Every living being has an eternal relationship with the Supreme, as taught in the Bhagavad-gita Introduction. This relationship manifests in five primary ways: neutral (passive), servant, friend, parent, or conjugal lover. Devotional service means reviving and acting in this eternal relationship. The Nectar of Devotion (Chapters 1-3) explains that these relationships are eternal, not created, and that love of God is the natural state of the soul.