Om Ramakrishna
I felt as if my heart were being
squeezed like a wet towel.
I was overpowered with a great restlessness and a
fear that it might not be my lot to realize Her in this life. I could not bear
the separation from Her any longer. Life seemed to be not worth living.
Suddenly my glance fell on the sword that was kept in the Mother's temple. I
determined to put an end to my life.
When I jumped up like a madman and seized
it, suddenly the blessed Mother revealed Herself. The buildings with their
different parts, the temple, and everything else vanished from my sight,
leaving no trace whatsoever, and in their stead I saw a limitless, infinite,
effulgent Ocean
of Consciousness
I was panting for breath. I was caught in the rush and collapsed, unconscious.
What was happening in the outside world I did not know; but within me there was
a steady flow of undiluted bliss, altogether new, and I felt the presence of
the Divine Mother.
- Sri Ramakrishna describes His first vision
of Divine Mother,
Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Introduction, P 13
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