Have you seen God?
'“Have you seen God?” Naren sought to know. He had been asking this question to saints, priests and devotees, but all in vain. The college going Naren came to Shri Ramakrishna as an atheist, dissatisfied in his atheism, but scornful of the outdated customs and superstitions associated with religion.
“Yes, I have seen God,” Shri Ramakrishna answered “just as I see you, only in a much intense sense.”
Naren was mesmerized with this answer that religion was a reality to be felt, in an infinitely more intense way than we sense the world. He would become an ardent disciple of Shri Ramakrishna and learn from him the deepest secrets of spirituality. The young Naren would later become the monk we know as Swami Vivekananda.'
“Yes, I have seen God,” Shri Ramakrishna answered “just as I see you, only in a much intense sense.”
Naren was mesmerized with this answer that religion was a reality to be felt, in an infinitely more intense way than we sense the world. He would become an ardent disciple of Shri Ramakrishna and learn from him the deepest secrets of spirituality. The young Naren would later become the monk we know as Swami Vivekananda.'