In English
You do not ask God for the indispensable
We are not asking for everlasting bliss; we ask only for short-lived material pleasures. So, we do not get all that we ask for. What is the reason? Has He no compassion? The child is sick but it asks for many varieties of sweets which the mother refuses to give. Does it mean that she hates the child? Or, is she hard-hearted? Has she lost her affection? The refusal is itself a sign of compassion. For, each person is an invalid, suffering from recurrent birth and death. Granting whatever is asked can only lengthen the suffering. Hence arises the withholding and the denial. And, you too do not ask for the indispensable! You do not pray for the peace that knows no break. If you do, the boon will be granted. Of course, you do call. But, do you call on God, or on some one ungodly? God will respond when the call arises from the heart. Your call is fouled by greed, by hatred against others, by the desire for vengeance, by the hiss of envy and intolerance. I know you knock at the door. But, at which door? Keeping the door of your own heart closed, how can your clamour succeed in getting other door opened? Knock at the door of your own heart. God, the resident, will come into view. had the faith that God resides in every heart and everywhere. So, when a pillar in the palace was knocked at, the Lord manifested therefrom. Believe that He resides in you and turn your eyes inward. You complain that God is merciless, hard to please, etc., only because you do not wish to give Him what ought to or ask from Him what He would gladly give. Tender hearts, holy thoughts, loving speech - these can invoke the Divine to manifest into awareness. For, these personify , embody God as or the Truth of Truths. are the three syllables of . means, the Sun, . means the glory, the splendour. The - the glory of the Sun - nourishes and ripens the grain, which is man's food. Food sustains the vitality, the vital breath. Therefore, has to be adored and propitiated. The or offering of oblations in this ceremonially lit and ceremonially fed fire is the symbolic adoration of the Truth of Truths, the .