Swami
Prabhavananda:
If
anyone asks for the evidence of God, the answer is that it is self
evident. In their heart, everyone knows
it. Difficulty comes when we talk in
terms of God being some place and having certain characteristics, but
these are just ideas.
Getting
to God requires self-control. We must
learn how to get within, which does not mean becoming introspective or an
introvert. Rather is it focusing the
mind on the center of your consciousness.
Renunciation
does not mean running away from life but renouncing the little things, the
ephemeral things, ceasing to be attached to them.
The
student has to be ready, the soil must be prepared, before he can be taught the
truth of That Art Thou. The student must
be tranquil, self-controlled, and have the desire to know.
After
we realize God, we see this universe differently. This universe is not, for instance, a
creation of God so much as an emanation of God, like sparks rising from a
fire. We see that from Him, everything
has come. We are all the time living in
God. Until we have awakened, we do not
know this.
Knowing
God is beyond the senses. It is
transcendental experience. The purified
mind, the purified heart is when there is no longer the desire for anything
else but God.
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