We find some religious people going to big, crowded and famous temples and by some means they also get to be physically close to the deity in the temple; they also at times get to stay in the sanctum for an hour or so, which is not possible for any other common human who is jostled out after a few seconds 'darshan'.
The way such religious people talk about 'being with the deity this close for about one hour!' with such pride makes me wonder....
Were they truly soaking into the divine presence of the Lord, or were they gloating with the egoistic thought that they are now privileged to stand close to the Lord for a long time which any other normal human cannot boast of: 'What others cannot do, I am doing right now!'?
- Sri Muralidhara Swamiji
Source : http://www.namadwaar.org/diary/?action=entry&id=1370299146
