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Question: See God by Becoming His Friend?

Please accept my humble obeisances

I would like to ask you following question:

Is it true that the biggest qualification to see God is the eagerness and determination to become His friend?

Regards,
Sunil

 

Answer: No. By Becoming His Servant We See God.

No. Friend means on an equal level. If we want to see God we must subordinate ourselves to Him as His humble servants. It is only when Arjuna gave up the mood of being Krishna's friend and accepted Him as His spiritual master that he become transcendentally enlightened and become free from illusion and bewilderment. In the Bhagavad-gita Krishna directly orders that we should surrender to Him.

sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo
mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

"Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear."
--Bhagavad-gita 18.66

This is the formula for becoming qualified to see God at every moment.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari