Faith in Guru and Surrender to Krṣṇa
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The words  sarva-kāraṇa  indicate that Krṣṇa is the cause of all causes. If we search to see who the father of our father is, and who his father is, and so on back, if it were somehow possible to trace our ancestry back through time, we would arrive at the Supreme Father, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Of course everyone wants to see God immediately, but we can see God when we are qualified and in perfect knowledge. We can see God eye to eye, just as we are seeing one another, but qualification is required, and that qualification is Krṣṇa consciousness. Krṣṇa consciousness begins with  śravaṇam , hearing about Krṣṇa through  Bhagavad-gītā  and other Vedic literatures, and  kīrtanam , repeating what we've heard and glorifying Krṣṇa by chanting His names. By chanting and hearing of Krṣṇa we can actually associate with Him, for He is absolute and nondifferent from His names, qualities, forms and pastimes. As we associate with Krṣṇa, He helps us to understand Him and dispels the darkness of ignorance with the light of knowledge. Krṣṇa is sitting within our hearts acting as  guru . When we begin hearing topics about Him, the dust which has accumulated on our minds due to so many years of material contamination becomes gradually cleaned. Krṣṇa is a friend to everyone, but He is a special friend to His devotees. As soon as we become a little inclined toward Him, He begins to give favorable instructions from within our hearts so that we can gradually make progress. Krṣṇa is the first spiritual master, and when we become more interested in Him, we have to go to a  sādhu  or holy man who