Sri Ramakrishna Says Mind Is Like A Needle Covered With Mud, And God Is Like A Magnet

[Guest guest]

NEIGHTBOUR: " Sir, is it ever possible to realize God while leading the life

of a householder? "

 

MASTER: " Certainly. But as I said just now, one must live in holy company

and pray unceasingly. One should weep for God. When the impurities of the

mind are thus washed away, one realizes God.

 

The mind is like a needle covered with mud, and God is like a magnet.The

needle cannot be united with the magnet unless it is free from mud. Tears

wash away the mud, which is nothing but lust, anger, greed, and other evil

tendencies, and the inclination to worldly enjoyments as well.

 

As soon as the mud is washed away, the magnet attracts the needle, that is

to say, man realizes God. Only the pure in heart see God. A fever patient

has an excess of the watery element in his system. What can quinine do for

him unless that is removed?

 

" Why shouldn't one realize God while living in the world? But, as I said, one

must live in holy company, pray to God, weeping for His grace, and now and

then go into solitude. Unless the plants on a foot-path are protected at

first by fences, they are destroyed by cattle. "

 

Source: THE GOSPEL OF RAMAKRISHNA

 

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Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

Prasanth Jalasutram

 

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