Ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgo (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.4.15). By faith we make association with the devotees, and by association with devotees we become inclined to be initiated. And after actual discharging the duties of initiation, one becomes freed from things which are not wanted. We don’t say it is bad, but it is not wanted. It is not that we are not eating meat, it is not that we are dying. So it is not wanted. If I can live by eating fruit and grains and milk - there are so many nice things - why shall I cause the killing of another animal? This is God consciousness; this is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Anartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.4.15). So in this way, when we are freed from the bad elements of life, then we become fixed up in our Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Niṣṭhā. Then rucis—taste. Niṣṭhā, rucis, then asaktis—attachment; then bhāva—ecstasy. Then the next stage is love of Godhead.
So we have to practice this regularly, one after another, if we are serious. But everyone should be serious, because this human life is meant for this business what we are doing, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Not for eating, sleeping, mating. That is done by the animals. We also do. And if there is good arrangement for the animals and birds, there is good arrangement for me also. Why God should make arrangement for the animals and the birds and not for the human being? A human being also has got arrangement, but because we don’t believe in God, therefore we think that "I have to do this. I have to do that. I have to make this improvement, or otherwise I will die; I will not be able to have my meals." We have created this situation. Actually there is no problem. For eating, sleeping, mating and defending, there is no problem. It is already there.