Swami, how to become mad about God?

[A question by Ms. Thrylokya]

Swāmi replied:- Madness to God is the final stage before this human life ends (Unmādo maraṇaṃ tataḥ). How one becomes mad of drinking wine? The association with drunkards will make you to drink wine in little quantities in the beginning. In course of time the quantities become more and more leading you to become mad of drinking wine. This is the procedure in absence of mediated God or contemporary human incarnation. Even though contemporary human incarnation is available on earth for every generation, many devotees miss it due to repulsion between common human media. If one recognizes the contemporary human incarnation directly, association with other devotees is not necessary. Hanuman liked Rāma and Rādhā loved Kṛṣṇa not influenced by other devotees associated. If the soul is having already the background of association with the human incarnation of God in previous births, no influence from external factors is necessary. The love on God jumps as a natural spring in the heart. When intensity of love reaches climax, it is called madness. God will create hurdles to test the degree of intensity of love to Him and such hurdles will help the soul to develop the intensity of love to God in very short time just like a culvert in a water canal develops the speed of flow of water. Madness is the climax speed of flow of water-devotion to God. When the climax love to God becomes the climax of daringness against the hurdles like culverts, such a state is called madness to God.

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