When one attains prema ( love ) one has the rope to tie God :
One attains God through japa.
By repeating the name of God secretly and in solitude one receives divine grace.
Then comes His vision.
Suppose there is a big piece of timber lying under water and fastened to the land with a chain;
by proceeding along the chain, link by link, you will at last touch the timber.
Higher than worship is japa,
higher than japa is meditation,
higher than meditation is bhava,
and higher than bhava are mahabhava and prema.
Chaitanyadeva had prema,
When one attains prema ( love ) one has the rope to tie God.
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna,
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