In English
There is a small example to show this when went to visit a gopika. Recognising that the gopika was not at home, he broke the pot of milk that was hanging from the roof and spilt the milk all over the place. He also put his feet in the milk and went out of the house leaving footprints on the ground. The gopika came back and found the footprints of . She followed the footprints of and found where he was. Then said “If you desire to reach me, you must follow my footprints and this is the only way in which you can reach me.” Thus was showing the method or path by which the devotees can reach him. was one who showed the path of truth. On another occasion, the tried to go close to and they tried to find some excuse to do so. They joined together and came to Mother with a long list of complaints. When asked them for the cause of their visit, they all said, “ came up to the terrace at midnight and tied up the hair of one gopika with that of another.” The inner meaning of this has to be carefully understood. The said that came at midnight. Here midnight means neither day nor night. The are in a state of half-knowledge. That is, they are neither divine nor human. To such , came and tied up their ignorance. On another occasion, the tried to make speak untruth. They complained that when the cowherd women were carrying pots of milk and curd, came and pierced holes in those pots. They accosted mother by saying, “Ask your son if he had not done this.” Here, also, we must understand the significance when explained by saying, “Perhaps God came and pierced the pots - I do not know.” He is indirectly saying that the one who had pierced the pots was indeed himself. Another complaint they made was, “When we were all bathing in the river, he gathered all our and went and sat on the top of a tree and would not come down even if we called him.” To this said, “When they were bathing, there was a big whirlwind which gathered all these and put them on the tree.” Here, the whirlwind has to be identified as a form of God. The basic elements of creation are earth, fire, water, air and sky; and air is one form of the divine. In truth, the had a very sacred heart and were always immersed in the thoughts of . Even while they were carrying pots of curd, milk or butter, they totally forgot themselves in their ecstasy, and they used to say, “, and .” On one occasion, stole butter. He was not available to his mother that day. knew very well that if saw the big stick, he would not come and so she held the stick with one hand behind her back and held butter in the other hand and tried to attract by showing him the butter. Here, we must notice that realised that will come only if he sees a pure or mind as exemplified by butter in this analogy. God is one who is attracted only by pure minds. The meaning of saying that he took away all the clothes is that he took away all your bodily attachments. The clothes are a cover to the body and, in reality, the body is an attachment or a cover for the that is residing inside the same. The body is, therefore, only a dress for this life. When we say that one is dead, we mean that the body is dead and discarded. This act of ’s is thus to be interpreted as saying that so long as you have attachment to your body, you cannot find the real aspect of . We should not be under an illusion about the importance of the body.