The Vision of Lotuses
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many flowers, Kṛṣṇa is the source of innumerable universes, which may be compared to a big garland of lotuses. This is God.  Yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya/ jīvanti loma-vilajā jagadaṇḍa-nāthāḥ  ( Brahma-saṁhitā  5.48). Kṛṣṇa is unlimited. We are very much concerned with this one planet, but Kṛṣṇa's creation contains an unlimited number of planets. We cannot count how many planets there are, any more than one can count how many hairs there are on one's head. This is the nature of Kṛṣṇa's creation. To give another example, on one tree there is an unlimited number of leaves. Similarly, there is an unlimited number of planets, and there are unlimited universes. Therefore, Kṛṣṇa is unlimited.
Kṛṣṇa's navel resembles a lotus, He is garlanded with lotuses, and His eyes are also compared to the petals of a lotus ( ālola-candraka-lasad-vanamālya-vaṁśī ,  Brahma-saṁhitā  5.31). So if we simply think of only this one verse, which describes Kṛṣṇa's body with reference to the lotus, we can meditate our whole life on how beautiful Kṛṣṇa is, how wise Kṛṣṇa is, and how Kṛṣṇa manifests His creation. This is meditation—thinking of Kṛṣṇa.  Dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti 'yaṁ yogi-naḥ . A  yogī  is one who always thinks of Kṛṣṇa.
Those who think of something impersonal are not  yogīs . Their meditation simply involves undergoing more and more labor ( kleso 'dhikaras teṣām avyaktāsakta-cetasām ), and they cannot reach anything substantial. Therefore after meditation they say, "Come on, give me a cigarette. Come on, my throat is now dry. Give me a cigarette." That is not meditation. Meditation means thinking of Kṛṣṇa always ( satataṁ cintayanto mām ) and endeavoring to advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness with a firm vow ( yatantaś ca dṛḍha-vratāḥ ).
We have to be purified.  Paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān . Because Kṛṣṇa is pure, we cannot approach Kṛṣṇa impurely. But if we think of Kṛṣṇa always and meditate upon Kṛṣṇa, then we shall be purified.  Puṇya-śravaṇa-kīrtanaḥ . That meditation can be possible by hearing and chanting, and then thinking of Kṛṣṇa will automatically come. That is the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.  Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇam . The word  smaraṇam  means "remembering." If we chant and hear, then remembrance will automatically come, and then we shall engage in worshiping Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet ( sevanam ). Then we shall engage in the temple worship ( arcanam ) and offering prayers ( vandanam ). We shall engage ourselves as Kṛṣṇa's servants ( dāsyam ), we shall become Kṛṣṇa's friends ( sakhyam ), and we shall surrender everything to Kṛṣṇa ( ātma-nivedanam ). This is the process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.