You are in great danger! At any moment you can be loving, laughing, cheerful - you can unexpectedly find God. This is the beautiful story of Rabindranath Tagore.
I have sought the God of a thousand lifetimes. I saw Him... sometimes far away... I rushed... sometimes I almost got there, but He moved away again. This happened again and again. Finally I found myself in front of a door on which was written: “This is the house where God lives.”
I was worried at first, very worried. Trembling, I walked up the steps and was about to knock on the door, but suddenly, in a flash of inspiration, I saw... If I knock and God opens the door, then what next? Everything will end. My journey, my pilgrimage, my great adventure, my philosophy, my poetry, all the longings of my heart - it will all end! It will be suicide.
Looking at one point, I took off my shoes so as not to make any noise as I walked down the steps. And as soon as I got down, I ran and didn’t look back. After that I run and run for thousands of years. I almost found God, at least I know where He lives. All I have to do now is avoid this place, and I can continue to seek Him again. This house is a haven for me. I remember this exactly. And if I unexpectedly enter this house, everything will end.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru