Rising in Divine Love

Rising in Divine Love

Rouse yourself to the behold Divinity that's in you. First you wake up from inertia and dullness; then the human in you wakes up; thereafter the Divinity in you becomes evident.

One story says that after creating man, God said, "I made a mistake". For God was flooded with complaints: "Why did you do this? Why did you do that?" God wondered why despite all that he had created, man was so full of complaints. Why was man grumbling most of the time? God went to a saint and said, "I am in deep trouble. Man may even drag me to court!" The saint whispered something into God's ear. He told God to go and hide in the heart of man because that's where man never goes. God's eyes sparkled. He sneaked into the heart of man and has been lying hidden there ever since. Become aware, therefore, of the Divinity that's in you.

So what then is God? God is beauty. God is space, joy and love, and God is all-pervading. God is the space in which everything exists, from which everything has come into existence, and into which everything dissolves. The space around you is not dead space; it is filled with energy and intelligence. That energy and intelligence is divinity. It is everywhere – inside you as well as outside you.

When a disciple once asked what God is, the master gently replied that God is Truth, beauty and love. God is that field and energy present in every particle of entire creation. You can feel it but cannot see it. You can experience that enormous energy when you go deep in meditation.

Once a man went to the Buddha and asked, "I don't believe in God." The Buddha said, "You are right". The man went back, happy. A second man came and said, "I believe in God", to which the Buddha once again said, "You are right". That man also went back happy. Then, a third man came who humbly asked: "Some people say that there is no God. When I listen to their logic, I get convinced. But when I listen to saints, I feel that God exists. Now, I am confused. Does God exist or not?" The Buddha told him he'd come to the right place because he did not have a preconceived notion of God and so they could look for God together!

A perturbed mind can never go close to God. Drop your concepts of God. Sit with your eyes closed and go deep within yourself. When you experience depth then the truth will automatically dawn on you. You will find the answer.

The most relaxing or comfortable place is in you. Repose in that peaceful, cool, calm, serene depth of your being that is valuable and precious. All complaints disappear when you dive in to the inner recesses of your heart. Have you seen the mythological picture of Vishnu sleeping on the serpent? The serpent is the symbol of alertness, of awareness and on this the Lord is happily sleeping. Lakshmi, goddess of wealth is right there as well.

Cultivate love of divinity. It helps if you are with one who has found this love. To be like a child, you have to be with a child; to be happy, be with a happy person. The company of one who is in Divine love will make you shine in that love, too.

Om Namah Shivay