'Mansion of Mirth'

 … the Bhakti scriptures describe this very world as a 'mansion of mirth'. Ramprasad sang in one of his songs, 'This world is a framework of illusion.' Another devotee gave the reply, 'This very world is a mansion of mirth.' 

As the saying goes, 'The devotee of Kali, free while living, is full of Eternal Bliss.' The bhakta sees that He who is God has also become maya. Again, He Himself has become the universe and all its living beings. The bhakta sees God, maya, the universe, and the living beings as one. Some devotees see everything as Rāma: it is Rāma alone who has become everything. 

Some see everything as Radha and Krishna. To them it is Krishna alone who has become the twenty-four cosmic principles.  It is like seeing everything green through green glasses.  

- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 243 

                    (10 June 1883)