God Is with You
A man wanted to smoke and went to a neighbor’s house to get fire to light his charcoal. It was in the dead of night, and the householder was asleep. After he had knocked and knocked, the neighbor finally came down to open the door. At the sight of the man he asked, “Hello! What’s the matter?” The man replied, “Can’t you guess? You know I am fond of smoking. I have come here to get fire to light my charcoal.” The neighbor said, “Ha! Ha! You are a fine neighbor, indeed! You took the trouble to come and do all this knocking at the door in the dead of night! Why? You have a lighted lantern already with you!” What we seek is very near and all around us. Everything is God in different forms. Everything in creation is within His gigantic form! Another way to see God is to develop devotion and good qualities. Lord Krishna said if we have no attachment, selfish desires, hatred, enmity, or violence towards any being, we can reach and see God (Gita 11.55).