The need for God in our lives.

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did not want to believe but something in the Saint's demeanour made him feel

that there was an element of truth in his words. Had the youth been of

today's generation he would have popped yet another question before being

satisfied. He would have asked, "Why do we need God?". Perhaps the Saint would

have shown a trifle impatience but would have said with the same enchanting

smile, "Why do we need our parents?" God is our father and mother combined

into one. He is even better than that because he is immortal, beyond death and

decay, and also omnipotent, always at our beck and call. He resides in our

heart and never leaves us for a second. Why do we not feel His presence?

Because we do not stop to search. Because we are not aware of His existence.

Because we do not feel His absence. Because we do not believe in His love.

Because we do not have faith in His spiritual all pervasiveness. Is God

religion? No. Is God business? Woe to them who think so. Is God a measure of

our superiority? It is foolish to assume of one who is the embodiment of

humility. Is God power? Of what need is power when you have Him? Then what is

God? Is he love, friendship, or what? God is simply the overpowering presence

that created us, sustains us and is ready to welcome us into His bosom when our

work on this plane is over. As I said, God is our combined father and mother,

more than the sumtotal of all the blessings of this world. Why have we

forgotten such a wonderful presence? Because we are too busy with ourselves.

Because out of an error of perception we assume ourselves to be the masters of

this universe. The master of a house was supervising a festival in his palace.

Someone called out to him to get an item from the store. He went there but found

his servant busy within. Silently he moved away, just as God moves away

when he finds us behaving like the masters of His wonderful creation. But

there are times when the child is tired of his toys. He then thursts them away

and runs crying to his mother. Its mother then leaves whatever she is doing to

clasp the child into her bosom. The child stops crying. It does not have his

toys anymore but his instinct tells him that his present state is worth more

than all the toys of the world. Even if you offered toys to him now he would

brush them away with an impatient wave of his hand. God is waiting for us to

stop playing with our toys. He is waiting for us to turn our attention from

them momentarily and seek Him within the recesses of our heart. The resulting

union is an infinite source of joy for both. It is the union of the Absolute

with the Absolute. It is like one huge ocean merging with another with a joyful

rush of waters that dissolve silently into each other to become

one, turning frothy with rippling peals of laughter. It is a fulfilling

experience that rejuvenates us, makes us forget our petty worries, our

enmities, our differences, our selfishness, our stresses and strains, our

ambitions, our greed for money and more assets, our helplessness, our

weaknesses, our illnesses, our wrong association with the impermanent body and

mind, and reminds us about the infinite nature of our existence. A spiritual

aspirant was walking briskly with a Saint as they rushed to catch a train. The

aspirant secretly wanted the Saint to accept him as a disciple. But he was

hesitant to ask. He could only seethe with turmoil as they waited in the

station for the train to arrive, unable to pick up the courage to pop the

request. At last the train arrived and the Saint stepped into the compartment.

At this moment the aspirant burst out, "Master when will you accept me?" The

Saint turned back and smiled. He replied with a

miscievous twinkle in his lotus like eyes, "What is the hurry? There is all

eternity!!" The aspirant could immediately sense the infinite nature of their

relationship. All his longings vanished and he smiled back. The Guru had

accepted the disciple in this life. Love & Regards, Jagannath. "Our

ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life

by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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