What is the characteristic of God? God is the guardian of the whole universe, but what is his characteristic? Ultimately, in the Veda, the ancient literature of India, and in the Srimad Bhagavatam scripture, and in the teachings of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu our divine guide, it is said very clearly that God is love and beauty.
The highest conception of God is that he is Krishna. He loves everybody and He is very beautiful and charming. It is very easy to feel happiness when we live our life in connection with him. We will feel “I want to experience that Krishna conception of God. I want to live there with Krishna.”
In the beginning, there is a thought about whether it is possible to find if there is any power that can control the whole of existence. A power who can maintain peace and harmony and save us from anarchy and from unfavorable random attacks from forces in the natural environment. In this way, the search for God begins and moves on. But a time will come when we will feel a connection with the sages from the past who wrote about the experiences they had of their own soul and of Lord Krishna. In our own heart we will have an understanding of the teachings of Krishna about karma and the immortality of the soul. A feeling will come in our own heart where we are getting joy and inspiration from the ancient books.
And also when we feel there is justice here in this world, when we see how things are going on with our own experience and through the advice and experiences of others which are related in many sacred books, we will feel we should have faith and act things according to the teachings of Sri Krishna and the holy sages. We shall begin to make progress and feel something more about God. Then we will consider that this Krishna consciousness we have found is more real than the physical experiences we have about this material world, the experiences we are getting through our eyes and ears.
Divine Words of Srila B.R. Sridhar Dev Goswami