How is experiencing God better than Seeing God?

[Smt. Lakshmi Lavanya K asked: Pada namaskaram swami, two days ago Sri Ganapathi Sachhidanada Swami said "Experiencing God is better than Seeing God", what is the difference. If experiencing is better then what is best. He also said "you always say that you selected me and keep quiet, don't use the word "I". Then a thought came to me that I should abandon this world for God, I don't want to express any of my emotions, feelings with this world but I want to share all my feelings, emotions only with my Guru because I want to laugh with him, cry with him, want to maintain all relations only with him. One day if I look back into my past there shouldn't be anyone other than You. Then how can I keep quiet. Please enlighten me if I am wrong, please explain the meaning of Swamiji's words. Pada namaskaram Swami, Lakshmi Lavanya K.]

Swami replied:- Seeing God is good. Experiencing God is better. Both these are in theoretical phase only. The best is pleasing God with service and sacrifice and this is the practical phase for which only, the divine fruit is linked. The two theoretical phases are like water and manure for the mango plant. The practical phase is like the mango plant, which alone yields the fruit. This is the most important clue in the spiritual path. The mango plant is always attacked by some insects and pest. A pesticide must be used to protect the plant from infection. Such pesticide helps the health of the plant, which is the true love towards God without aspiring for any fruit from God in return. The selfish aspiration is the pest. If God is worshipped for the sake of some materialistic desire, such devotion is false love alone. True knowledge is very essential to develop true love to God. When all the spiritual knowledge comes to a ripened state, then only is true love possible. The ripened state indicates the saffron colour of the cloth used by the saint present in a very high state. If the emotional devotion continues forever without any break, it is called Nirvikalpa Samaadhi. If the emotion is temporary and gets pacified after sometime, it is called Savikalpa Samaadhi. Only one in millions of devotees, that too after millions of births can attain such highest eternal devotion.

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