Discovering the Hidden Greatness :

1.

A man must work. Only then can he see God. One day, in an exalted mood, I had a vision of the Haldarpukur.

 I saw a low-caste villager drawing water after pushing aside the green scum.

Now and then he took up the water in the palm of his hand and examined it.

In that vision it was revealed to me that the water cannot be seen without pushing aside the green scum that covers it; that is to say, one cannot develop love of God or obtain His vision without work.

Work means meditation, japa, and the like.

The chanting of God's name and glories is work too. You may also include charity, sacrifice, and so on.

2.

There is such a thing as loving God without knowing why.

If this is attained, there is nothing more to desire.

One endowed with such Bhakti says, "O Lord, I do not want riches, fame, health, happiness or anything else.

Grant that I may have pure devotion to Thy lotus feet!"

3.

Mundaka Upanishad, 2.2.9

In the luminous sheath (of intelligence), the deepest core of man, dwells Brahman - stainless, indivisible, pure.

He is the light of all that shines.

That is what the knowers of the Self realisation.

Sri Ramakrishna