Guest guest Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Have you seen God? Ramakrishna's view on God-realization. "There are signs by which you can know whether a man has truly seen God. One of these is joy; there is no hesitancy in him. He is like the ocean: the waves and sounds are on the surface; below are profound depths. The man who has seen God behaves sometimes like a madman; sometimes like a ghoul, without feeling of purity or impurity; sometimes like an inert thing, remaining speechless because he sees God within and without; sometimes like a child, without any attachment, wandering about unconcernedly with his cloth under his arm. Again, in the mood of a child, he acts in different ways: sometimes like a boy, indulging in frivolity; sometimes like a young man, working and teaching with the strength of a lion." Ramakrishna >From the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna by M. (Mahendranath Gupta) Translated by Swami Nikhilananda Copyright 1942. Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, New York, New York Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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