If we are not able to sell our head unto the lotus feet of sād-guru, up to then we cannot get one hundred percent kṛpā of gurupādapadma, whereas we know it for sure that guru-kṛpā means bhagavat-kṛpā, so according to the percentage of our inclination we can grow some consciousness. We will have to sell our head unto the lotus feet of sād-gurudeva, then and only then we can develop realization power up to the extreme limit. Self-realization is not a matter of joke; by our personal futile effort we can never come out successful. Whatever we can see in this material world, or cannot see, each and every article or object is meant for guru-pūjā, not for sensual gratification. If we fail to see Nityānanda, the all-pervading guru-tattva, everywhere, then surely we cannot do aprakṛta hari-bhajana. First of all, we will have to eliminate all our dirty saṁskāras from our heart by the help of pure sādhu-saṅga; then the question of hari-bhajana can arise. Who is suggesting that with anarthas hari-bhajana is possible?
As per Rasāmṛta-sindhu written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmīpāda, we can know the following śloka which can substantiate our siddhānta-vicāra—
ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-
saṅgo ’tha bhajana-kriyā
tato ’nartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt
tato niṣṭhā rucis tataḥ
athāsaktis tato bhāvas
tataḥ premābhyudañcati
sādhakānām ayaṁ premṇaḥ
prādurbhāve bhavet kramaḥ
“In the beginning one must develop some preliminary śraddhā (preliminary desire for self-realization). This will bring one to the stage of trying to associate with persons who are spiritually elevated. In the next stage one becomes initiated by an elevated spiritual master, and under his instruction the neophyte devotee begins the process of devotional service. By execution of devotional service under the guidance of the spiritual master, one becomes free from all anarthas (all material attachment), attains niṣṭhā or steadiness in self-realization, and after that acquires a taste for hearing about the Absolute Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. This taste leads one further forward to develop attachment for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which can mature in bhāva, or the preliminary stage of transcendental love of God. Real love for God is called prema, the highest perfectional stage of life.”
In the prema stage there is constant engagement in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. So, by the slow process of devotional service, under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master, one can attain the highest stage, being freed from all material attachment, from the fearfulness of one’s individual spiritual personality, and from the frustrations that result in void philosophy. Then one can ultimately attain to the abode of the Supreme Lord.
With anartha nobody can even start hari-bhajana.