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Teachings of Lord Chaitanya
I do not want anything further. While I was searching for some broken glass, I have found a great and valuable gem.” Druva Maharaj stated his full satisfaction, and he refused to ask anything from the Lord.
The living entity who is transmigrating through the 8,400,000 species of life is sometimes likened to a log which is gliding downstream on the waves of the river. Sometimes, by chance, the log comes to the shore and it is saved from being forced to drift further downstream. There is a nice verse in the  Srimad Bhagwatam  in which every conditioned soul is encouraged: “Nobody should be depressed, thinking that he will never be out of the clutches of matter; because there is the possibility of being rescued exactly like the log which floats on the river for some time, and then comes to rest on the bank.” This fortunate opportunity is also discussed here by the Lord.
Such fortunate incidents are considered the beginning of the decline of one’s conditional life. They occur if there is the association of pure devotees of the Lord. By association of pure devotees of the Lord, one actually develops his attraction for Krishna. There are different types of rituals and activities: some of them develop into material enjoyment, and some of them develop into material liberation. If a living entity takes to ritualistic activities which develop into his pure devotional service to the Lord, in the association of pure devotees, then he naturally develops devotional service in his mind.
There is a nice verse in the  Srimad Bhagwatam , Tenth Canto, Fifty-first Chapter, where it is stated by Muchakunda: “My dear Lord, a living entity, while travelling in this material world through different species of life, may develop towards liberation. By chance he may come in contact with pure devotees. Only at that time is he liberated from the clutches of the material energy, and he becomes a devotee of Yourself, the Personality of Godhead.”
When a conditioned soul becomes a devotee of Krishna, Krishna by His causeless Mercy trains him in two ways: He trains him by the Spiritual Master from the outside, and He trains him from the inside by the Supersoul. In this connection there is a very nice verse in the  Srimad Bhagwatam , Eleventh Canto, Twenty-ninth Chapter, in which it is said: “O my dear Lord, if somebody should get a duration of life like Brahma’s, still he would be unable to express his gratitude to You for the benefits derived from remembering You; because, out of Your causeless mercy, You drive away all inauspicious conditions for a devotee, expressing Yourself from outside as the Spiritual Master, and from inside as the Supersoul.”
Somehow or other, if somebody gets in touch with a pure devotee and thus develops a desire for devotional service to Krishna, he gradually rises