The various other day, I was agreeably amazed to see a close friend that, recently, had actually been, for some years, a void constrained to bed. He was a heart person and additionally experienced from intense strikes of rheumatism. He had despaired of healing and also prepared himself to deal with a slow and also tortuous end.
Imagine my awe when I saw him in great fettle! He was the actual picture of wellness and joy. And in his eyes radiate the light of tranquility, which belongs to him alone that has combined his heart and also mind and will certainly in the Beloved. My friend had actually motored completely from Secundrabad to Deccan– a range of a number of hundred miles. He had thoroughly taken pleasure in the journey and proposed to visit lots of places in North India prior to taking the return trip home.
The life-turning moment
He told me that, for his health problem, he had sought advice from numerous medical professionals, a few of whom were specialists. He had freely spent loan, of which he had an abundant shop, yet his condition continued to grow from negative to even worse. He believed in prayer and also he prayed to God, over and over– prayed for wellness as well as healing– however done in vain. His health and wellness continuouslied wear away till he was lowered to a bag of bones.
Then, eventually, a feeling came by him to quit the wild chase, which appeared to lead nowhere. He quit speaking with physicians, he quit taking drugs. He stopped to wish wellness and also solved to ask God for no material point or gain, but just for his love. ‘Thy Love alone I seek, O Beloved of this busted, afflicted heart!’ he cried, over and over. And, as he wept, there were rips in his eyes.
The prayers get answered
His prayer was quickly responded to. God exposed His love to him as well as, in a sudden flash, he saw that in all that took place was the caring Hand of God. The discomforts from which he suffered, the bodily misery he experienced, day after day, all were according to the strategy of God: as well as it was the plan of one that loved all humankind, all creation, with a love as limitless as the ocean.
This revelation loaded him with such remarkable delight that as opposed to reclaim health and also lose his newly-found experience, he liked to remain in his brand-new state with a bed-ridden body. In an issue of days, nonetheless, he became well once more, and quickly restored his lost health and wellness and also strength. And also currently he goes around from place to place, asking all that fulfill him to look for God for no material profit yet entirely for His love.
‘ Come unto Me,’ says Shri Krishna, ‘and also you will certainly be a straight charge on Me. Your concerns will certainly be My worries and also your pleasures will be My happiness!’ And did Jesus not claim: ‘Seek ye the Kingdom of God and all points shall be included unto you’?
Chasing shadows doesn’t bring peace
Alas! We look for the goods of planet. And also the more we run after them, the even more they escape from us. As well as if, occasionally, we elude them and also do well in comprehending exactly what we look for, we locate that they do not provide us the happiness and also Peace our distracted hearts need.
As I recall over the years, which disappear, what do I find? I have remained in search of one darkness after an additional. Shadows! Shadows! The globe is following shadows! Earthly appeal, which astounds several a heart as well as tosses over it a shroud of darkness, is a shadow! Power, which intoxicates numerous a noble spirit, is a darkness! Silver and also gold are shadows! Pomp as well as luxury are shadows! Pleasure as well as prosperity are shadows! Honour and success are darkness! They will certainly not give us the peace we seek.
Peace will certainly not pertain to us by following the important things, which the Earth offers and the Earth eliminates. Peace will not come to us by dealing with situations and also battling versus so-called troubles as well as miseries. Peace will certainly pertain to us when we ourselves participate in the fantastic peace of God. And to participate in the peace of God is to loosen up and stall– to stand where you are.
