Intensity of Faith Yields the Truth

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Intensity of Faith Yields the Truth

A devotee asked Ramakrishna Parmahansa: “Sir, is God real and can I see Him?”

Ramakrishna replied: “Yes, God is real. I see Him just as I see you or any

other object around me.” The devotee continued: “Can I also see Him as you do?”

Said the sage: “Yes, you can, if the intensity of your longing for God is equal

to the intensity of a drowning man longing for fresh air; or the intensity of a

mother longing for the life of her only child in the grip of serious illness; or

of the miser longing for more wealth. If your longing for God is at least a

fraction of the longing which Radha had for Krishna , then you will see God.”

 

James Van Praagh, author of Talking to Heaven travelled in a bus to work.

Waiting for a bus was like waiting for eternity. He intensely wished he had a

car. He didn’t earn enough to buy a car, but he visualised himself driving a

beautiful two-seater, with leather seats, and an attractive dash-board. But it

was a mere dream, and it remained imprinted in his mind.

A few months later, a friend leaving for Hawaii needed someone to look after his

house and James volunteered his services. After four weeks, James received a

telephone call from his friend telling him that he has decided to live in

Hawaii . Could James find out a customer to sell the house?

So, James started looking around for prospective buyers and struck an attractive

deal. James asked his friend if he should arrange to transport his car to Hawaii

.. The friend wrote: “It is not worth the expense. I can purchase a new car in

Hawaii . You have done a great service to me by selling the house. You can keep

the car”. It was the car of his dreams, a brand new two-seater-convertible.

James concluded that if you believe in something and desire for it intensely, it

materialises from nowhere as a gift. If you desire to see God intensely, you

will at least experience his presence.

When your thoughts accumulate, they become your beliefs and the beliefs haunt

your mind. The mind is a vast ocean of potential. You can dive into that, surf

it; float on it, swim in it, play and have fun in it.

God speaks through dreams, hunches, instincts and inner voices, opening closed

doors. For example, author Robert Louis Stevenson got most of his ideas for his

books from his dreams. As soon as he woke up, he would sit at his desk and write

down his dreams, word by word. These dreams eventually became his novels. The

work of Thomas A Edison, music composer Mozart and Albert Einstein have all

been inspired by dreams.

Like dreams, prayer is a powerful tool to realise God. Joseph Murphy who spent

many years in India writes: “The law of your mind is the law of belief itself”.

Whatever we feed our subconscious mind; false or true, good or evil, will

register as a fact.

So, be careful about misfortune, as the subconscious has no sense of humour and

the misfortune can occur if the mind figured it in the beginning. Murphy refers

to the rituals of ancient India with the mixture of incantations and repetitions

which converts suggestions into realities.

The miracle of healing, according to Murphy, is simply the body offering the

subconscious mind’s ‘knowledge of perfect health’ when the questioning nature

of the conscious mind is silenced. Real faith is about things happening in the

present. If it is hundred per cent faith, it must happen.

Arun Reddy Nukala

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