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Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.

I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God.

The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.

Longing, for everyone, is always there, isn't it? More intense at some times than others. You get closer to less longing - an odd metaphoric phrasing, I realize - then, you are further and longing more than ever again.

Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.

God too longs; and because the Absolute Life itself, which dwells in our life, and inspires these very longings, possesses the true world, and is that world.

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.

What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.

I got a cold feeling toward religion in general. I don't think God would want to separate families.