Come, let me whisper a secret to thee;
The sweetest taste does spring within each
The sacred Name of God. (TLL, p. 89)
One’s own experience is the best authority in aspects relating to God. For one who has tasted a sweet, you can explain how a sweet tastes; but for one who asks you to describe the form of sweetness, how can you do so? Your experience should arise from direct knowledge and that is the best authority. Under no circumstances can evidence from guess work or hearsay become more important than direct experience. (SSB 1978, pp. 150-151)
If Krishna is not present in our heart, we cannot see him at all even though he is really present where we look for him. But if he is installed in our heart, then we can see him everywhere. If we wear coloured glasses, the entire world will appear coloured. If you keep blocks of salt in your mouth and eat some sugar, can you get the sweet taste? If you then say that sugar is salty, where does the fault lie? It lies in you and in the salt that is in your mouth but not in the sugar. If you are suffering from high fever and eat some sweet, you will naturally find that it is bitter. The bitterness comes from the fever that you have within you and does not belong to the sweet. (SSB 1978, p. 152)
The sun’s rays fall on an ocean and convert the water into vapour. If we directly take ocean water, it will taste salty. But, when the ocean water is converted into vapour, because of sun’s rays, and if this vapour turns into clouds and rain, this rain water will taste very sweet. Here we should ask how and wherefrom does the rain water get its sweet taste while the water from the ocean tastes saltish? The water of the oceans can be compared to knowledge obtained from books while the water from rains can be compared to knowledge obtained from experience. When the sun’s rays fall on ocean water, it gets converted into the clouds which may be compared with truth. From these clouds, which we have called truth, will come the rain drops in the form of love. The drops of love gather together and form a river of bliss. The river of bliss, which is made up of drops of love, will go and merge in the ocean again There is no other alternative for this water. That is why it is said that all rivers must merge in the ocean. The water that has fallen on the earth has ultimately to merge with the ocean. But, today man has forgotten his final destination. He is running after illusions. (SSB 1978, pp. 228-229)