planets of the demigods, but My devotees reach My supreme abode.
(Gita, VII:20-23)

In this way, we can go to the sun, the moon, or any other planet. However,
Bhagavad-gita advises us not to go to any of these material planets, not even the
Brahmaloka, which can only be reached by mechanical means after forty thousand
years. In the spiritual sky there are innumerable planets which are never
annihilated, but there is one called Krsnaloka Vrndavana, which is the supreme
planet.

Bhagavad-gita gives us the opportunity to leave this material world and to go to
that eternal existence in the eternal abode of the Lord.

The description of this material world is given in the Fifteenth Chapter of
Bhagavad-gita. The material world is described as an asvattha (pipal) tree, which has
its roots upward. Do you know of a tree which has its roots upward? We have
experience of this if we stand on the bank of a river or reservoir. We can see, in the
reflection, that the tree’s roots are upward and its branches are downward. So this
material world is a reflection of the spiritual world, just as the reflection of the tree
from the bank is seen to be upside down. This material world is called shadow. In the
shadow there cannot be any substance, yet we can understand from the shadow that
there is a substance. In the reflection of the spiritual world there is no happiness, but
in the spiritual world itself, there is real happiness.

The Lord suggests that the eternal spiritual world can be reached by one who is
nirmana-mohah (Gita, XV:5). Let us examine this phrase. We are all after
designations. Artificially, we seek designations. Someone wants to become Sir, or
Lord, or President, or King, or rich. These designations belong to the body, but we do
not. We are not body; we are pure spirit soul. As long as we are attached to such
designations, we are associated with the three modes or qualities of material Nature.
We must learn to become detached by entering into the service of the Lord. So long
as we are not attracted by devotional service to the Lord, then we cannot be
detached from the three modes of material Nature. The Lord says that these
attachments are due to our lust: We want to be lords over the material Nature. And,
as long as we want to lord it over material Nature, there is no chance of going back
to the spiritual kingdom of God. That eternal kingdom, which is not destructible like
this material world, can be approached only by one who is not bewildered or
attracted by this material Nature. One who is attracted by devotional service to the
Lord can go to that eternal kingdom.
