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By

SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Who is God? What is God? Is there a God? Where is God? How to realise God? Man

wants an answer to these eternal questions. Certainly there is God. God exists.

He is the only reality. God is your creator, saviour, and redeemer. He is

all-pervading. He dwells in your heart. He is always near you. He is nearer to

you than your jugular vein or nose. He loves you. He can talk to you. You cannot

find God by the intellect. But, you can find Him by feeling, meditation,

experience, and realisation.

 

WHO IS GOD?

 

The Petromax does not talk, but it shines and sheds light all around. The

jessamine does not speak, but it wafts its fragrance everywhere. The lighthouse

sounds no drum, but sends its friendly light to the mariner. The Unseen beats no

gong, but Its omnipresence is felt by the dispassionate and discriminating sage.

 

Behind all names and forms is the one nameless, formless Essence. Behind all

governors is the one Supreme Governor of governors. Behind all lights is the one

Light Of lights. Behind all sounds, there is the soundless Supreme Silence.

Behind all teachers is the one Supreme Guru of Gurus.

 

Behind all these perishable objects is the one imperishable Absolute. Behind all

these motions is the one motionless Infinite. Behind time, minutes, and days is

the one timeless Eternity. Behind hatred, riots, and wars is the one hidden

Love.

 

God is the totality of all that exists, both animate and inanimate, sentient and

insentient. He is free from ills and limitations. He is omnipotent, omniscient,

and omnipresent. He has no beginning, middle, or end. He is the indweller in all

beings. He controls from within.

 

God is all in all. God is the only reality in this universe. The existence of

things is by the light of God.

 

God is ever living. All depend on Him. He is not depending on any. He is the

Truth.

 

God is the end or goal of all Yoga Sadhanas. He is the Centre towards which all

things strive. He is the highest purpose or highest good of the world. You have

the urge of hunger. There is food to appease the hunger. You have the urge of

thirst. There is water to quench the thirst. There is the urge to be always

happy. There must be something to satisfy this urge. This something is God, an

embodiment of happiness. God, Immortality, Freedom, Perfection, Peace, Bliss,

Love are synonymous terms.

 

WHAT IS GOD?

 

What is God? It is hard to tell. But, when I look at the Ganga, I know it is

God. When I see the jessamine, I know it is God. When I behold the blue sky, I

know it is God. When I hear the chirping of birds, I know it is God. When I

taste honey, I know it is God.

 

The Supreme is indefinable, though scholars give intellectual accounts of It

which are not absolutely true.

 

Every man has his own conception of God. The God of a military man wears a

helmet. The God of a China-man has a flat nose and a pipe for smoking opium. The

God of a Hindu has marks on his forehead, and wears a rosary and a garland of

flowers. The God of a Christian wears a Cross. For some, God has wings. A

buffalo will think that God is a very big buffalo.

 

Such an anthropomorphic conception of God is obviously puerile. The greatest and

most important thing in all the world is to get a right concept of God, because

your belief about God governs your entire life.

 

IS THERE A GOD?

 

God is beyond human imagination, but he is a living reality. Brahman is no

metaphysical abstraction. It is the fullest and the most real being.

 

The existence of God cannot be proved by scientific experimentation. The

Absolute baffles the mind of even the greatest scholar. It eludes the grasp of

even the mightiest intellect. It is experienced as pure consciousness, where

intellect dies, scholarship perishes, and the entire being itself is completely

lost in It. All is lost, and all is found.

 

You want laboratory proofs? Very fine, indeed! You wish to limit the

illimitable, all-pervading God in your test-tube, blow-pipe, and chemicals. God

is the source for your chemicals. He is the substratum for your atoms,

electrons, and molecules. Without Him, no atom or electron will move, He is the

inner ruler.

 

It is God who lends power to our senses, perception to our mind, discernment to

our intellect, strength to our limbs. It is through His will that we live and

die. But man vainly imagines that he is the actor and the enjoyer. Man is a mere

nothing before the almighty, governing Power that directs the movement in the

universe.

 

God's will expresses itself everywhere as law. The law of gravitation, cohesion,

relativity, cause and effect, the laws of electricity, chemistry, physics, all

the psychic laws, are expressions of God's will.

 

As we explain everything within nature by the law of cause and effect, so also,

nature as a whole must be explained. It must have some cause. This cause must be

different from the effect. It must be some supernatural entity, i.e., God.

 

Nature is not a mere chance collection of events, a mere jumble of accidents,

but an orderly affair. The planets move regularly in their orbits; seeds grow

into trees regularly; the seasons succeed each other in order. Now, nature is

Jada, insentient. It cannot order itself. It requires the existence of an

intelligent being-God-who is responsible for it. Even Einstein, the scientist,

was strongly convinced of the creation of the universe by a Supreme

Intelligence.

 

Though you do not see the stars in the daytime, yet they do exist. Though you

cannot see the sun during a cloudy day, yet it does exist. Even so, though you

cannot see God with these physical eyes, yet He does exist. If you get the

divine eye or the eye of intuition by the practice of meditation, you will

behold Him.

 

God is self-proved. He does not want any proof, because He is the basis for the

act or process of proving.

 

WHERE IS GOD?

 

Where is God? There is nowhere where He is not. Just as one thread penetrates

all the flowers in a garland, so also, one Self penetrates all these living

beings. He is hidden in all beings and forms, like oil in seed, butter in milk,

mind in brain, Prana in the body, foetus in the womb, sun behind the clouds,

fire in wood, vapour in the atmosphere, salt in water, scent in flowers, sound

in the gramophone records, gold in quartz, microbes in blood.

 

God dwells in all beings as life and consciousness. God is in the roar of a

lion, the song of a bird, and the cry of a babe. Feel His presence everywhere.

 

See God in the wings, of a butterfly, in the letters Alpha and Omega, in the

cough of a patient, in the murmur of a brook, in the sound of a bell. Behold the

wonder of the Lord's face in every object of this world.

 

Every breath that flows in the nose, every beat that throbs in the heart, every

artery that pulsates in the body, every thought that arises in the mind, speaks

to you that God is near.

 

Every flower that wafts fragrance, every fruit that attracts you, every gentle

breeze that blows, every river that smoothly flows, speaks of God and His mercy.

 

The vast ocean with its powerful waves, the mighty Himalayas with its glaciers,

the bright sun and stars in the wide sky, the lofty tree with its branches, the

cool springs in the hills and dales, tell you of His omnipotence.

 

The music of the sweet singers, the lectures of the Powerful orators, the poems

of the reputed poets, the inventions of the able scientists, the operations of

the dexterous surgeons, the utterances of the holy saints, the thoughts of the

Bhagavad Gita, the revelations of the Upanishads, speak of God and His wisdom.

 

Everything is God. Good is God. Misfortune is God. Greet Him in everything and

rest peacefully in bliss.

 

God pervades the entire universe. He walks in the garb of a beggar. He moans in

pain in the guise of the sick. He wanders in the forest clad in rags. Open your

eyes. See Him in all. Serve all. Love all.

 

Feel the Divine Presence everywhere-in every form, in every thought, in every

feeling and in every sentiment, in every movement, in every emotion.

 

God, seen through the senses, is matter. God, seen through the intellect, is

mind. God, seen through the spirit, is Atman or the Self.

 

Thou art indwelt by the Lord. He is the inner ruler, Antaryamin, guarding and

controlling your life. He is in you and you are in Him. He is quite close to

you. He is not very far, but is nearer to you than you are to yourself. You were

thinking in the beginning that He could be found only in Mount Kailas,

Ramesvaram, Mecca, Jerusalem, sky or heaven. You had very vague ideas. This body

is His moving temple. The sanctum sanctorum is the chamber of your own heart.

Close your eyes. Withdraw your Indriyas from the sensual objects. Search Him in

thy heart with one-pointed mind, devotion, and pure love. You will surely find

Him. He is waiting there with outstretched arms to embrace you. If you cannot

find Him there, you cannot find Him anywhere else.

 

HOW TO REALISE GOD?

 

God is a question of supply and demand. If you really yearn for His Darshan, He

will reveal Himself to you in an instant.

 

You need neither art nor science, neither study nor erudition for

God-realisation, but faith, purity, and devotion.

 

Combine all the love you cherish towards all worldly objects-wife, son, wealth,

property, relatives, friends-and then apply this combined love towards God. You

will realise in this very second.

 

To serve God and Mammon at the same time is impossible. You cannot enjoy the

bliss of the Self and the sensual pleasure in one and the same cup. You cannot

have light and darkness at the same time.

 

The Lord demands your whole heart.

 

Reduce yourself into zero before God. Only then will God completely take care of

and guide you. Only then surrender becomes complete.

 

Forget your own interests, your own longings, your own desires. You will attain

the bliss of the Supreme Self.

 

Crucify, sacrifice the lower self, if you wish to have union with God.

 

Empty your egoism. You will be filled with God. Lose your personality. You will

find the Divine Life. You will realise God.

 

Regards

Prasanna kumar

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That was a really a wonderful passage.Really very refreshing and very very mind

boggling .Thank you so much for bringing this article by Swami sivananda for

all of us .

 

Regards

aster221prasanna kumar <prasannakumar21 > wrote:

GODBy SRI SWAMI SIVANANDAINTRODUCTIONWho is God? What is

God? Is there a God? Where is God? How to realise God? Man wants an answer to

these eternal questions. Certainly there is God. God exists. He is the only

reality. God is your creator, saviour, and redeemer. He is all-pervading. He

dwells in your heart. He is always near you. He is nearer to you than your

jugular vein or nose. He loves you. He can talk to you. You cannot find God by

the intellect. But, you can find Him by feeling, meditation, experience, and

realisation. WHO IS GOD?The Petromax does not talk, but it shines and sheds

light all around. The jessamine does not speak, but it wafts its fragrance

everywhere. The lighthouse sounds no drum, but sends

its friendly light to the mariner. The Unseen beats no gong, but Its

omnipresence is felt by the dispassionate and discriminating sage. Behind all

names and forms is the one nameless, formless Essence. Behind all governors is

the one Supreme Governor of governors. Behind all lights is the one Light Of

lights. Behind all sounds, there is the soundless Supreme Silence. Behind all

teachers is the one Supreme Guru of Gurus. Behind all these perishable objects

is the one imperishable Absolute. Behind all these motions is the one

motionless Infinite. Behind time, minutes, and days is the one timeless

Eternity. Behind hatred, riots, and wars is the one hidden Love. God is the

totality of all that exists, both animate and inanimate, sentient and

insentient. He is free from ills and limitations. He is omnipotent, omniscient,

and omnipresent. He has no beginning, middle, or end. He is the indweller in all

beings. He controls from within. God is all in all. God

is the only reality in this universe. The existence of things is by the light of

God. God is ever living. All depend on Him. He is not depending on any. He is

the Truth. God is the end or goal of all Yoga Sadhanas. He is the Centre

towards which all things strive. He is the highest purpose or highest good of

the world. You have the urge of hunger. There is food to appease the hunger.

You have the urge of thirst. There is water to quench the thirst. There is the

urge to be always happy. There must be something to satisfy this urge. This

something is God, an embodiment of happiness. God, Immortality, Freedom,

Perfection, Peace, Bliss, Love are synonymous terms. WHAT IS GOD?What is God?

It is hard to tell. But, when I look at the Ganga, I know it is God. When I see

the jessamine, I know it is God. When I behold the blue sky, I know it is God.

When I hear the chirping of birds, I know it is God. When I taste honey, I know

it is God. The Supreme is

indefinable, though scholars give intellectual accounts of It which are not

absolutely true. Every man has his own conception of God. The God of a military

man wears a helmet. The God of a China-man has a flat nose and a pipe for

smoking opium. The God of a Hindu has marks on his forehead, and wears a rosary

and a garland of flowers. The God of a Christian wears a Cross. For some, God

has wings. A buffalo will think that God is a very big buffalo. Such an

anthropomorphic conception of God is obviously puerile. The greatest and most

important thing in all the world is to get a right concept of God, because your

belief about God governs your entire life. IS THERE A GOD?God is beyond human

imagination, but he is a living reality. Brahman is no metaphysical

abstraction. It is the fullest and the most real being. The existence of God

cannot be proved by scientific experimentation. The Absolute baffles the mind

of even the greatest scholar. It

eludes the grasp of even the mightiest intellect. It is experienced as pure

consciousness, where intellect dies, scholarship perishes, and the entire being

itself is completely lost in It. All is lost, and all is found. You want

laboratory proofs? Very fine, indeed! You wish to limit the illimitable,

all-pervading God in your test-tube, blow-pipe, and chemicals. God is the

source for your chemicals. He is the substratum for your atoms, electrons, and

molecules. Without Him, no atom or electron will move, He is the inner ruler.

It is God who lends power to our senses, perception to our mind, discernment to

our intellect, strength to our limbs. It is through His will that we live and

die. But man vainly imagines that he is the actor and the enjoyer. Man is a

mere nothing before the almighty, governing Power that directs the movement in

the universe. God's will expresses itself everywhere as law. The law of

gravitation, cohesion, relativity, cause and effect,

the laws of electricity, chemistry, physics, all the psychic laws, are

expressions of God's will. As we explain everything within nature by the law of

cause and effect, so also, nature as a whole must be explained. It must have

some cause. This cause must be different from the effect. It must be some

supernatural entity, i.e., God. Nature is not a mere chance collection of

events, a mere jumble of accidents, but an orderly affair. The planets move

regularly in their orbits; seeds grow into trees regularly; the seasons succeed

each other in order. Now, nature is Jada, insentient. It cannot order itself. It

requires the existence of an intelligent being-God-who is responsible for it.

Even Einstein, the scientist, was strongly convinced of the creation of the

universe by a Supreme Intelligence. Though you do not see the stars in the

daytime, yet they do exist. Though you cannot see the sun during a cloudy day,

yet it does exist. Even so, though you cannot see

God with these physical eyes, yet He does exist. If you get the divine eye or

the eye of intuition by the practice of meditation, you will behold Him. God is

self-proved. He does not want any proof, because He is the basis for the act or

process of proving. WHERE IS GOD?Where is God? There is nowhere where He is

not. Just as one thread penetrates all the flowers in a garland, so also, one

Self penetrates all these living beings. He is hidden in all beings and forms,

like oil in seed, butter in milk, mind in brain, Prana in the body, foetus in

the womb, sun behind the clouds, fire in wood, vapour in the atmosphere, salt

in water, scent in flowers, sound in the gramophone records, gold in quartz,

microbes in blood. God dwells in all beings as life and consciousness. God is

in the roar of a lion, the song of a bird, and the cry of a babe. Feel His

presence everywhere. See God in the wings, of a butterfly, in the letters Alpha

and Omega, in the

cough of a patient, in the murmur of a brook, in the sound of a bell. Behold the

wonder of the Lord's face in every object of this world. Every breath that flows

in the nose, every beat that throbs in the heart, every artery that pulsates in

the body, every thought that arises in the mind, speaks to you that God is

near. Every flower that wafts fragrance, every fruit that attracts you, every

gentle breeze that blows, every river that smoothly flows, speaks of God and

His mercy. The vast ocean with its powerful waves, the mighty Himalayas with

its glaciers, the bright sun and stars in the wide sky, the lofty tree with its

branches, the cool springs in the hills and dales, tell you of His omnipotence.

The music of the sweet singers, the lectures of the Powerful orators, the poems

of the reputed poets, the inventions of the able scientists, the operations of

the dexterous surgeons, the utterances of the holy saints, the thoughts of the

Bhagavad Gita, the

revelations of the Upanishads, speak of God and His wisdom. Everything is God.

Good is God. Misfortune is God. Greet Him in everything and rest peacefully in

bliss. God pervades the entire universe. He walks in the garb of a beggar. He

moans in pain in the guise of the sick. He wanders in the forest clad in rags.

Open your eyes. See Him in all. Serve all. Love all. Feel the Divine Presence

everywhere-in every form, in every thought, in every feeling and in every

sentiment, in every movement, in every emotion. God, seen through the senses,

is matter. God, seen through the intellect, is mind. God, seen through the

spirit, is Atman or the Self. Thou art indwelt by the Lord. He is the inner

ruler, Antaryamin, guarding and controlling your life. He is in you and you are

in Him. He is quite close to you. He is not very far, but is nearer to you than

you are to yourself. You were thinking in the beginning that He could be found

only in Mount Kailas,

Ramesvaram, Mecca, Jerusalem, sky or heaven. You had very vague ideas. This body

is His moving temple. The sanctum sanctorum is the chamber of your own heart.

Close your eyes. Withdraw your Indriyas from the sensual objects. Search Him in

thy heart with one-pointed mind, devotion, and pure love. You will surely find

Him. He is waiting there with outstretched arms to embrace you. If you cannot

find Him there, you cannot find Him anywhere else. HOW TO REALISE GOD?God is a

question of supply and demand. If you really yearn for His Darshan, He will

reveal Himself to you in an instant. You need neither art nor science, neither

study nor erudition for God-realisation, but faith, purity, and devotion.

Combine all the love you cherish towards all worldly objects-wife, son, wealth,

property, relatives, friends-and then apply this combined love towards God. You

will realise in this very second. To serve God and Mammon at the same time is

impossible. You

cannot enjoy the bliss of the Self and the sensual pleasure in one and the same

cup. You cannot have light and darkness at the same time. The Lord demands your

whole heart. Reduce yourself into zero before God. Only then will God completely

take care of and guide you. Only then surrender becomes complete. Forget your

own interests, your own longings, your own desires. You will attain the bliss

of the Supreme Self. Crucify, sacrifice the lower self, if you wish to have

union with God. Empty your egoism. You will be filled with God. Lose your

personality. You will find the Divine Life. You will realise God.

RegardsPrasanna kumar

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Dear Sri Prasanna kumar ji,

I am highly impressed with your article, I am happy to be part such

nice group which educates our cultural values. Expecting more good

messages from you.

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redeemer. He is all-pervading. He dwells in your heart. He is always near you.

He is nearer to you than your jugular vein or nose. He loves you. He can talk

to you. You cannot find God by the intellect. But, you can find Him by feeling,

meditation, experience, and realisation. WHO IS GOD?The Petromax does not talk,

but it shines and sheds light all around. The jessamine does not speak, but it

wafts its fragrance everywhere. The lighthouse sounds no drum, but sends its

friendly light to the mariner. The Unseen beats no gong, but Its omnipresence

is felt by the dispassionate and discriminating sage. Behind all names and

forms is the one nameless, formless Essence. Behind all governors is the one

Supreme Governor of governors. Behind all lights is the one Light Of lights.

Behind all sounds, there is the soundless Supreme Silence. Behind all teachers

is the one Supreme Guru of Gurus. Behind all these perishable objects is the

one imperishable Absolute.

Behind all these motions is the one motionless Infinite. Behind time, minutes,

and days is the one timeless Eternity. Behind hatred, riots, and wars is the

one hidden Love. God is the totality of all that exists, both animate and

inanimate, sentient and insentient. He is free from ills and limitations. He is

omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. He has no beginning, middle, or end. He

is the indweller in all beings. He controls from within. God is all in all. God

is the only reality in this universe. The existence of things is by the light

of God. God is ever living. All depend on Him. He is not depending on any. He

is the Truth. God is the end or goal of all Yoga Sadhanas. He is the Centre

towards which all things strive. He is the highest purpose or highest good of

the world. You have the urge of hunger. There is food to appease the hunger.

You have the urge of thirst. There is water to quench the thirst. There is the

urge to be always happy.

There must be something to satisfy this urge. This something is God, an

embodiment of happiness. God, Immortality, Freedom, Perfection, Peace, Bliss,

Love are synonymous terms. WHAT IS GOD?What is God? It is hard to tell. But,

when I look at the Ganga, I know it is God. When I see the jessamine, I know it

is God. When I behold the blue sky, I know it is God. When I hear the chirping

of birds, I know it is God. When I taste honey, I know it is God. The Supreme

is indefinable, though scholars give intellectual accounts of It which are not

absolutely true. Every man has his own conception of God. The God of a military

man wears a helmet. The God of a China-man has a flat nose and a pipe for

smoking opium. The God of a Hindu has marks on his forehead, and wears a rosary

and a garland of flowers. The God of a Christian wears a Cross. For some, God

has wings. A buffalo will think that God is a very big buffalo. Such an

anthropomorphic conception of

God is obviously puerile. The greatest and most important thing in all the world

is to get a right concept of God, because your belief about God governs your

entire life. IS THERE A GOD?God is beyond human imagination, but he is a living

reality. Brahman is no metaphysical abstraction. It is the fullest and the most

real being. The existence of God cannot be proved by scientific

experimentation. The Absolute baffles the mind of even the greatest scholar. It

eludes the grasp of even the mightiest intellect. It is experienced as pure

consciousness, where intellect dies, scholarship perishes, and the entire being

itself is completely lost in It. All is lost, and all is found. You want

laboratory proofs? Very fine, indeed! You wish to limit the illimitable,

all-pervading God in your test-tube, blow-pipe, and chemicals. God is the

source for your chemicals. He is the substratum for your atoms, electrons, and

molecules. Without Him, no atom or electron will

move, He is the inner ruler. It is God who lends power to our senses, perception

to our mind, discernment to our intellect, strength to our limbs. It is through

His will that we live and die. But man vainly imagines that he is the actor and

the enjoyer. Man is a mere nothing before the almighty, governing Power that

directs the movement in the universe. God's will expresses itself everywhere as

law. The law of gravitation, cohesion, relativity, cause and effect, the laws of

electricity, chemistry, physics, all the psychic laws, are expressions of God's

will. As we explain everything within nature by the law of cause and effect, so

also, nature as a whole must be explained. It must have some cause. This cause

must be different from the effect. It must be some supernatural entity, i.e.,

God. Nature is not a mere chance collection of events, a mere jumble of

accidents, but an orderly affair. The planets move regularly in their orbits;

seeds grow into

trees regularly; the seasons succeed each other in order. Now, nature is Jada,

insentient. It cannot order itself. It requires the existence of an intelligent

being-God-who is responsible for it. Even Einstein, the scientist, was strongly

convinced of the creation of the universe by a Supreme Intelligence. Though you

do not see the stars in the daytime, yet they do exist. Though you cannot see

the sun during a cloudy day, yet it does exist. Even so, though you cannot see

God with these physical eyes, yet He does exist. If you get the divine eye or

the eye of intuition by the practice of meditation, you will behold Him. God is

self-proved. He does not want any proof, because He is the basis for the act or

process of proving. WHERE IS GOD?Where is God? There is nowhere where He is

not. Just as one thread penetrates all the flowers in a garland, so also, one

Self penetrates all these living beings. He is hidden in all beings and forms,

like oil in seed,

butter in milk, mind in brain, Prana in the body, foetus in the womb, sun behind

the clouds, fire in wood, vapour in the atmosphere, salt in water, scent in

flowers, sound in the gramophone records, gold in quartz, microbes in blood.

God dwells in all beings as life and consciousness. God is in the roar of a

lion, the song of a bird, and the cry of a babe. Feel His presence everywhere.

See God in the wings, of a butterfly, in the letters Alpha and Omega, in the

cough of a patient, in the murmur of a brook, in the sound of a bell. Behold

the wonder of the Lord's face in every object of this world. Every breath that

flows in the nose, every beat that throbs in the heart, every artery that

pulsates in the body, every thought that arises in the mind, speaks to you that

God is near. Every flower that wafts fragrance, every fruit that attracts you,

every gentle breeze that blows, every river that smoothly flows, speaks of God

and His mercy. The vast

ocean with its powerful waves, the mighty Himalayas with its glaciers, the

bright sun and stars in the wide sky, the lofty tree with its branches, the

cool springs in the hills and dales, tell you of His omnipotence. The music of

the sweet singers, the lectures of the Powerful orators, the poems of the

reputed poets, the inventions of the able scientists, the operations of the

dexterous surgeons, the utterances of the holy saints, the thoughts of the

Bhagavad Gita, the revelations of the Upanishads, speak of God and His wisdom.

Everything is God. Good is God. Misfortune is God. Greet Him in everything and

rest peacefully in bliss. God pervades the entire universe. He walks in the

garb of a beggar. He moans in pain in the guise of the sick. He wanders in the

forest clad in rags. Open your eyes. See Him in all. Serve all. Love all. Feel

the Divine Presence everywhere-in every form, in every thought, in every

feeling and in every sentiment, in every

movement, in every emotion. God, seen through the senses, is matter. God, seen

through the intellect, is mind. God, seen through the spirit, is Atman or the

Self. Thou art indwelt by the Lord. He is the inner ruler, Antaryamin, guarding

and controlling your life. He is in you and you are in Him. He is quite close to

you. He is not very far, but is nearer to you than you are to yourself. You were

thinking in the beginning that He could be found only in Mount Kailas,

Ramesvaram, Mecca, Jerusalem, sky or heaven. You had very vague ideas. This

body is His moving temple. The sanctum sanctorum is the chamber of your own

heart. Close your eyes. Withdraw your Indriyas from the sensual objects. Search

Him in thy heart with one-pointed mind, devotion, and pure love. You will surely

find Him. He is waiting there with outstretched arms to embrace you. If you

cannot find Him there, you cannot find Him anywhere else. HOW TO REALISE

GOD?God is a question of supply

and demand. If you really yearn for His Darshan, He will reveal Himself to you

in an instant. You need neither art nor science, neither study nor erudition

for God-realisation, but faith, purity, and devotion. Combine all the love you

cherish towards all worldly objects-wife, son, wealth, property, relatives,

friends-and then apply this combined love towards God. You will realise in this

very second. To serve God and Mammon at the same time is impossible. You cannot

enjoy the bliss of the Self and the sensual pleasure in one and the same cup.

You cannot have light and darkness at the same time. The Lord demands your

whole heart. Reduce yourself into zero before God. Only then will God

completely take care of and guide you. Only then surrender becomes complete.

Forget your own interests, your own longings, your own desires. You will attain

the bliss of the Supreme Self. Crucify, sacrifice the lower self, if you wish to

have

union with God. Empty your egoism. You will be filled with God. Lose your

personality. You will find the Divine Life. You will realise God.

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