“No matter how great your longing is for God, IT WILL NEVER EVER compare to His Longing for You”
Longing, Craving, Restlessness, Yearning, spiritual hunger/thirst are all synonymous and are commonly used in spiritual life and spiritual literature. And they all point to our deep, innermost state that is hungry for something we know not what. This inner state is something every soul has as an inherent ingredient.
While some of us are conscious of it, some of us are apparently not. For those who are NOT apparently conscious, it manifests in various other ways such as drive for money, power, name, fame etc.
Those who are conscious realize it is longing for something more deep within, for something more profound, for something beyond and perhaps for something more fulfilling. It perhaps emanates from the SOUL.
But this longing is something that accelerates the evolutionary process or the growth process and helps us to grow in the real sense. Longing for anything for that matter brings the thing that one is longing for more close. It is the driving force to achieving something.
However the REAL Longing is when one does not know what he/she is longing for; it is an eternal thirst that drives us from within to traverse in unknown territories, exploring unknown inner worlds, gives the necessary push from inside to move forward; and it appears Nature also cooperates/facilitates this deep inner urge in some way and guides one where one is destined to go.
Longing I feel is associated more with the heart than anything else; and it gives a very beautiful pain worth having; it’s taste is indescribable but very fulfilling. More Longing results in more restlessness, more pain, more hunger, more thirst for something we know NOT what. This is a sure tool for our spiritual growth for highest point of consciousness that is open to human being. The deeper the longing the closer the Goal.
How to develop or deepen our longing?
If we are not having this longing, this can be triggered by exposure to great beings, great ideas, or taking to some spiritual practice such as Meditation.
If we already have this longing this can be deepened in a systematic way by practicing Meditation on a daily basis.
Some Quotes:
“Soul often speaks through longing” – Sue Monk Kidd
“No matter how great your longing is for God, IT WILL NEVER EVER compare to His Longing for You”
“The river of human life meanders along, through many a valley, leaps over many a cliff, loses itself in many a marsh, and seeks to empty itself in the Ocean of Divine Grace” – Atharva Veda
“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong. “ – Unknown
“God put a longing in our hearts for unfailing Love because He knew it would lead us back to Him.” – Renee Swope
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