♥*♥*♥ Hare Krishna ♥*♥*♥
Perfection of pure devotional service is attained when all attention is diverted toward the transcendental loving service of the Lord. To cut off the tie of all other affections does not mean complete negation of the hner elements, like affection for someone else. This is not possible.A living being, whoever he may be, must have this feeling of affection for others because this is a symptom of life.Only the objective has to be changed. Desire cannot be negated, but in devotional service the desire is changed only for the service of the Lord in place of desire for sense gratification. When this desire is changed for the satisfaction of the Lord, it is called devotional service.
The relations of the body or the mind are due to the influence of the external energy. Relations of the soul, established in relation with the Supreme Soul, are factual relations.This relation of the soul to the soul can be established by the via medium of the relation with the Supersoul. Seeing in the darkness is not seeing. But seeing by the light of the sun means seeing the sun and everything else which was unseen in the darkness. That is the way of devotional service.