How can people from other religions realize that they are servants of Krishna?

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so we are part and parcel of Krishna so how will people fall in other religions such as Christianity come to the level of realizing that they are themselves Krishna Krishna is the absolute truth and he is revealed in the Vedic tradition but that does not mean that he is inaccessible to other traditions so based on the practices that they have been given based on the principles that they have been taught if people practice and become elevated then if they develop love for God then it is between them and God how exactly they get specific spiritual realizations see there is generic spiritual realization and there is specific spiritual realization generic spiritual realization is to understand that I I have a life beyond this lifetime in this world I have a part of me that is eternal generic spiritual realization is also that God the absolute truth should be the ultimate object of my love now this generic spiritual realization is common to all religious traditions all theistic religious traditions now beyond that there is specific revelation that are given in particular traditions and those specific revelations may not be available in certain traditions but the the spiritual journey focuses first on getting the generic realizations like so even if a Christian doesn’t understand that I am a servant of Krishna they understand I am a servant of God they may not have the same conception of God that we have at this stage but then even we we go to temple and we see Krishna and say Krishna is God how much do we understand now we see Krishna and we see an image of Krishna we see a picture of Krishna but this same Krishna has the whole universe inside him now we just hear the pastor oh this shows Krishna is God but what does it mean just because we have got a specific revelation that is far more advanced that is far more specific than what is given in other traditions that does not necessarily mean that we have got realization of that specific revelation we also have to go up on the spiritual path and get realization so the specific revelation that we have can help us to develop attraction to God better because if we know more specifics about him we can become more attracted but just knowing more about him is not the same as becoming attracted to him so with the knowledge that Christians have in their tradition even if it is more generic if they are practicing if they are getting purified if there is love for God then that is the way they are getting elevated and if they are following the path given by Jesus faithfully then it is between them and Jesus how specifically they will get elevated when exactly they will get some specific revelations for becoming elevated to the spiritual level of existence that will vary from person to person that will depend on between them and the spiritual guide or the spiritual manifestation of the Lord whom they are worshipping so we don’t even know the specifics of how we are going to get liberated like I told earlier that there are different forms of medicine there is allopathy there is ayurveda there is naturopathy and each of them can say that these are the strengths and this is good this way you practice this so the specific revelation that is given about God in our tradition is a strength of our tradition but then that is meant to elevate us that is meant to transform us like that transformation has not happened then it does not necessarily mean that we really know God we just have some informational knowledge of God we don’t have realized knowledge of God so others they may not have the specific so we see the specific revelation yes that is the highest revelation but at our stage it is simply one facility which can help us to develop attraction towards the Lord at our stage but when in other ways that facility is not there but there may be other specific things which are there by which we can get elevated so the ultimate liberation or ultimate destination of people who are following God faithfully that will depend on their level of consciousness and their particular relationship understanding their relationship with God they don’t necessarily have to have the same specific revelation that we have to become liberated the generic revelation by which one is attracted to God that itself is enough in the Dasya Ras in the Shanta Ras there are five Rasas Shanta Ras we consider as the lowest among the five but Shanta Ras itself characteristic is what complete detachment from matter and complete detachment to God that also is a very elevated although there is no specific attraction to God or simply passive meditation but that itself is an elevated stage so we don’t have to expect the specifics of our traditions which is revelation in other traditions not only the practitioners of those traditions need to have those specific revelations for making generic spiritual advancement and once they make generic spiritual advancement to the level of detachment from matter attachment to God how specifically they will advance that will be between God and man does that answer your question any other