Searching for God, Look Within

God is not an object that can be seen outside. In the entire history of the world, there is no record of anyone seeing God as an external entity. They have seen Him within.

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa explains with this anecdote: ‘A thief and a merchant rested in a mote. While the merchant was fast asleep, the thief, in his greed to rob the merchant, searched for the merchant’s valuables everywhere - - in the merchant’s suitcase, under his pillow and so on. But he found nothing. When morning dawned, the thief, unable to contain his curiosity anymore, asked the merchant, ‘How did you manage to get into trade without any cash? I kept searching and found nothing on you.’ The merchant laughingly revealed that he had hidden his precious items in the thief’s pillowcase, ‘I kept all my valuables in your pillowcase and slept peacefully, sure that you will search only my belongings and not yours.’

This is true of God. God has hid Himself within you. You are seeking Him outside. How will you get Him? God is not outside. Look within; you will obtain Him.

The day you become the best; the moment your conscience gives you a clean chit of having been 100% on the right track in all ways, that day you have become God