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Associating With Kṛṣṇa
If one gets something superior, he naturally gives up all inferior things. We want enjoyment, but impersonalism and voidism has created such an atmosphere that we have become addicted to material enjoyment. There must be enjoyment in connection with the Supreme Person ( puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ ), whom we can see face to face. In the spiritual sky we are able to speak personally with God, to play, eat with Him, etc. All of this can be attained by  bhaktyā —transcendental loving service. However, this service must be without adulteration, that is to say that we must love God without expecting material remuneration. Loving God to become one with Him is also a form of adulteration.
One of the major differences between the spiritual sky and the material sky is that in the spiritual sky the head or leader of the spiritual planets has no rival. In all cases, the predominating personality in the spiritual planets is a plenary expansion of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The Supreme Lord and His multifarious manifestations preside over all the Vaikuṇṭha planets. On earth, for instance, there is rivalry for the position of