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THE SCIENCE OF SELF-REALIZATION
unalloyed devotion is that one cannot maintain any desire other than to become fully Krṣṇa conscious. Even if one knows that all other forms of God are also Krṣṇa, one should not worship any other form, but should concentrate on the Krṣṇa form. Krṣṇa has many forms, but one only has to worship Krṣṇa in His form with the flute, as in the Rādhā-Krṣṇa Deity. Simply concentrate on that form, and all mental speculation and fruitive activities will fall away. One has to cultivate Krṣṇa consciousness favorably, and that means to execute service by which Krṣṇa becomes satisfied. Krṣṇa consciousness is not attained by manufacturing one's own way. I may think that I am doing something in Krṣṇa consciousness, but who has sanctioned it? For instance, in the  Bhagavad-gītā , Arjuna hesitated to fight, for certain moral reasons, but he was viewing the situation from the platform of fruitive activities, on which one has to enjoy or suffer the results. He was considering that if he killed his family members, he would then be subjected to many reactions. This conclusion, however, was not sanctioned by Krṣṇa. The law of action and reaction in the material world is called  karma , but devotional service transcends  karma .
Unalloyed love must be free of all tinges of fruitive activities ( karma ) and all tinges of mental speculation and material desire. That unalloyed devotional service should be favorably fixed on Krṣṇa. "Favorably" means in accordance with what He desires. Krṣṇa desired that the Battle of Kurukṣetra take place; it was all arranged by Him. Arjuna was told, "You are thinking in your own way, but even if you do not fight, rest assured that because it has been arranged by Me, none of these warriors who are assembled here are going back to their homes. They will be killed here. It has already been arranged." God's desire is such that one cannot change it. Krṣṇa has two qualities: He can protect, and He can also kill. If He wants to kill someone, there is no power in the world that can protect him, and if He protects someone, there is no power in the world that can kill him. Krṣṇa's desire is supreme. Therefore, we have to dovetail our desires with Krṣṇa's. Whatever Krṣṇa desires, no one can make null and void because He is the Supreme Lord. Therefore, our duty is to dovetail our acts with Krṣṇa's desire, not to manufacture an action and then declare: "I am doing this action in Krṣṇa consciousness." We have to be very careful to ascertain whether Krṣṇa actually wants it. Such authorized knowledge is instructed by the representative of Krṣṇa. In our prayers of praise to the spiritual master we are singing daily, "If the spiritual master is satisfied, then God will be satisfied. And if one dissatisfies his spiritual master, then there is no way for him to please God."