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Elevation to Krṣṇa Consciousness
“O conquerer of wealth (Arjuna), there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.” (Bg. 7.7)
This information is not only given in  Bhagavad-gītā  but in other scriptures as well, and it has been accepted from the very beginning by great  ācāryas  (teachers) like Śaṅkarācārya, Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, Lord Caitanya and many other stalwart authorities. Even at the present moment those who do not accept Krṣṇa as the Supreme Lord are accepting the knowledge given by Krṣṇa to Arjuna. So in this way they are accepting Krṣṇa indirectly. If one accepts  Bhagavad-gītā  as a great book of knowledge, he is also accepting Krṣṇa. There is no doubt that the Supreme Absolute Truth is Krṣṇa and that we have our eternal relationship with Him.
Our eternal relationship with God is  sabhājana : God is great, and we are subordinate. He is the predominator, and we are the predominated. The duty of the subordinate is to please the predominator. Similarly, if we want to be happy, we must learn how to make Krṣṇa happy. This is the process of Krṣṇa consciousness.
But how is it to be understood that the Supreme Lord is satisfied by our service and labor? It is actually possible to perfect our service or occupational duty. Everyone has some service to perform according to his designations. He may be an Indian or American, Hindu, Muslim or Christian, man, woman,  brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya ,  śūdra  or whatever—in any case he is meant to do some sort of work, and that work is his occupational duty.