Be a starving tiger or go to Krsna

People think like that: “If I become so powerful as a tiger, then I can
attack any less powerful animal and I feed on it.” But nature is so cruel,
the tiger for most of the days he starves. Although he has got strength, he
cannot get daily a prey. No. This is not possible. When he is too hungry,
Krsna gives a chance to prey. So he gives, “I wanted to be such and such.”
He gives me intelligence, He is so merciful. If you want to be as powerful
as a tiger, if you want to be a predominant businessman, He gives, ye yatha
mam prapadyante [Bg. 4.11]. He gives opportunity, and He gives also chance
to His devotees to go back to home, back to Godhead. He is giving chance to
everyone. If you want to remain here, yanti bhutejya bhutani [Bg. 9.25]. If
you want to remain here in this material world and do hard work for sense
gratification, that chance will be given to you. But if you want to go back
to home, back to Godhead, that chance also will be given to you. Now, it is
my selection. When they are entangled in this material activities, they
accuse Krsna: “Why God has created somebody this, somebody that?” No. God
has not created; we have created. We wanted to become like this, so God has
given us. Krsna has given us this chance, “All right, you become this.” So
it is my desire. He is called kalpataru — desire tree. Therefore we have to
change our desire or purify our desire. That is Krsna consciousness. That is
Krsna consciousness. The desire is mine.
From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on February 3, 1971