Because of the consequences of his past sins, the being wanders throughout the galaxy.

Life after life, he is placed in various bodies within different species by different fathers. It is not thanks to a father or a mother that a living being comes into being. This being has an identity entirely distinct from his supposed parents. It is by the laws of nature that he is compelled to enter the seed of a father and then be introduced into the womb of a mother. He has no power to choose who will become his father. The laws of nature force him to go to different parents, just like a consumer product that is bought and resold. The supposed kinship between a father and a son therefore exists only by arrangement of nature; it has no real meaning, and that is why it is considered illusory. The father-son bond exists solely at the level of the body, and in no way at the level of the soul.

The same living being will have a father and a mother, sometimes belonging to the animal kingdom, sometimes to the human species. Sometimes, its parents will be birds, and other times, they will be celestial beings.

This is why Lord Chaitanya, Mahaprabhu, the Golden Avatar, Krishna Himself, says: Harassed life after life by the laws of nature, the individual wanders throughout the entire galaxy on different planets and among various species. If, by some means, it is fortunate enough to encounter a holy man who will transform its entire life, it will then be able to return to God, to its original home.

It is written in the Vedas, the original holy scriptures: During the transmigration (reincarnation) of the soul through different bodies, each one, whoever it may be—human, animal, plant, or celestial being—obtains a father and a mother. Therefore, this is not difficult. What is important is to obtain an authentic spiritual master, and Krishna.

This is why it is the duty of humankind to seize the opportunity to connect with Krishna's representative, the authentic spiritual master. Under the guidance of this spiritual father, one can then return to God, to their original abode. There, one will become “twice-born.”

As soon as an individual being, separate from God, forgets their own natural position and seeks to become One with the Absolute, their conditioned existence begins. Indeed, it is the conception that the Supreme Spiritual Being, Krishna, and the separate being are equal not only in quality but also in quantity that is at the root of conditioned existence.