If only I can see God – Face to Face
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| A beautiful morning sun rising from East, when God decided to paint on the canvass of the sky with amazing colours |
Once, a colleague of mine told me “If I only could see God with my eyes, I believe that the God exists. You see, seeing is believing”. Because, I don’t see God, I don’t believe that he exists – is the argument of so many people today.But, you don’t see so many things in life. I had never been to USA or so many other countries of this earth.So, can I deny that they don’t exist.? And, what happens, if I deny their existence.? Nothing, whether I believe or not they still continue to exist.
Actually, so many millions of people in the Mahabharata war and during Lord Krishna’s pastime have seen Krishna but, only few realised and recognised that he is the supreme personality of God. So much so that, even when Lord Krishna displayed
his partial Virat rupa – Universal form to Dhuryodhana, they only gave up their plans of trying to capture Krishna with chains, arresting him and putting him in the jail.Dhuryodhanas reaction was,”Krishna is a magician and had some magical powers.
So, why cant people see God.? Even though they are seeing him face to face ? .The scriptures explain us that to see God, you need the right qualifications to see him.
In Chapter 7 of Bhagavad Gita, Verse 25 Lord Krishna explains,
“naham prakasah sarvasya
yoga-maya-samavrtah
mudho ‘yam nabhijanati
loko mam ajam avyayam
TRANSLATION :
I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My eternal creative potency [yoga-maya]; and so the deluded world knows Me not, who am unborn and infallible.
PURPORT :
It may be argued that since Krsna was present on this earth and was visible to everyone, then why isn’t He manifest to everyone now? But actually He was not manifest to everyone. When Krsna was present there were only a few people who could understand Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the assembly of Kurus, when Sisupala spoke against Krsna being elected president of the assembly, Bhisma supported Him and proclaimed Him to be the Supreme God. Similarly, the Pandavas and a few others knew that He was the Supreme, but not everyone. He was not revealed to the nondevotees and the common man. Therefore in the Gita Krsna says that but for His pure devotees, all men consider Him to be like themselves. He was manifest only to His devotees as the reservoir of all pleasure.
But to others, to unintelligent nondevotees, He was covered by His eternal potency.
In the prayers of Kunti in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.8.18) it is said that the Lord is covered by the curtain of yoga-maya and thus ordinary people cannot understand Him. Kunti prays: “O my Lord, You are the maintainer of the entire universe, and devotional service to You is the highest religious principle. Therefore, I pray that You will also maintain me. Your transcendental form is covered by the yoga-maya. The brahmajyoti is the covering of the internal potency. May You kindly remove this glowing effulgence that impedes my seeing Your sac-cid-ananda-vigraha, Your eternal form of bliss and knowledge.”
This yoga-maya curtain is also mentioned in the Fifteenth Chapter of the Gita. The Supreme Personality of Godhead in His transcendental form of bliss and knowledge is covered by the eternal potency of brahmajyoti, and the less intelligent impersonalists cannot see the Supreme on this account. Also in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.7) there is this prayer by Brahma: “O Supreme Personality of Godhead, O Supersoul, O master of all mystery, who can calculate Your potency and pastimes in this world? You are always expanding Your eternal potency, and therefore no one can understand You. Learned scientists and learned scholars can examine the atomic constitution of the material world or even the planets, but still they are unable to calculate Your energy and potency, although You are present before them.” The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna, is not only unborn, but He is avyaya, inexhaustible. His eternal form is bliss and knowledge, and His energies are all inexhaustible.”
(Bhagavad Gita As it Is by Srila Prabhupad)
Elsewhere in Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna explains that he is the light of Sun and Moon,the syllable Om in the Vedic Mantras, the taste of Water and the ability in man and sound in the ether.
Who can deny that they have not seen the sunlight or moon light, drank a cup of water and felt the taste and so on. So, everyone is seeing God, albeit in varying degrees.
“Somebody Bigger Than You And I”
Who made the mountains, who made the trees
Who made the rivers flow to the sea
And who sends the rain when the earth is dry
Somebody bigger than you and I
Who made the flowers to bloom in the spring
Who made the song for the robins to sing
And who hung the moon and the stars in the sky
Somebody bigger than you and I
He lights the way when the road is long
He keeps you company
And with His love to guide you
He walks beside you
Just like He walks with me
When we’re filled with despair
Who gives me courage to go from there
And who gives me faith that will never die
Somebody bigger than you and I … by Elvis Presley
