A great yogi resolved to delve into the glory of the Divine Principle and retreated to the depth of a silent forest. He started ascetic practices; he sat in the lotus posture; he kept his eyes closed. He held his fingers in correct chin-mudhra (hand posture with thumb and index fingers joined and other three fingers stretched out). His thapas (penance) continued for five long years.
God willed to test his sincerity and his earnestness. So He came before him as a
young boy. At that time, his eyes were a little open. The boy asked him, "Grandpa! Why have
you shut your eyes thus? Whom are you praying to? Have you found out how God appears?"
The
yogi replied, "Boy! I have seen him only as much as my eye is open." Thereafter the yogi's eyes
were half open. The boy returned again and asked him, "Grandpa! How much of God have you
seen now?" He replied, "Boy! I have known half of Him."
A year later the boy came again. By that time, the yogi had his eyes fully open. "Grandpa! Have
you seen and known God?" was the question and the answer was, "Yes! I have known." So the
boy demanded, "Tell me what you have understood." And the yogi said, "I have understood that
He is beyond understanding."
Now, God was before this yogi in human form but he could not
identify Him and recognise Him.
Sai gives the prema of a thousand mothers. When God assumes the human form and is behind, before and beside you, speaking to you and
moving with you, and allows you to cultivate attachment of various kinds with Him, you do not
recognise Him.
(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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