Supernatural
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Such Love
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| Suppose the force has a child! |
Suppose a man is grasping the thorny branch of a plum-tree. His hand bleeds profusely; but he says, "There is nothing the matter with me; I am quite well." [Ramakrishna, Rap 690, abr]
Love of God: Such love . . . is not for ordinary men. [Ramakrishna, Rap 679]
Bhakti (love of God): It is to adore God with body, mind, and words. Meditate and think of His lila (play) and glories. [Ramakrishna, Rap 680, abr]
The Master exclaimed "Anandamayi!" and went into samadhi. He continued, saying, "I don't seek anything else: only pure love." [Ramakrishna, Rap 682, passim]
One's inward Self may be addressed in the cage of the heart as the finite Personal God. [cf. Ramakrishna, Rap 684]
One day as Ramakrishna plucked a leaf, a bit of the bark came off. He felt grieved because he had hurt the tree. Then he tried to pluck some durva grass, but had to force himself to pluck it.
He said, "I cannot cut a lemon. The other day I managed to cut one only with great difficulty . . . and cut the fruit as they slaughter an animal . . . One day I was about to gather some flowers. I could not pluck them. [Ramakrishna, Rap 687-88, abr]
One cannot see God unless one has a vision of Him. Such a man gets the nature of a child. For God is like a child. He who sees God becomes like a child. [Ramakrishna, Rap 688, mod]
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Literature
Rap: Gupta, Mahendranath. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. New York: Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, 1942. Online.
[www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/gospel/gospel.htm]
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