Our God — Page 137
Logical Arguments for the Existence of God 137 connection with Him. This is not merely a claim; innumerable people have followed them and have indeed succeeded in attain- ing knowledge of God. Try, if you will. It is unfortunate that peo- ple accept that attainment of any worldly objective requires them to follow a certain method, without which the objective cannot be achieved—and that it takes time and effort—but for spiritual objectives, they hope to achieve results immediately just having wished for them! It can certainly not happen like that. And if you are wise and ponder over the matter, you will agree that this is not how it should happen. This is the truth. Accept, if you will. For achieving any purpose, be it material or spiritual, there is a definite methodology that must be followed. The greater and higher the objective, the greater the time, attention, hard work, sacrifices, and discipline it requires. But when it comes to God, you wish to find him without any effort on your part. By God, you will never find Him that way. If you tread along the path that leads to God with real eagerness, heartfelt desire, full attention, and exert due effort, and still do not find Him, then you have the right to claim that you sought Him but did not find Him. It is impossible that you should seek God the proper way but fail to find Him. Millions of men, human beings like you, who had hearts and minds like you, sought God and found Him. The his- tory of the world records their testimony, personal and eyewitness accounts, in clear and unambiguous words. It is not possible for you to challenge their testimony. You cannot call them fraudsters, dim-witted, mad, or connivers. Thus, there is no reason to reject their testimony merely on the basis of your conjectures. It could be suggested that they were not deceivers or dim-wit- ted, but were themselves deceived, and anyone can be the victim