Beauty in Kṛṣṇa's Presence
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There are two stages of meeting Kṛṣṇa. Being personally present with Kṛṣṇa, personally meeting Him, personally talking with Him, and personally embracing Him is called  sambhoga , but there is another way to be with Kṛṣṇa—in separation from Him—and this is called  vipralambha . A devotee can benefit from Kṛṣṇa's association in both ways.
Because we are now in the material world, we do not see Kṛṣṇa directly. Nonetheless, we can see Him indirectly. For example, if one sees the Pacific Ocean one can remember Kṛṣṇa immediately, if one is advanced in spiritual life. This is called meditation. One may think, “The Pacific Ocean is such a vast mass of water, with many large waves, but although I am standing only a few yards from it, I am confident that I am safe, however powerful this ocean may be and however fearful its waves. I am sure that it will not go beyond its limits. How is this happening? By the order of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa orders, ‘My dear Pacific Ocean, you may be very big and powerful, but you cannot come beyond this line.’” In this way one can immediately remember Kṛṣṇa, or God, who is so powerful that even the Pacific Ocean abides by His order. In this way one can think of Kṛṣṇa, and that is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Similarly, when one sees the sunrise one can immediately remember Kṛṣṇa, for Kṛṣṇa says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.8),  prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ : “I am the shining of the sun and the moon.” If one has learned how to see Kṛṣṇa, one can see Him in the sunshine. Our scientists have not created the sun, and although they may juggle words, it is beyond their ability to know what the sun actually is. But the  Vedānta-sūtra  (1.1.3) says,  śāstra-yonitvāt : one can know everything through the  śāstra , the Vedic literature. For example, if one studies the Vedic literature one can know what the sun is, for the sun is described in the  Brahma-saṁhitā  (5.5.2):
yac-cakṣur eṣa savitā sakala-grahāṇām 
    rājā samasta-sura-mūrtir aśeṣa-tejāḥ 
    yasyājñayā bhramati sambhṛta-kāla-cakro 
    govindam ādi-puruṣam tam aham bhajāmi
This verse describes the sun as the eye of all the planets, and if one meditates upon this one can understand that this is a fact, for at night, before the sun rises, one cannot see. The sun is also described as the eye of the Lord. The sun is one of His eyes, and the moon is the other. In the  Upaniṣads , therefore, it is said that only when Kṛṣṇa sees can we see. The sun is also described as  aśeṣa-tejāḥ , unlimitedly hot. And what is its function?  Yasyājñayā bhramati sambhṛta-kāla-cakraḥ . The sun has its orbit.