FAITH TREMENDOUS

IF a devotee believes one hundred per cent that his
Chosen Ideal is God, then he attains God and sees
Him.
People of bygone generations had tremendous
faith. What faith Haladhari's20 father had! Once he
was on the way to his daughter's house when he
noticed some beautiful flowers and Bel leaves. He
gathered them for the worship of the family Deity
and walked back five or six miles to his own house.
Once, a theatrical troupe in the village was enacting
the life of Rama. When Kaikeyi asked Rama to go
into exile in the forest, Haladhari's father, who had
been watching the performance, sprang up. He
went to the actor who played Kaikeyi, crying out,
"You wretch!", and was about to burn the actor's
face with a torch.
He was a very pious man. After finishing his
ablutions he would stand in the water and meditate
on the Deity, reciting the invocation: "I meditate
on Thee, of red hue and four faces," while tears
streamed down his cheeks.