79. So long as a man calls aloud, ' Allah Ho ! Allah Ho ! ' (O God ! O God !), be sure that he has not found God, for he who has found him becomes still
80. So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lotus, and has not tasted its honey, it hovers round the flower, emitting its buzzing sound ; but when it is inside the flower, it drinks its nectar noiselessly. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas, he has not tasted the nectar of true faith ; when he has tasted it he becomes still.
81. Little children play with dolls in a room apart just as they like, but as soon as their mother comes in they throw aside the dolls and run to her crying, c Mamma, Mamma I 9 You also are now playing in this world deeply absorbed with the dolls of wealth, honour, and fame, and have no fear or anxiety. But if you once see the Divine Mother entering in, you will not find pleasure any more in wealth, honour, and fame. Leaving off all these you will run to Her.
82. The naked Sage, Totipuri, used to say, c lf a brass pot be not rubbed daily, it will get rusty. So if a man does not contemplate the Deity daily, his heart wfll grow impure/ To him SA Klmakr&h*za replied, ' Yes, but if the vessel be of gold, it does not require daily cleaning. The man who has reached God requires prayers or penances no more.'
83. He who has once tasted the refined and crystalline sugar-candy, finds no pleasure in raw treacle ; he who has slept in a palace, will not find pleasure in lying down in