“The rational man can hardly conceive of or believe in Krishna [God] and His lila [divine or transcendental activities or pastimes), but as man’s spiritual vision improves, he sees Krishna and loves Him with all his heart. This subject can hardly be explained fully and exhaustively. We therefore leave this point to our readers with these words.
Give up the shackles of material [worldly] life slowly. Cultivate your spiritual consciousness internally. Give up prejudices that you have acquired from the so-called rational thinkers who deny the existence of spirit.
Be humble and learn to respect those who work toward spiritual attainments. Do this with your heart, mind, and strength in the company of Vaishnavas [saintly persons] alone, and you will see Krishna in no time.
Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur
Krishna is not an imaginary being, nor have you a right to think that He is a material phenomenon fancied to be the Supreme Being by fools. Krishna is not understood by the process of distinguishing the subjective [spirit or consciousness] from the objective [matter], nor is He to be accepted as an imposition on the people set up by self-interested men. Krishna is eternal, spiritually true, reflected on the human soul relieved of all attachment to dull matter, and is the subject of love which proceeds from the soul. Accept Him as such, and you will see Him with your soul’s eyes.”
Written by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura (1838-1914) (excerpt from the book ‘Life and Precepts of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’)