When a soul slowly awakens from the dream of material life, it can understand that it has long served ungrateful masters - the mind and the body.

At that time the awakened soul says to the mind and body: "I am not identical with you. I do not want what you require. I have long believed that I was identical with both of you and that we shared the same interests. But now I find that I am different from you. I am made of spiritual energy, whilst both of you are made of dead matter."

As a person who has just begun to regain consciousness after deep sleep is still drowsy and in danger of again being overwhelmed by sleep, so the awakening soul is in danger of again closing its eyes and lapsing back into unconsciousness.

Beginners in devotional service are often "divided souls" with tendencies towards both material and spiritual life. When we gain a drop of faith and begin to think, "Let me become a devotee and serve Krishna," the concept of "I" and "Mine" are still there, though they are a little more spiritualized. We often suffer from a divided mind, torn between good and bad things.

A sincere cry (Hare Krishna) quickly reaches the Lord's ears. The sound pierces the strong prison walls of the material world and moves the Lord's heart. He then begins to make concrete plans about how to assist His awakening devotee's journey back home to Him.