Sri Ramakrishna Daily Sutras

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The Master said: " The Divine Mother is always playful and sportive.

This universe is Her play. She is self-willed and must always have Her

own way. She is full of bliss. She gives freedom to one out of a

hundred thousand. "

 

A BRAHMO DEVOTEE: " But, sir, if She likes, She can give freedom to

all. Why, then, has She kept us bound to the world? "

 

MASTER: " That is Her will. She wants to continue playing with Her

created beings. In a game of hide-and-seek* the running about soon

stops if in the beginning all the players touch the 'granny'. If all

touch her, then how can the game go on? That displeases her. Her

pleasure is in continuing the game. Therefore the poet said:

 

Out of a hundred thousand kites, at best nut one or two break free;

And Thou dost laugh and clap Thy hands, O Mother, watching them!

 

" It is as if the Divine Mother said to the human mind in confidence,

with a sign from Her eye, 'Go and enjoy the world.' How can one blame

the mind? The mind can disentangle itself from worldliness if, through

Her grace, She makes it turn toward Herself. Only then does it become

devoted to the Lotus Feet of the Divine Mother. "

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Excerpt from The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Swami Nikhilananda Pub

1944) Vol 1: The Master and Keshab: October 27, 1882