Satyopanisad

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Swami! Now we understand that we should also have such intense faith in God.

Naturally, our experience will be proportionate to the depth of our faith.

Swami! Does God also respond commensurate with the intensity of our faith?

 

Certainly! If you put in krsi , effort, you will earn God's krpa, grace.

Moreover, with krs i , effort, you can even become a rishi, sage.

 

A village boy happened to meet a scholar who said to him that God could be

experienced through pranayama and dhyana . Hearing this, the boy began

practising it most sincerely. Pleased with his devotion and sincerity, God

manifested Himself before the boy and blessed him. The boy then told the scholar

that he had seen God by doing what he asked him to do, things like pranayama,

dhyana and so on. The scholar could not believe it. He said, " Oh! Don't talk

rubbish! How is it that you could see God while I couldn't, by practising

pranayama, dhyana for years? Don't speak lies like that! "

 

The boy returned to his place of meditation and saw Narayana there. He said to

Him, " Oh God! The scholar calls me a liar! How am I to make him accept what I

have experienced? Swami! Kindly stay here until I bring him here and make him

see you and experience the truth for himself. But dear God! I am afraid you may

run way from here and it will make me very miserable in the sight of the scholar

who doubts me. Therefore, with this rope let me tie you to this pole here. " He

did so, ran to the scholar and requested him to see Narayana for himself.

Although the scholar came over there, he couldn't see God tied to the post, but

the cowherd boy could see Him and converse with Him. Ultimately, the boy cried

and prayed to Narayana to make Himself visible to the scholar also. God obliged

him. This is what true devotion is. God even allowed Himself to be tied to a

post. You have to note another point here .The faith that the cowherd boy had in

the words of the scholar was the cause of his experience.

 

If you spend your life in prayer, it is bound to be peaceful and blissful. For

example, if you climb up the seven hills and reach the shrine of Lord

Venkateswara in Tirumala, you will feel much tired. On the other hand, if you go

to Tirupati in a group singing God's glory all along the way, you will hardly

feel any strain.