Krishna has created this temporary material world by His own will to provide the living entities a place to exercise their minute independence and to enjoy separately from Him. Krishna has nothing to do with the material world, although He is interested in the suffering living entities who live in it. As Krishna has nothing to do with the material world, so the living entities have nothing to do with it either. They are meant only to live eternally with Krishna in the spiritual world. But under the influence of Krishna’s illusory energy, they identify themselves as residents of this world. Persons who have no faith in the holy name want only to remain here, engaging the Lord’s holy name in their own service and thus fulfilling their desires to enjoy matter. They obviously have no understanding.
(LFD, Vol2, Faith—The Price for the Holy Name, Pg 93, 4th paragraph)