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which he was lying, he said that he was leaving Ernakulam
that day. and taking the cloth with him left the place and
did not come again.
(iii) Your body is His expression
Now Ramcharandas, who was for some time roaming
in some villages of South Kanara, thought of travelling to-
wards Northern India. As he desired to see Ramdas before
finally leaving the south, one day, he suddenly turned up at
the retreat. Ramdas was happy to see him.
In the course of conversation with him Ramdas spoke
to him of the divine vision:
"God-vision is nothing but to realise and feel His
presence within yourself and everywhere about you;
because God is an all-pervading spirit, permeating the
entire universe. The manifested worlds are not different
from Him, since they are but His own expression in terms
of name and form."
But the boy was not impressed at this presentation of
Truth, and he said in a tone of utter dissatisfaction :
"Swamiji, I would have nothing of your nirguna or
impersonal aspect of God. I want to behold Him as saguna.
I crave for the darshan of the Ram-panchayatan, i. e. as
Rama, Sita, Lakshman, Bharat and Hanuman. You are
always harping on the same tune—His formless aspect."
Ramdas smiled and replied:
"The saguna you are after is an image of your own
mind and it cannot satisfy you. You ought to rise beyond
all forms of sight and mind. The true saguna or body of
the Lord is the universe itself in which He is immanent
and by His power He is causing, in this manifestation, birth,
growth, and dissolution of all beings and things. He is also
transcendent as pure spirit. Your body is one of His
expressions. Your activity has its inception in the infinite
power of God. Don't be deluded by a desire to behold
things which are conditioned and momentary—mere