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By seeking God, you prevent God from finding you || Acharya Prashant, on Saint Rumi (2017)
Acharya Prashant
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God
Ego
Search
Truth
Experience
Separation
Unity
Mind
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Acharya Prashant explains that the search for God is often the very barrier that prevents one from finding Him. He clarifies that when an individual looks for God, they operate from an ego-driven point of view, assuming they are powerful enough to find the Divine. This effort creates separation rather than unity. He emphasizes that God's efforts are absolute and sufficient, and human effort is merely a distraction or a spoiler. The central mistake seekers make is the act of searching itself, which assumes that God is lost or absent. Instead, one should start with the acceptance that God is imminent and omnipresent, and then investigate why one is unable to see the obvious. He further discusses the nature of spiritual experiences, dismissing them as mere mental activities or 'mind games.' Whether an experience is routine or fantastic, such as those induced by ceremonies or meditation, it remains within the periphery of the mind and is not the truth. Truth is not an object, person, or event that can be noticed or experienced by the senses, as it has no characteristics and is beyond all happenings. Acharya Prashant also addresses the concept of 'seeing God,' clarifying that it does not mean seeing a specific object or form at a particular time. Instead, it means that the 'seeing' itself becomes godly; God is not in front of the eye as an object, but behind the eye as the foundation of perception.