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Description of the Kingdom of God
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become bigger than a mountain, one can achieve whatever he desires, one can control like the Lord, and so on. But when one rises to the perfectional stage of receiving dictation from the Lord, that is greater than the stage of material achievements above mentioned. The breathing exercise of the  yoga  system which is generally practiced is just the beginning. Meditation on the Supersoul is just another step forward. But to obtain direct contact with the Supersoul and take dictation from Him is the highest perfectional stage. The breathing exercises of meditation practice were very difficult even 5000 years ago, otherwise Arjuna would not have rejected the proposal of Kṛṣṇa that he adopt this system. This age of Kali is called the fallen age. In this age, people in general are short-living and very slow to understand self-realization or spiritual life; they are mostly unfortunate, and therefore if someone is a little bit interested in self-realization he is likely to be misguided by so many frauds. The only way to realize the perfect stage of  yoga  is to follow the principles of  Bhagavad-gītā  as practiced by Lord Caitanya. This is the simplest and highest perfection of  yoga  practice. Lord Caitanya demonstrated this Kṛṣṇa consciousness  yoga  system in a practical manner simply by chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa, as prescribed in the  Vedānta ,  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ,  Bhagavad-gītā , and many important  Purāṇas .
The largest number of Indians follow this  yoga  process, and in the United States it is gradually spreading in many cities. It is very easy and practical for this age, especially for those who are serious about success in  yoga . No other process of  yoga  can be successful in this age. The meditation process was possible in the golden age of Satya-yuga because people in that age used to live for hundreds of thousands of years. If one wants success in practical  yoga  practice, it is advised that he take to the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, and he will actually feel himself making progress. In  Bhagavad-gītā  this practice of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is prescribed as  rāja-vidyā , or the king of all erudition.
Those who have taken to this most sublime  bhakti-yoga  system, who practice devotional service in transcendental love of Kṛṣṇa, can testify to its happy and easy execution. The four sages Sanaka, Sanātana, Sanandana and Sanat-kumāra also became attracted by the features of the Lord and the transcendental aroma of the dust of His lotus feet, as already described in verse 43.
Yoga  necessitates controlling the senses, and  bhakti-yoga , or Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is the process of purifying the senses. When the senses are purified, they are automatically controlled. One cannot stop the activities of the senses by artificial means, but if one purifies the senses by engaging