Price Not Paid
A realized person sees the Glory of God in His creation, showers praise due to God and bathes in the light of God. Only then can he show his real value in God’s eyes.
The Bible says, “But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’” (Mathew, 11:16-17)
The universe is a great exhibition. A showcase of power, wisdom, and meaning. It is so beautiful that its beauty cannot be fully described. The universe is an eternal abode of God’s glory and majesty. However, in the known universe, man is the only creature who can understand this divine abode and dance to its beauty and perfection. The only creature God made with His own hand so that man could see the immense artistry in the universe and might dance with it. However, he is the one who refrains from it the most. Man does everything but does not do what he ought to do the most.
Of all the creatures, only man has been given this feeling and consciousness, which shows what God wants from him. Man is required to dance to God’s “flute”. He spontaneously calls out, “Glory be to God, the best of Creators.” (23:14) It is only such a response that will show the actual value of man. Man’s failure to do this is akin to devaluing himself in this universe. He is rendering his existence meaningless. God created a tremendous universal stage and showed all His Signs manifested in His creation. He did all this for man. In such a situation, if a person closes his eyes and fails to shower the praises due to God, it is tantamount to such a great crime that any punishment will be less than the crime committed.
The world of God is lovely, full of heavenly scenes. It is a mirror of God’s beauty and perfection. However, man fails to see His beauty. To see the universe in the heavenly form, man must come out of the false self-made shell he has covered himself with. He has to rise above the “human world” and look into the divine world. Unfortunately, man is not ready to come out of his shell, so he cannot even see God’s world.
A realized person is a man who can see the universe more than anything else. Such a person begins to see God in the mirror of the universe. When a servant of God goes through this experience, he reaches a state that cannot be described in human words. He bathes in the light of God. Words fail him. His intense feeling flows through his eyes. In acknowledging God, his whole being is annihilated.
Man is so preoccupied with himself that he does not understand the divinity of God. He is so engrossed in his “feats” that he does not see the feats of God. He is so lost in his glory that he cannot see the glory of God. It is the most significant deprivation of man. How can a deprived person in this world become a recipient of Paradise in the Hereafter?
