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Somebody says that, "I am searching after the truth." But you must know what is the truth. Otherwise, how you will search out truth

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

So our process is how to please Him so that He will be revealed to me. That is the real process. You cannot . . . therefore they are mistaking a nonsense God. Because they cannot see God, anybody says that, "I am God" are accepted. But they do not know what is God. Somebody says that, "I am searching after the truth." But you must know what is the truth. Otherwise, how you will search out truth? Suppose if you want to purchase gold. You must theoretically know, or at least some experience, what is gold. Otherwise people will cheat you.

Every part of the limb of the body of God has got all the potencies of other limb. Just like you can see with your eyes, but you cannot eat with your eyes. But God, if He simply sees the foodstuff you have offered, that is His eating.

So these things cannot be understood at the present moment. Therefore this Padma Purāṇa says that only when one becomes spiritually saturated by the transcendental service to the Lord, then are the transcendental name, form, quality and pastimes of the Lord revealed to you. You cannot understand by your own endeavor, but God reveals to you.

Just like if you want to see just now the sun, it is now darkness. If you say: "Oh, I have got a very strong torchlight. Come on, I shall show you the sunlight, sun," you cannot show. But when the sun rises out of its own will in the morning, you can see. Similarly, you cannot see God by your endeavor, because your senses are all nonsense.

You have to purify your senses and you have to wait for the time when God will be pleased to reveal Himself before you. That is the process. You cannot challenge, "O my dear God, my dear Kṛṣṇa, please come. I shall see You." No. God is not your order supplier, your servant. So when He'll be pleased, you'll see Him.

So our process is how to please Him so that He will be revealed to me. That is the real process. You cannot . . . therefore they are mistaking a nonsense God. Because they cannot see God, anybody says that, "I am God" are accepted. But they do not know what is God. Somebody says that, "I am searching after the truth."

But you must know what is the truth. Otherwise, how you will search out truth? Suppose if you want to purchase gold. You must theoretically know, or at least some experience, what is gold. Otherwise people will cheat you.

So these people are being cheated, accepting so many rascals as God, because they do not know what is God. Anyone comes, "Oh, I am God," and the rascal—he is rascal, and the man who says that, "I am God," he's also rascal. So rascal society, and one rascal is accepted God.

God is not like that. One has to qualify himself to see God, to understand God. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ (Brs. 1.2.234).

Page Title:Somebody says that, "I am searching after the truth." But you must know what is the truth. Otherwise, how you will search out truth
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-01-29, 19:09:32
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1