The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad gita : Ch-9. Part-17.

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9: The Unity of the Lover and the Beloved :


Part-17.



We seek God for enlightenment, that is true, and devotion takes a new turn when the soul asks for God only.

Not that it has obtained God, not that it has even comprehended the infinitude of God, but it has come to a definite conclusion that God is the goal of life.

Even to come to this conclusion is a hard thing for normal people.

The comprehension of the infinitude of God and the philosophical, mystical, spiritual meaning hidden behind the relationship between us and God—they are a different thing altogether.

But even apart from these profundities, the deepest conviction that can charge our feelings is that we can accept nothing as our aim of life except God’s Being.



If our deepest essence convinces itself that what we need is God’s Being and nothing else—not favours from people, not satisfaction from objects, not status in society, not a long life in space and time—but only That, and nothing but That, even this conviction, driven into the heart, should be regarded as one of the greatest achievements of spiritual life.


It is not an ordinary feeling.

Among the millions and millions that live in this world, how many can be so very deeply convinced that this is the truth of life?

We have many tentacles to distract our attention and we bargain with God; we establish a commercial relationship with God, even if it may be in a philosophical manner.



Swami Krishnananda

To be continued  ....





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