Meeting God

The guru and his disciples were sitting under the big neem tree enjoying its cool breeze. It was a hot summer afternoon. They watched the river flowing by. The eldest of the disciples was throwing stones into the river and watching the ripples they were creating. The dialogue was on 'God'. “Can we meet God?” one of the disciples asked the guru. "Yes, we can" assured the guru. "Meeting God only means experiencing His Love and Grace. In this way all of us can meet God. I have met Him. I am meeting Him every day. God is Love Infinite. Wherever there is love, there is God. A godly person is a loving person. Mother is the first person to love us selflessly. She is the first God-incarnate for us. Hence we are called to treat her with great respect and reverence. 'Mathru devo bhava' (treat mother as divine) is a basic tenet in our Indian culture and religious tradition. God is the Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient Supreme Spirit Who permeates the whole creation and Who is the source and ground of existence. Seeing God as He really is will be impossible. But we can have glimpses of God's living and loving presence in our lives and in the world through our parents, our gurus, our religious scriptures, through nature and through creation that are the self-expressions of God.”