On God!

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Redirecting your attention<br>(Quotations from

Sri Ramakrishna)<br><br>Ramakrishna: <br>The mind of

the yogi is always fixed on God, always absorbed in

the Self. <br>(p. 168) <br>Ramakrishna: <br>To fix

the mind on God is very difficult, in the beginning,

unless one practises meditation in solitude. When a tree

is young it should be fenced all around; otherwise

it may be destroyed by cattle. <br>(p. 127)

<br>Ramakrishna: <br>(Paraphrsed: at different points in time,

different men went into the jungle and saw a chameleon.

Because each man saw the chameleon just once, they didn't

realize that this one animal could be different colors.

Afterwards they discussed this animal among themselves, and

began to argue as to the animal's true color.) <br>...

One who contantly thinks of God can know His real

nature; he alone knows that God reveals Himself to

seekers in various forms and aspects. God has attributes;

then again He has none. Only the man who lives under

the tree knows that the chameleon can appear in

various colours, and he knows further, that at times it

has no colour at all. It is the others who suffer

from the agony of futile argument. <br>(pp. 210-122)

<br><br>Ramakrishna: <br>Shivanath once said that one "loses one's

head" by thinking too much of God. "What?" said I. "Can

anyone ever become unconscious by thinking of

Consciousness? God is of the nature of Eternity, Purity, and

Consciousness. Through His Consciousness one becomes conscious

of everything; through His Intelligence the whole

world appears intelligent. <br>(p. 350-351)