A person is considered still further advanced when he regards honest well-wishers, affectionate

benefactors, the neutral, mediators, the envious, friends and enemies, the pious and the sinners all with
an equal mind. BG 6.9

सहृ
स ननन्मितत्रारसद
र्यु त्राससीनन्मिध्रस्थद्ववेष्रबनधष
स स।

सत्राधसष्वपप च पत्रापवेषस सन्मिबसपद्धिपवर्युशशिष्रतवे ॥९॥

Kṛṣṇa is realized in different degrees as Brahman, Paramātmā and the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Kṛṣṇa consciousness means, concisely, to be always engaged in the transcendental loving service of the
Lord. But those who are attached to the impersonal Brahman or the localized Supersoul are also partially
Kṛṣṇa conscious, because the impersonal Brahman is the spiritual ray of Kṛṣṇa and the Supersoul is the
all-pervading partial expansion of Kṛṣṇa. Thus the impersonalist and the meditator are also indirectly
Kṛṣṇa conscious. A directly Kṛṣṇa conscious person is the topmost transcendentalist because such a
devotee knows what is meant by Brahman and Paramātmā. His knowledge of the Absolute Truth is
perfect, whereas the impersonalist and the meditative yogī are imperfectly Kṛṣṇa conscious.

Nevertheless, all of these are instructed herewith to be constantly engaged in their particular pursuits so
that they may come to the highest perfection sooner or later. The first business of a transcendentalist is
to keep the mind always on Kṛṣṇa. One should always think of Kṛṣṇa and not forget Him even for a
moment. Concentration of the mind on the Supreme is called samādhi, or trance. In order to concentrate
the mind, one should always remain in seclusion and avoid disturbance by external objects. He should be
very careful to accept favorable and reject unfavorable conditions that affect his realization. And, in
perfect determination, he should not hanker after unnecessary material things that entangle him by
feelings of possessiveness.

All these perfections and precautions are perfectly executed when one is directly in Kṛṣṇa consciousness,
because direct Kṛṣṇa consciousness means self-abnegation, wherein there is very little chance for
material possessiveness. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī characterizes Kṛṣṇa consciousness in this way:

anāsaktasya viṣayān, yathārham upayuñjataḥ

nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe, yuktaṁ vairāgyam ucyate

prāpañcikatayā buddhyā

hari-sambandhi-vastunaḥ

mumukṣubhiḥ parityāgo

vairāgyaṁ phalgu kathyate

“When one is not attached to anything, but at the same time accepts everything in relation to Kṛṣṇa, one
is rightly situated above possessiveness. On the other hand, one who rejects everything without
knowledge of its relationship to Kṛṣṇa is not as complete in his renunciation.” (Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu
1.2.255–256)

A Kṛṣṇa conscious person well knows that everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa, and thus he is always free from
feelings of personal possession. As such, he has no hankering for anything on his own personal account.
He knows how to accept things in favor of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and how to reject things unfavorable to
Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He is always aloof from material things because he is always transcendental, and he
is always alone, having nothing to do with persons not in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Therefore a person in
Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the perfect yogī.~ BG 6.10 purport by Srila Prabhupāda