Where is God? - Chinna Katha

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Once God used to live just in the marketplace, but the whole day,

even in the night people were knocking on the doors and complaining about

everything: " This is not the right kind of world you have created. Why is there

so much sickness? If you are the creator, then why do you create bodies which

are sick? Why is there old age, and why is there death? "

 

So people tortured him so much, the old story says, that he called a

council of his angels and asked them, " I will either die out of this constant

torture, or I will have to commit suicide! Can you tell me what I should do?

These people don't leave me for a single moment and their demands are such that

I cannot fulfill them. And there are millions of people shouting and angry

because their desires have not been fulfilled, their prayers have not been

heard. "

 

So the angels thought. One angel said, " It is good if you move to

Everest, the highest peak of the Himalayas. " God said, " You don't know it but I

am omniscient, I know everything -- past, present, future. Soon there will be a

man who will reach to the highest peak of the Himalayas. And once one man has

found me, there will be buses and aeroplanes, and all kinds of vehicles. And

they will make roads and hotels, and again there will be the marketplace. You

don't understand: it will only be just a little peace for a short time. That

won't do. I will have to change my place again. "

 

So somebody suggested, " Why don't you move to the moon? " He said, " You

don't understand because you don't know the future -- just after Everest they

are going to go to the moon.

 

So I will have to change again. Show me something from where I have

not to change! " Then an old angel came close to him and whispered in his ear,

" The only place man may never think of is within his own heart. You just sit

there ... " He has disappeared from everywhere. Perhaps you can encounter

something of divineness in your own being. In your own life you may find

something which is godly. You will not find God as a person, you will find a

quality, a fragrance, a presence; a certain air, a certain energy which is not

yours, which belongs to the cosmos.

 

(From the Book: I Celebrate Myself: God Is No Where, Life Is Now Here

by Osho)

 

From His inspiration, this is what I wrote some time ago.

 

Where are You My Lord? Where are You? I have searched for You in temples

and Ashrams in masjids and minars But, I failed to feel You. I have searched for

You in churches and chapels in gurudwaras and gopurams But, I failed to absorb

You. I have searched for You in discources and bhajans in meditations and

murthisBut, I failed to invoke You. I have searched for You in mountains and

valleys in forests and caves But, I failed to see You. I have searched for You

in rivers and rivulets in brooks and lakes But, I failed to trace You. I have

searched for You in flowers and fragrances in the universe and ether But, I

failed to know You. I have searched for

You in swamis and sadhus in gurus and samadhis But, I failed to get You.' I have

searched for You in japa and tapa in fasting and reciting But, I failed to hold

on to You. I have searched for You in retreats and resolutions in resorts and

rationalisation But, I failed to meet You. I have searched for You Everywhere

day and night.

 

 

It is now beyond my imagination Reveal Yourself Oh my Lord! Ah! You are

here my Lord, within Me!Just waiting for me to open up to YouYes, You will not

reveal to half-hearted efforts Unless I submit myself by thought, word and

action. My Lord! You are within me But, fool am I thatI searched for you outside

Without giving up what I am holding on And living upto your expectations. Due to

my ignorance and arroganceI failed to enjoy Your love for me so farYou are just

waiting for my correct movesTo take me into Your lap. Thank You My Lord!For the

transformationNow, I can see You clearlyIn every beam of Sun-raysIn every

moon-lit nightIn every flowerIn every smileIn everything animate and inanimateIn

fact, YOU ARE and nothing else.

 

Thank You My Lord for Your Blessings and Love Sai Ram

Love and Love alone ... P. Gopi Krishna