IshwaraH sarvabhootanaam hruddeshO arjunaa tishthati | [BG Ch. XVIII, verse 61].Meaning, the Lord resides in the region of the heart of all..! ahamAtma gudaakEsha sarvabhootashaya sthita | Meaning, O Gudakesha (one who has conquered sleep), I am the Self residing in the hearts of all beings. [BG. Ch, X Verse 20].
The ignorant jiva does not know the secret of creation. Due to this ignorance, the jiva doubts everything and, even doubts about the existence of God. The question often asked is 'whether there is God' and, 'If God is there how to know or see Him'. Normally, people ask, whether it is possible to have 'visualization', 'darshan', of the Lord? This is a very important and interesting question often comes up when it comes to attainment, realization, fulfillment. Swami Ramakrishna Paramahansa used to say, "Parameswara darshanam eva purushartha sadhanam. It is also purushartha, mokshagatim. Now, the question is very simple: Who is 'Parameshvara', the 'Param '(Supreme//Highest) 'Ishwara' (Lord)?. The Bhagavad-Gita gives the answer. Bhagavan Shree Krishna explicitly states that He is Formless, Absolute Abstract, "He is nirakara parabrahmn", Further, He states that, "He is the Self of all". He pervades the universe as antaryamin. The name 'Vishnu' means 'all- pervasive' Consciousness. He, the Lord, also states that "He is the One who Exist as the Vaishvanara, Taijasa, and the Prajnya in the three respective states of jagrata, svapna and sushupti of our daily life. He is the only One that exist and there exist nothing beside Him. Thus, it is clear that the question o visualization, darshan, does not arise at all! It's only a question of realization, experiencing Him. Just observe who is breathing when we are in deep sleep. Just find out who appears, takes the physical body, grows and develops, and finally disappears! It is He and Him only! this realization will bring absolute joy, peace and happiness.
Thus, it is clear that it is very easy to have the darshan of the Lord within oneself and there is no need to search for Him anywhere outside. However, there is another version. Here, the ardent devotee visualizes the Deity of his/her choice! We have accounts of Sri Madhwacharya had a dream visualizing Sri Krishna coming from Dwarka in a mould of clay! Sri Aurobindo and Sri Tilak. These persons had darshan of the Lord. It is said that Sri Aurobindo could see Sri Krishna everywhere when he was pt in Alipore jail for ten months. Needless to say that both Sri Aurobindo and Sri Tilak were working on the 'Atma-jnyan' aspect of the Bhagavad-Gita. We cannot contest such personal experiences. But, it is certain that "it happens"! The spiritual seekers get the vision in the Transcendental Meditative mode (atindriya sthiti). It is said that this God-visioning is the first ever indication of the success of spiritual practice So there is nothing strange about it.
Psychologists have their own opinion in regard to 'God-visioning'. They say, it is hallucination. It may be a state of mind dwelling constantly, contemplating, on a particular object. The Mind can create anything it desires. Contemplation on a particular object may bring that into visualization. There is nothing strange in memorizing in what one has seen, heard and experienced or even what is heard intently. Interesting account of others experience narrated may create this. So there is no reason to question the experience of this God-visioning. What all required is a proper disposition, state of mind and desire to experience.
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