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May 19, 2013, 1:07am
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Re: God, a proven fact or a mere fiction?
To the above learned text (and more to come), I would like to add some experiences of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna that I mentioned in my earlier port (I hope nobody minds or takes offence). This is quoted from Ramakrishna’s Wikipedia page:
In 1866, Govinda Roy, a Hindu guru who practiced Sufism , initiated Ramakrishna into Islam . Ramakrishna said that he “devoutly repeated the name of Allah , wore a cloth like the Arab Moslems , said their prayer five times daily, and felt disinclined even to see images of the Hindu gods and goddesses, much less worship them—for the Hindu way of thinking had disappeared altogether from my mind.”[SUP][60]](Ramakrishna - Wikipedia )[/SUP] According to Ramakrishna, after three days of practice he had a vision of a “radiant personage with grave countenance and white beard resembling the Prophet and merging with his body”.[SUP][61]](Ramakrishna - Wikipedia )[/SUP]Christianity , when his devotee Shambu Charan Mallik read the Bible to him. Ramakrishna said that for several days he was filled with Christian thoughts and no longer thought of going to the Kali temple. Ramakrishna describes of a vision in which the picture of Madonna and Child Jesus became alive and had a vision in which Jesus merged with his body. In his own room amongst other divine pictures was one of Christ, and he burnt incense before it morning and evening. There was also a picture showing Jesus Christ saving St Peter from drowning in the water..[SUP][54]](Ramakrishna - Wikipedia )[/SUP][SUP][62]](Ramakrishna - Wikipedia )[/SUP]
Ramakrishna had many spiritual and mystical experiences - an interesting and fascinating life.