Live in the world but, in order to realize God, hold fast to His Lotus Feet with one hand and with the other do your duties. When you get a respite from your duties cling to God’s Lotus Feet with both hands -- live in solitude and meditate on Him and serve Him ceaselessly.
Pray to God in secret and with yearning, that you may have that passionate attachment and devotion to Him. Shed tears for Him. A man sheds a jugful of tears because his wife is sick or because he is losing money or because he is worrying about getting a job. But tell me, who ever weeps for God?
Sri Ramakrishna in The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, pages 627 & 628
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