Vision of God

‘Where does God reside?’  
Is that problem still unsolved to you?

By pungent penance you seem to have been tired
and by living long in solitude
some sore of indifference has crept in your mind.  
Oh! such a tremendous struggle for Him?  
Is the problem so intricate and perplexing?

Come ye my friend, I shall show you the Lord.  
In the vicinity of the temple the labourers strive hard.  
In their melancholy eyes and in the continuous sound of their instruments,
come, I make you hear the music of the Emperor of the Universe.

And behold the toilers breaking stones from the mountains.  
Their limbs are fully filled with perspiration
and the villagers are gazing with meek innocent eyes.  
Can’t you recognize your Beloved in them all?

If you can’t meet your Master in the hungry, thirsty and uneasy,
you shall not perceive Him forever.

Some look lovingly at you and other appeal for favour.  
Some behave humbly while others desirous of grace stretch hands at you.  
On such occasions if you can’t recognize the Lord, He will never meet you.

Whatever course you have followed hitherto,
you will have to change your path now.  
For you ought to know your Beloved is waiting for you more eagerly.  
You have failed to recognize Him
for His garb is simple, humble, pitiable.

- Shri Yogeshwarji