Buddha denied God, for a good reason because the whole entire country was obsessed with God,
and when we give this responsibility to God;
"with his grace everything will happen" then what becomes of you?
You become less motivated, you become lazy. So Buddha said let's abolish this God business
give responsibility to people, so that was his philosophy.
It is not that he denied God but he wanted to awaken some level of awareness in people.
Lord Krishna whom we worship, Lord Rama, all these entities even if they come face
to face with you, like the way they were face to face in those times with others,
right? Imagine that period when Kauravas were there, Pandavas were there, and not only them
so many other clans were there. How many could recognize Lord Krishna in his avatar swarupa?
No one. And even when he showed vishwaroop (universal form), Arjun could not see, he was frightened, he said
"lord, please stop this! I cannot bear to look on your universal form."
So original no one can withstand.
And even when He walked in human form no one could recognize Him,
so how are you going to imagine his original from now?
when original did not give you realization how are the images going to give you realization.
Is it possible? It is not possible. So we have to be prayerful in meditation. One bhaav (attitude) should be there that,
"dear lord, I don't know you, but I would like to believe you are there", we can take this attitude, right?
There is an honesty in this, "dear lord, I don't know you but I would like to feel your presence.
I don't have any condition that how you should come to me."
The moment you put condition, that will be your own imagination. So one has to come to a very
neutral state. "Whatsoever you are God I like to feel your presence", so let's keep that attitude
and whatever happens in the heart, witness that experience, and be one with that experience for now.
Tomorrow you'll have a different one, day after tomorrow it will be different.
And make a note of it, make a diary of it and all this slow and small small changes
after many years you'll be able to see how they have formed a path for you.
If you don't write it it will be not possible to recollect how you travel so much because
the sukhshma (subtle) experience you'll forget in two three days it will be gone because
it will be substituted by another experience then another experience then another experience.
So what manobhaav (mental attitude) should you have? "I don't know you please help me experience your
presence in whatever form you are, or no form, I have no conditions with you
so help me God". You should have that beggar's attitude,
become a beggar.
In a very humble way. So we begin our meditation with an idea that presence
of the Divine Source is already there in my heart that is attracting my attention inward
and transmission of pranahuti is coming from above and is helping me meditate.