Returning to Goloka

every person, and a motivation in the heart of every person to seek the
unknown treasure that is hidden deep within life. Krishna is that treasure.
As the incarnated Gopas and Gopis of a universe spent their lives in
search of Krishna, but failed to look within, and failed to transcend and reach
to Goloka and find Krishna, they came back again and again, in life after life,
until they attained the goal of existence. These incarnating sparks of the Gopas
and Gopis are called jivas. You and I are among these jivas. The goal of
existence, this projection into this relative universe, is the realization of
Krishna, once again.
This realization comes in stages:
1. Awakening – this is the stage where the individual connects with
an incarnating Gopa or Gopi and becomes a jiva. At the start of the
first Day of Brahma, the mind-born children of Brahma were
created, and each one was connected to an incarnating Gopa or
Gopi – a jiva. While they had perfect physiologies, they were not
perfected in all aspects of existence. They had not achieved Moksha
yet, and they were only at this first stage of Awakening. Some
achieved Moksha but most did not. Visualize this, if you live in a
Heaven-like world, surrounded by the projections of Krishna such
as Vishnu, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha, and all of the Celestial
beings who freely walked on earth during that time, there is little
motivation to seek more or dive within to find the deeper meaning
of existence. The blessing of Kali yuga is that the outer world is so
ugly and distasteful, in comparison to Satya yuga, there is much
greater motivation to go within and seek the hidden treasure.
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