Proposal
By Karmayogi
God is difficult to reach. It is years of tapas that get one a glimpse
of God who gives the tapasvi the boon of moksha. This is only one aspect
of God. There is another aspect of God that longs for Man’s coming to
Him. That aspect is God goes to all places we go ahead of us. It
envelops all around and lies in wait for our CALL. Man waiting for God’s
call is what we know. That is usually known as the CALL. Man does not
know HE is after the awakened soul. HE is after Man to awaken his soul.
There is one more phenomenon. At long last, when Man grows aware of his
spiritual opportunity and calls, God rushes into him like a cyclone,
goes on filling him to saturation. HE enters man’s mind and thought. HE
fuses Himself with his emotions and sensations. HE forces Himself into
man’s physical consciousness and further his physical substance. Man is
in rapture. Man forgets himself in ecstasy. All that happens in a trice.
There is one more phase which is yet another phenomenon. God deserts
Man. Having enjoyed intolerable ecstasy and unflinching rapture, HE goes
away forever, leaving man to long for HIM, even as God once longed for
man’s attention. There is one difference. First it is moksha. It is a
release for one part of man’s four parts – the Spirit. Second it is to
turn man to God and see the spiritual possibilities. Third, it is for
man to become God. Sri Aurobindo played all these tricks on Mother until
Mother became the Supreme Herself.
In love marriages, it is for the boy to propose. A girl cannot propose
or suggest to him to propose! Once the man proposes, even when the girl
is very willing, it is not easy for man to get her consent. She gives
him anxious hours or days. Once she accepts, both decide NOT to agree
with the other on anything however small, thus giving marriage its
aspect of having been made in heaven. In that sense, Man and woman play
the role of God and man after a fashion. No guru easily gets a disciple
of his choice. No seeker meets a GURU who will reveal the inner godhead
in the disciple.