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Beyond Birth and Death
modern civilization's attitude is, "Let me suffer. Let me cover it by some intoxication. That's all." But as soon as the intoxication is over, the miseries return. It is not possible to make a solution to the miseries of life by artificial intoxication. The solution is made by Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
One may point out that although the devotees of Kṛṣṇa are trying to enter Kṛṣṇa's planet, our interest is in going to the moon. Isn't going to the moon also perfection? The tendency to travel to other planets is always present in the living entity. One name for the living entity is  sarva-gata , which means "one who wants to travel everywhere." Travel is part of the nature of the living entity. The desire to go to the moon is not a new thing. The  yogīs  also are interested in entering the higher planets, but in  Bhagavad-gītā  Kṛṣṇa points out that this will not be of any help.
ābrahma-bhuvanal lokāḥ punar āvartino'rjuna mām upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate
"From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My abode, O son of Kuntī, never takes birth again." (Bg. 8.16)
The universe is divided into higher, middle and lower planetary systems. The earth is considered to be a member of the middle planetary system. Kṛṣṇa points out that even if one enters into the highest