The great enemy of the spiritualist …lust to enjoy the material world, anger when being thwarted, envy at those more successful at it , greed to aquire resources to do so …this is all madness and illusion of an original consciousness within matter and the pushing of the mind and senses it is subjected to .
Krishna says, “Think of Me become My devotee….As you think of me, so I think of you .”
Thus the power of pure trancendental meditation , God is existing in the absolute spiritual plane, when you think of Him and Radharani you are with Them , to the degree of the intensity and purity of your thoughts and service meditation. Rupa Goswami gives the full process of meditation , begins with chanting and hearing Gods names , then comes remembrance of lila , and specific lila and forms, then intensity of meditations etc etc .
Everything has been revealed by Sri Caitanya Mahāprabhu and has been recorded by the Goswami’s and spoken of by the Gaudia Vaisnava sampradaya acaryas. ..
Through service and submissions to those Gaudia Vaisnava sampradaya acaryas and ultimately through the trancendental sound of the Holy names , given to you by them , and through the messages of the Srimad Bhagavatam and elaborations of such scripts recorded and written by pure devotees , a gateway to the spiritual world is revealed . By good fortune, one may come in touch with such personalities , who on the order of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wonder the globe ..
Once hearing submissively from one of them, the whole of the param para is revealed .
If one is truely humble one can open up the whole world and the hearts of the great . In such a condition , if one so desires , some persons , with the right connections can enter into the spiritual planes . If not humble , but proud , one closes in on one’s self , depriving oneself of something truely remarkable that’s being offered freely ..to one and all ..
Mahaprabhu has said humility is key ..
And through the Chanting of God’s name, one can learn to aquire such qualities , chanting is the means and the end , Srila Gour Govinda Swami would often say..