The Garden of Paradise
God’s Neighbour
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GOD’S NEIGHBOUR
One who has discovered God becomes close to God
even in this world. His spirit is bathed in the light of
God. If even the sight of flowers arouses finer
feelings in a person, how can one discover God and
not be moved to a state of sublime ecstasy?
Many people claim to be close to God, but are still
in fact a long way from Him. They speak of God,
but their actions show that they have not even
recognized their Lord.
They take God’s name, but have not tasted the
sweetness of the name which they utter. They claim
to have found God, but have not experienced the
fragrance of His garden. They display religious
fervour in public, but there are no signs of their
souls being illuminated with the light of God. They
consider that God’s paradise is reserved exclusively
for them, but their lives are not touched by a
heavenly breeze.
A strange God it must be who does not cause any
vibration in one’s thoughts. A strange heaven it
must be to which people who show no reflection of
