The Lord can’t see any one of
His children suffering, so even if you are falling down, He will always
be there to help you get up. So,
by calling Him, by chanting His Divine Name, you get more and more
accustomed to Him. What is the Divine Name? It’s the name of
God. So, the more you chant God’s name, what happens? All this
negativity, which is in your mind, gets dissolved. Of course, it doesn’t
happen just like that! It happens through practice, through years
and years of practice. Some people, after practicing a year or
two, say “Ok, I don’t see any result” and then they let go. Well, these
people will not go anywhere, because they will move from one
practice to the other, from this other to yet another one. This is
how their life will carry on. It’s like digging many holes trying to look
for water, instead of digging just one hole and attaining the water.
But if you dig ten holes, you will never get the water. So,
in the same way, when you start chanting the Divine Names, for
the Lord to reveal Himself to you, you have to prove yourself, also.
Of course, everything happens through His grace, nothing happens
through your grace. Even moving, even for me to talk, it is
only through His grace that this is possible. But, as man has a mind,
you have to prove that you really want to let go of this mind. So,
by chanting His Divine Names, you start to call Him. So, the more
you call Him, the more you are tuning yourself into His tune and
the old you becomes less and less, until only His grace starts to shine
through. It’s
very simple. For example, when you start chanting Krishna’s name,
at the beginning you will feel tired about it, you know. You will
feel “Oh, what is happening? Why is He not listening?” But actually,
these are all different qualities that awaken, you see, even to
be angry with Him, because you wish for Him. In the same way that
you wish for Him, He wishes for you much more. Let’s say you get
depressed or you say “Ok, I’m praying, all this, you know, but He’s
not listening,” and it happens, you know, but actually, this is Maya,
His game. When He doesn’t show Himself, it is for you to long
for Him even more.
Of course, we can talk about it, you can think
about it in the mind, but when you are in it, it is completely different.
For you, it’s like the world is going upside down. I
was talking with somebody yesterday, actually. This person said to me
“Swamiji, I would love to see Krishna!” And then he reminded me
of something that happened about twelve years ago, when he had
the wish to see and I, well, He showed Himself to him, but because
at that time he was not ready, I took this grace away from him.
Then he said to me “Look, what happened twelve years ago, you took
it away. I would love to see Krishna and I want it back!” And I said
“What would you do to get this?” Well, he said “Anything!” And I
said to him “Are you sure?” You
see, it’s easy to talk about, but when it comes to the act, when it comes
to practise, it’s difficult. Many people say “Yes, we love God”, but
how many really do everything
so that this love may grow? Very few do. Like the Lord said “I can count them on my hand.” Well,
His hand,
His hands are not like a human hand, you know. He has not only
one; He has many. So, in the same way, the more you chant the Divine
Names, the more you tune yourself
into this Divine Name, the
more He starts to shine through you and the more He starts to act
through you. But of course, not Him, only His qualities do. To
get Him fully, you have to go deeper and deeper. It’s the same as
when you dig the hole. First you get a little bit of water, which is muddy,
but the more you dig you have more water, which is clearer. It’s
the same with the qualities of Him. Because, you see, when people
reach a certain degree of spirituality, they develop certain qualities.
He gives them certain qualities, but the sad thing is that people
get stuck to these qualities. They think they have already reached
a very high level of spirituality, you know, and they think of
themselves as being everything. Then,
of course, nothing further happens. But whereas, when you forget
about these qualities, don’t give them too much importance, but
go for Him, He will not be able to deny you His presence. He will
even not be able to deny you Himself. The way you give yourself to
Him, He will give Himself to you.
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