ALL GLORY TO GOD - 3

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Sri Sai Satcharitra, Ch. IV. “What is God? Can God be seen and contacted and

talked to?” Those very questions haunted the mind of young Narendra (Swami

Vivekananda) and he asked Sri Ramakrishna: “Have you seen God?” Quick came the

reply from the saint: “Yes, I have seen God. I see Him more certainly than I

see you!”

justify">Narendra was not yet convinced. He asked: “Can I see God?” “Yes”

replied the saint. “Everyone can see God!” then after a minute’s silence, the

saint said: “But where are they who are eager to see God? Men weep for women

and women weep for men. Boys shed jugful of tears for girls and girls shed

tears for boys. Where are they who shed tears in love and longing for the Lord?

Verily, this I say to you, if you will but weep for the Lord with deep yearning

in your heart, God will surely

reveal Himself to you!” We shed tears for the things, which the world gives,

and the world takes away. We weep for our dear and near ones who belong to a

world of transience. In this world nothing abides! Everything, every form, is a

bubble floating on the surface of water. One moment it is: another moment it has

vanished! Alone God is! Blessed is the person whose heart is filled with pure

love and longing for the Eternal Lord. A mark of this love is tears. When your

eyes shed tears for the love of God, He is not from you afar. Just as the

reddening of the skies at dawn is a sure sign that

the sun is about to rise, even so the reddening of the eyes by the tears of pure

love and longing for His vision is a sure sign that the Lord will soon appear to

you. Tears cleanse the stained mirror of the heart and enable you to behold the

Beauteous Face of the Beloved therein!

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