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in water. Similarly, if one takes a fish out of water and puts it on the land, it will die instantly. As we understand that even on this planet there are different kinds of bodies for living in particular places, so, similarly, if we want to enter another planet, we have to prepare ourselves to get a suitable body.
If one transfers himself and his soul transmigrates to the moon by this yogic process, he gets a long duration of life. On the higher planets, six of our months equal one day. Thus the beings there live for 10,000 years. That is the description in the Vedic literature. So undoubtedly one can get a very long duration of life, but still there is death. After 10,000 or 20,000 years, or even after millions of years (it does not matter), death comes.
Actually, we are not subject to death. That is affirmed in the beginning of  Bhagavad-gītā :  na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre  (Bg. 2.20). We are spirit soul, and therefore, we are eternal. Why then should we subject ourselves to death and birth? It is intelligent to think in this way. Those who are Kṛṣṇa conscious are very intelligent because they are not interested in getting promotion to any planet where there is death, despite a long duration of life there. Rather, they want to get a body like God's.  Īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ, sac-cid-ānanda vigrahaḥ . (Bs. 5.1) God's body is  sac-cid-ānanda . Sat means eternal, and  cit  means full of knowledge.  Ānanda  means full of pleasure.
As stated in our pamphlet "Kṛṣṇa, the Reservoir of Pleasure," if we transfer ourselves to the spiritual world, to Kṛṣṇa's planet or to any other spiritual
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planet, then we will get a body similar to God's:  sac-cid-ānanda —eternal, full of knowledge and full of bliss. So those who try to be Kṛṣṇa conscious have a different aim of life than those who are trying to promote themselves to the better planets in this material world. Lord Kṛṣṇa says,  mūrdhny ādhāyāt-manaḥ prāṇam āsthito yoga-dhāraṇām : "The perfection of  yoga  is to transfer oneself to the spiritual world." (Bg. 8.12)
The spirit soul is a minute particle within the body. We cannot see it. One practices the  yoga  system to raise the soul to the topmost part of the head. This practice goes on while one is living, and the perfection is reached when one can place himself on the top of the head and then break through. Then he can transfer himself to whatever higher planets he likes. That is the perfection of the  yogī .
If the  yogī  is inquisitive to see the moon, he can say, "Ah, let me see what the moon is like. Then I shall transfer myself to higher planets," just like travelers who go to Europe, California, Canada, or other countries on earth. One can transfer oneself to many planets by this  yoga  system, but anywhere he goes he will find visa systems and customs systems. To go to other planets, one must be qualified.
Kṛṣṇa conscious persons are not interested in any temporary planet, even if it offers a long duration of life. If the  yogī , at the time of death, can pronounce " om ," the concise form of transcendental vibration, and at the same time  mām anusmaran , remember Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu, he will attain perfection. The purpose of the entire  yoga  system is to concentrate the mind