Me : I know in my heart that only God is real and everything else in the world is a mirage...an illusion. And You know how I feel about You.
Voice : I know.
Me : Then what am I doing here in the material world ? You have given me unexpected luxuries in my life. I have never imagined such comforts. I am living a life of material abundance. It has never been my direct pursuit. It seems like I allowed things to materialise, but is this what I need ?
And you have just bestowed upon me another material gift ! It’s nice to have it but does it mean I am still a lost soul in the world of forms ? Do I have this because I am still very distant from God and my journey is longer ??
Voice : I like how you think. I am very happy that you wish for Me. I know you long for Me but there is much to be done.
Me : What is left to be done ?? Entangle me further in the material world to test My love for you ?
Voice : For the one who knows, what avail is any test ? Unlike what many say, God never tests - he knows every heart. I will never test you. I can only love.
Me : Then what is left to be done with me ?? This 'Everything' is nothing and we both know it.
Voice : You love me. You have no doubt about My Infinity and Love. You believe only God is real and this world is nothing but an illusion. But, this you know in theory. You take My word for it and take what I say to be true. But I want to give you a real experience of what you understand only in words. Yes I have placed you in the material world. I will give you all the luxuries and comforts life has to offer. People will refer to this as an abundant life.
Me : Do I need material luxuries or God ?
Voice : I have placed you where you need to be. This is My place for you for a reason.
Me : Why ?
Voice : Do you like to eat bitter gourd ?
Me : No.
Voice : If you do not like to eat bitter gourd, it is only because you have tasted it before. How else will you be convinced of it's taste unless you have eaten it first ? No matter how hard I may try to make you understand taste, you will only be convinced though the experience of personally consuming it.
Me : True
Voice : This is experience. Experience brings conviction. Conviction is unwavering and firm. This conviction is necessary to walk on the path of love. Then no distractions can tempt your attention. You are prepared from within.
Me : Hmm
Voice : I want you to have more and more of luxuries, stimulate your senses, create material wealth and recognition, so that you will know from real experience the emptiness of it all !
If you continue to keep your heart lost in Me, in time you will gain Divine Detachment and smile at the worthlessness of it all ! It will no more be just a theoretical understanding.
Me : Wow
Voice : You have desires but fulfilling those desires itself will bring you the experience of futility and then you will have no desire for anything except Me from the core of your being. You will no more exert to discard anything. The grip of the worldly possessions and it's affairs will fall away like autumn leaves from your life irrespective of it's presence or absence.
Me : You are such an incredible Master !
Voice : You are My incredible one.
Me : Thank you
Voice : A journey of many lifetimes needs deeper work to set one free.
What can you forsake if you possessed nothing ? When you begin to adapt to your life of comforts and when you have gathered enough to lose…wouldn't it be the right time for My call in your heart ?
Me : Wow
Voice : Many come to God when they are defeated, drained with life, have lost everything, mentally disturbed or physically suffering.
But when the one who has everything and is amidst of life of possessions, social recognition, material comforts, health and accomplishments decides to forsake it all in an instant for God - he has truly chosen the Divine Path.
Let not the defeat in the world bring you to Me. Renounce when you have everything !
Me : Never looked at it that way ! Incredible.
Voice : It is easy to say that everything belongs to God as long as you continue being a recipient of material wealth, but when things begin to be taken away, it suddenly becomes very hard for the seeker to accept that nothing was ever his. And this holds true even for your relationships.
Remember, real success in the material world is working to have it all and successfully arriving at a point where you can live as though nothing was ever yours, nothing is and nothing will ever be.
It is then the real experience of worthlessness of everything except God which enthrals the seeker from the deepest core of his being. His heart is ready beyond any doubts.
Me : Woah !
Voice : Abundance is divine love in the heart of man. Nothing else.
