When one has achieved this, there's nothing more to be gained. When the Supreme Lord is pleased with us, life is smooth. Problems will come, but one can overcome them like crossing over a puddle of water on a calf's hoof-print instead of a vast, turbulent ocean.
This love can only be achieved by the mercy and guidance of a lover of God, the spiritual teacher, like Jesus, who is a well-wisher of all living entities, and who is therefore free of envy towards anyone. If we can realize our helplessness to disentangle ourselves from the miseries of material existence, and approach such teacher with humility and sincerity, then he'll be able to teach us the path of devotion, love for God, or bhakti.
My teacher taught me that the easiest way to come to the platform of love for the Lord is by regularly hearing and chanting His Holy Names.
There is only one God, but He has countless number of names like Krishna, Govinda, Jehovah, Allah, etc. All These Names are invested with all His transcendental potencies. In this present age of quarrel and confusion, the scriptures recommend the hearing and chanting of God's Holy Names as the only way to achieve the perfection of life which is love for God and love for others.
Haribol! Chant the Holy Names of God!
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