Not power, but oneness

Man has countless desires. He thinks that by fulfilling his desires he will be able to prove himself superior to others. When his desires are not fulfilled, he curses himself; he feels that he is a failure, hopeless and helpless. But God comes to him and says, “My child, you have not failed. You are not hopeless. You are not helpless. How can you be hopeless? I am growing in you with My ever-luminous and every-fulfilling Dream. How can you be helpless? I am inside you as infinite Power.”

Then man tries to discover something else in order to prove his superiority. He tries to exercise his power violently, aggressively. He wants to prove to the world that he is important. In order to prove his eminence he adopts any means, and his conscience does not bother him. God, out of His infinite Bounty, again comes to him and says, “This is a wrong choice. You cannot prove to the world that you are matchless, unique. What you actually crave from your superiority is joy, boundless joy. But this boundless joy will never be yours unless you know the secret of secrets. And that secret is your indivisible oneness with each human being on earth.”

Then God continues. He says that He is strong, He is happy, He is fulfilled just because He is totally one with each human being, with the entire universe. Only when one is totally united with the rest of the world can he truly be happy. And this happiness makes a man unparalleled on earth. It is not power that makes us superior or makes us feel that we are priceless; it is our matchless oneness with God and the world. Others do not need us because we have power. No, others badly need our soul’s oneness. We are great, we are greater, we are greatest only when we consciously feel our oneness with the entire world.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Beyond Within — A collection of writings 1964-1974, Agni Press, 1975
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