The need for God in our lives.

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did not want to believe but something in the Saint's demeanour made

him feel that there was an element of truth in his words. Had the

youth been of today's generation he would have popped yet another

question before being satisfied. He would have asked, "Why do we need

God?". Perhaps the Saint would have shown a trifle impatience but

would have said with the same enchanting smile, "Why do we need our

parents?" God is our father and mother combined into one. He is

even better than that because he is immortal, beyond death and decay,

and also omnipotent, always at our beck and call. He resides in our

heart and never leaves us for a second. Why do we not feel His

presence? Because we do not stop to search. Because we are not aware

of His existence. Because we do not feel His absence. Because we do

not believe in His love. Because we do not have faith in His

spiritual all pervasiveness. Is God religion? No. Is God business?

Woe to them who think so. Is God a measure of our superiority? It is

foolish to assume of one who is the embodiment of humility. Is God

power? Of what need is power when you have Him? Then what is God? Is

he love, friendship, or what? God is simply the overpowering presence

that created us, sustains us and is ready to welcome us into His bosom

when our work on this plane is over. As I said, God is our combined

father and mother, more than the sumtotal of all the blessings of

this world. Why have we forgotten such a wonderful presence?

Because we are too busy with ourselves. Because out of an error of

perception we assume ourselves to be the masters of this universe.

The master of a house was supervising a festival in his palace.

Someone called out to him to get an item from the store. He went

there but found his servant busy within. Silently he moved away, just

as God moves away

when he finds us behaving like the masters of His wonderful creation.

But there are times when the child is tired of his toys. He then

thursts them away and runs crying to his mother. Its mother then

leaves whatever she is doing to clasp the child into her bosom. The

child stops crying. It does not have his toys anymore but his

instinct tells him that his present state is worth more than all the

toys of the world. Even if you offered toys to him now he would brush

them away with an impatient wave of his hand. God is waiting for us

to stop playing with our toys. He is waiting for us to turn our

attention from them momentarily and seek Him within the recesses of

our heart. The resulting union is an infinite source of joy for both.

It is the union of the Absolute with the Absolute. It is like one huge

ocean merging with another with a joyful rush of waters that dissolve

silently into each other to become

one, turning frothy with rippling peals of laughter. It is a

fulfilling experience that rejuvenates us, makes us forget our petty

worries, our enmities, our differences, our selfishness, our stresses

and strains, our ambitions, our greed for money and more assets, our

helplessness, our weaknesses, our illnesses, our wrong association

with the impermanent body and mind, and reminds us about the infinite

nature of our existence. A spiritual aspirant was walking briskly

with a Saint as they rushed to catch a train. The aspirant secretly

wanted the Saint to accept him as a disciple. But he was hesitant to

ask. He could only seethe with turmoil as they waited in the station

for the train to arrive, unable to pick up the courage to pop the

request. At last the train arrived and the Saint stepped into the

compartment. At this moment the aspirant burst out, "Master when will

you accept me?" The Saint turned back and smiled. He replied with a

miscievous twinkle in his lotus like eyes, "What is the hurry? There

is all eternity!!" The aspirant could immediately sense the infinite

nature of their relationship. All his longings vanished and he smiled

back. The Guru had accepted the disciple in this life. Love &

Regards, Jagannath. "Our ideal is not the spirituality that

withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the

spirit." - Aurobindo.

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