The devotee also wants to see his temperature,
he also wants to see how healthy he is, and
how does he determine that? There is a very
simple formula given in the scriptures if someone
see that his material desire have gone down then
we can say that his spiritual temperature is good
and we can say that he is spiritually healthy.

You should not associate with the materialistic
people more than that required for executing
your job/business etc.

Just as the child becomes completely
dependent upon the mother for care, the
devotee is completely depend upon the Lord’s
mercy, he dedicates his body, mind, and words
for the pleasure of the Lord. If one executes
devotional service in this mentality then he is on
the Vaikuntha platform and anyone who comes
in contact with him will also be injected with this
seed of devotional service.