Attraction to bodily names and forms has taken us away from God. This

in turn has made us search for God, just as when someone has lost his

beloved and he longs for her. Another example is a lost child. A child

gets lost and is discovered by a stranger who tries to comfort him by

offering everything. "Don't cry, honey, here is some candy, here are some

toys," yet in spite of all this attention, the child well still continue to cry.

Why? Because he wants his mother. So why do we cry? we may have a

good home, good parents, a good family but still we cry because it is the

soul that is lost, wanting the Mother, wanting the Father.

Once we find God, we stop crying. The search end. This is why it is

always said that the path of devotion is the path of reading scriptures,

going on pilgrimages, searching for God. When God Himself comes,

the search ends. And it is the same as when the mother appears in front

of the child; whatever was given by the stranger is just thrown down,

and child runs to the mother. Whatever else had been given to the

child, to distract him from his grief, is just thrown away when the

mother is found.

So we can understand the plight of someone who is lost, the plight of a

seeker. "Oh God, where are you? Do you really exist? when will that

day come when I will meet You?" There are many such seekers whose

thirst has not yet been quenched. Their desire still remains. This

 desperate state remains until God is recognised.

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