For mortals, as we are, it seems it is not easy to get the attention of the supreme Lord. This is not because the Lord doesn't want to look at us, but it is because of our ignorance, ego, lack of faith, and perverted intelligence that we do not look toward Him! Even the Lord is so merciful, kind and benevolent, always looking at us, we fail to turn to Him because of our adamant attitude. Lack of faith is the most important deterrent in knowing, understanding and visualizing God. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa said, "Parameshvara darshanam eve purushartha sadhanam". Further, "Divinity is inherent in man," he said.
It is only the child that cries gets the attention of the mother. So also, it is only an ardent devotee like Kanaka Dasa who cries for His darshan would get the attention of the Lord Shree Krishna. Visualization of the Lord is the first step towards spiritual attainment, adhyatma sadhana. Swami Ranganathananda speaks eloquently on this. He says, "We in India have long discussed this profound theme of adhyatma vidya or Atma-vidya of our Vedanta as relating only to its dimensions of transcendental experience such as samadhi, turiya state, etc. This relates it, accordingly, only to a very small minority of spiritually advanced people in our or any other society. We had no understanding of, or insight into, its relevance to all men, women and children in all stages of human evolution. This is the orientation that the great subject received from Swami Vivekananda's exposition of Vedanta in the modern age. The normal well-adjusted human being has achieved a measure of Atmajnyana; the abnormal human being has failed to achieve it through mal-adjustment with the family or the social environment."
These words of Swami Ranganathanada need to be carefully understood. It is our mal-adjustment that is the cause of our problems, let alone, seek spiritual progress!
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