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Here
one may be tempted to ask - "How about the cases of some sages
claiming the vision of God? Were they really blessed with the grace
of His darsan? Are their words true? Answer - No doubt they feasted
their eyes with the vision of God and enjoyed face to face encounter
with HIM. "When" is to be answered now. It is only after
intense spiritual sadhana, backed by equally intense austerity and
unflinching faith in that Highest Him, they succeeded in the
acquisition of spiritual eye. It alone enabled them to see God. It
might have taken tears as in the case of Sri Ramakrishna
Paramahamsa, or a matter of a short span of time in the case of
legendary Bhagavathothama Prahlad.
Another factor demanding
attention is - there should be absolute untainted, physical, mental
and intellectual purity on the part of aspirant. If this condition
is fulfilled, God, the Ultimate Reality can be realised. To the
question "Where to seek?", saint-seers located the place -
"Behold! the kingdom of Go, is within you". Hundreds of
examples of the liberated with these requisites can be gleaned from
the legends authored by the divine saint-seers. And they visualise
graphically the struggles and successes faced by the emancipated.
They at the end, turned pole-stars and are illumining the path for
others.
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