Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Great Regulars: There are even times when the devotee is sure

he has attained the Divine Goal, and yet again like the little rabbit-God evading the trap, the Divine does "e'er escape." The second non-riming couplet reveals the devotee's even stronger sorrow for losing the grasp on his goal, because this time he thought he had actually "seized Thee." Having such a strong thought thwarted causes pain.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: The six couplets in Yogananda's "Evasion" testify to the difficulty of capturing the Divine

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