the material universe, materialists obtain the riches they covet through hard work. No one can enjoy material prosperity unless they have toiled to obtain it, but the devotees of the Lord who live in Vaikuntha naturally enjoy spiritual opulence, all emeralds and various jewels. There, the gold ornaments encrusted with precious stones are not obtained through hard labor, but through the Lord's blessing. In other words, pure beings living in the realm of Vaikuntha, or even in the material cosmos, never know poverty, as is sometimes claimed. On the contrary, they enjoy great opulence, but do not have to toil to obtain it.
In the realm of God, all the holy beings who live there serve Him with love and devotion. True and absolute happiness.
In the service of absolute love, the servant is as free as the Master, Krishna. The latter is perfectly independent, and in the spiritual world, the servant also benefits from this quality of perfect independence, for there is no forced service. Absolute service arises solely from spontaneous love.
A pale reflection of such a quality of service is found in that which a mother offers to her child, a friend to a friend, or a wife to her husband. Indeed, these three forms of service are not imposed, but are prompted solely by love. But let us understand clearly that in this material world, even service offered with love is only a distorted reflection of that which is found in the spiritual world, in contact with the Lord, and which is true service, service linked to the spiritual form of each being.
Truly, spiritual happiness in the realm of Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, is limitless. The Lord's happiness is equal to His Person and His absolute knowledge. But this ever-increasing happiness must be endlessly measured by the Lord. Thus, there exists, in a sense, an eternal competition between the increase of happiness and its perception by the Lord, a competition that never ceases but continues.
In truth, spiritual happiness is comparable to an ever-expanding ocean of bliss. While the oceans of this world are static, the spiritual ocean is dynamic. The dynamic expansion of the ocean of spiritual bliss is present in the sublime Person of Srimati Radharani, who embodies the blissful power of Lord Krishna.
The spiritual soul, which is our true identity, is by nature filled with bliss and knowledge, the latter being directly attained through loving and devoted service to Krishna, God, the Supreme Person. In this blissful state, the spiritual being experiences infinite transcendental happiness through their spiritual senses. Having attained this perfection, they know that nothing is more precious, and they will henceforth not stray from the Absolute Truth, Krishna, the source of perfect bliss, but will remain steadfastly by His side.