How To Find God

Given my last post titled No Growth Without Resistance, today's post from the Avatar Meher Baba Bombay Centre is quite relevant.

HOW CAN I FIND GOD?

Baba was discoursing about the Path when he remarked: “The fun of it is that the One who is sought is Himself the seeker. It is the same One God who prompts the seeker to ask, ‘Where can I find God?’ … ‘How can I find God?’

“The seeker asking ‘Where can I find God?’ is really God saying: ‘Where indeed is the seeker?'”

“Will I realize the Truth in this incarnation?” was an ardent question put to Baba by a young seeker one day.

Baba replied, “Why be so eager, so impatient? How will you profit by my reply? If I were to say that you will realize the Truth in this very life, will you gain anything more than merely hearing these encouraging words? And if I were to say ‘No, not this lifetime’ and that you need many more births to realize the Truth, you will feel nervous and dejected.”

The young man answered, “Nothing will affect me in either case.”

“Then forget your question altogether! This much is certain, that the Truth is infinitely more anxious to reveal Itself through you – and through everyone – than your seeking It with utmost efforts.

“Even wanting Truth is an unwanted want, and Truth is far beyond wanting. You cannot demand Truth; it dawns unawares. The way lies through successive unconditional surrenders to the Perfect Master.”

Baba continued, “Again, remember the Path is slippery. Guard yourself against posing. It is the worst thing. Let the lamp of honesty ever burn within you. Be sincere in your seeking. My nazar is on you. Don’t worry.”

No Growth Without Resistance

It was in October of 2024 that I last posted to this blog and so almost six months has gone by. It's not as if nothing has happened. I had my "big dream" in late December in which a voice announced that I only had a few months to live. Three full months have passed since then and astrological predictions indicate health problems around late June. Family members assure me that my time is not yet up but I remain unconvinced.

I've created a private dream diary in which I've been noting down the dreams that I can remember. I guess that's partly taken the place of this blog. In other blogs, I've written about the Callippic Cycle of 27759 days that ended on the 2nd of April 2025. The new cycle began on my birthday which was yesterday at the time of writing. I was watching a YouTube video recently and these words struck home to me:

We are divinely lovingly crafted beings and what I know is that growth doesn't happen without resistance ... there has to be resistance (for) spiritual growth ... the world is set up so that there's plenty of resistance.

This is something I realised some months ago now but it was good to hear it reiterated here. This is why Baba said that Realisation is only possible in a physical body. Even the Angels need to incarnate once before attaining Realisation. Earth is really the school of hard knocks that beat us into shape or out of shape. This is the Great Game.

We play our different roles. God hides from Himself and we wittingly or unwittingly try to find Him. Eventually, we all succeed but not before we play millions of different roles in the physical world. The One becomes the Many so that the Many may become One.