Ten things about securing a vision of God
1. God is within you. Why wander here and there in search of Him?
The true devotee is the one who has no desire or activity other than God's. He is of the nature of God Himself.
Of all divine experiences, the vision of God is the most divine
There is no object, no goal, beyond it in this world.
If it is attained, nothing more remains to attain. Everything else is attained.
It is the vision of God that brings all worldly sorrow to its end. Therefore it is the holiest of the holy experiences.
2. He who sees God becomes God
आत्मनोऽन्यन्नसन्तुष्टि हेतुस्तत्रैव तुष्टिमान्।
रागद्वेष भयोद्वेगैर्विमुक्तो यः स आत्मवित्॥
सुख दुःखे सुहृद्द्वेष्यौ मानामानौ च यस्य वै।
समतां प्रापतुर्धीरस्तदोच्येत स आत्मधीः॥
इन्द्रियाणां च कैङ्कर्यम् कृतं प्रागथ तज्जयात्।
साक्षात् स्वामित्वमापेदे जितात्मा यः स आत्मवित्॥
उपेक्षते गत यद्यद् प्राप्तं प्राप्तमपेक्षते।
हर्षशोकविहीनो यः स प्रोक्तो ब्रह्मविद्बुधैः॥
तत्तच्चेष्टासु चाक्षाणाम् नाहं कर्तेति सज्जते।
यः स्वनिष्क्रियता नैष विद्वान् विकम्पते॥
सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानमेकं नित्य निरञ्जनम्।
शुद्धं बुद्धं च मुक्तंच यः पश्यति स पश्यति॥
प्रतीचो दर्शनं यत्तत् साक्षादीश्वर दर्शनम्।
ईशदर्शी चेशरूपस्तस्मादीश्वर आत्मवित्॥
YOUTH
1. God is within you. Why wander here and there in search of Him?
2. Believe in God.
3. Accept sorrows and rain down happiness on others.
4. Be friend of all, at all times.
5. The true devotee is the one who has no desire or activity other than God's. He is of the nature of God Himself.
6. Only one's own action will lead to one's purification.
6.1 Nothing worth achieving can be achieved without self effort.
7. Be a true Brahmin
7.1 He is the true Brahmin who is calm and peaceful and has perfect control over mind and body, who is doing tapas and is ever cheerful, who is by nature as clean a the moon and who abides perpetually in Brahman.
8. Don't be idle, leaving all the future to chance or fate.
8.1 Only he who walks on and on, can reach his goal; not the man who halts on the way.
8.2 The man who wishes to live must be manly.
8.3 It is this manliness that, in time, is called God.
9. Of all divine experiences, the vision of God is the most divine
9.1 There is no object, no goal, beyond it in this world.
9.2 If it is attained, nothing more remains to attain. Everything else is attained.
10. It is the vision of God that brings all worldly sorrow to its end. Therefore it is the holiest of the holy experiences.
CHILDREN
1. God is within you. Why wander here and there in search of Him?
2. Believe in God.
3. Accept sorrows and rain down happiness on others.
4. Be friend of all, at all times.
5. The true devotee is the one who has no desire or activity other than God's. He is of the nature of God Himself.
6. Only one's own action will lead to one's purification.
6.1 Nothing worth achieving can be achieved without self effort.
7. Be a true Brahmin
7.1 He is the true Brahmin who is calm and peaceful and has perfect control over mind and body, who is doing tapas and is ever cheerful, who is by nature as clean a the moon and who abides perpetually in Brahman.
8. Don't be idle, leaving all the future to chance or fate.
8.1 Only he who walks on and on, can reach his goal; not the man who halts on the way.
8.2 The man who wishes to live must be manly.
8.3 It is this manliness that, in time, is called God.
9. Of all divine experiences, the vision of God is the most divine
9.1 There is no object, no goal, beyond it in this world.
9.2 If it is attained, nothing more remains to attain. Everything else is attained.
10. It is the vision of God that brings all worldly sorrow to its end. Therefore it is the holiest of the holy experiences.