It is one of my favorite short stories. A person visited Ramakrishna Paramhansji; and asked why is he not getting Bhagban though he is repeatedly praying for him. Paramhansji answered in his usual style with a short story.
When a baby cries, what does a mother do? Go and give her a toy.. The baby will be engaged with toy for sometime. And after some time the baby will get bored with the toy, and mother will give her a new one. Mother will only go and pay unavoidable attention to her when she does not stop crying with a toy and need only her mother. Same with god. Whenever we are bored with the current toy, god gives us a new one. I am bored of development give me to do something different. At the end of the day we either get bored of current one search something new or be content with the existing one. So we forget about our ultimate goal, we forget about god. If we forget about everything and only look for her, she will come and take us to her lovable arm. So it is I who don't call her with enough dedication. When I call her and am dedicated to her, she is always open with her arm.
It is not only about Paramhans and god but also about the day to day livings. So when the student is ready the master appears.
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