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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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God is there within yourself. He is not far away. Not that you have to go many miles away to see God.
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[[Vanisource:720816 - Lecture SB 01.02.13 - Los Angeles|720816 - Lecture SB 01.02.13 - Los Angeles]]:
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So ''ataḥ'', therefore, in the previous verse it was decided who is qualified to see God. God is there within yourself. He is not far away. Not that you have to go many miles away to see God. ''Paśyanty ātmani cātmānaṁ bhaktyā śruta-gṛhītayā'' ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.12|SB 1.2.12]]). Just like you are searching out something, you do not know what the thing is like, you are harassed. But if somebody knows what the thing is like, "Why you are harassing yourself? Here is the thing. Take it," you can get it immediately. Similarly, God is not far away; God is very near to him, side by side, ''jīvātmā'' and Paramātmā. You are sitting with God, you simply do not know how to see. But that qualification, we have explained yesterday, is the eagerness, "Yes, I want to see."

When you want to see . . . just like Dhruva Mahārāja. Dhruva Mahārāja was a young boy, he was insulted by his stepmother. Son of a ''kṣatriya'', they were very proud family, even a five-year-old boy could not tolerate the insult. A ''kṣatriya'' cannot tolerate insult, immediately sword. Not that nonviolence. Nonviolence is not for ''kṣatriya''. Therefore it is said, ''varṇāśrama-vibhāgaśaḥ''. You cannot stop violence. There must be violence, but ''kṣatriyas'', they know how to use violence. That is different thing. So he was insulted and he went to his mother, "Stepmother has insulted me like this." He began to cry in front of his mother. She said: "How can I help you, my dear boy? Your father does not care for me, even like the maidservants."

So he was determined to retaliate. So his mother advised that, "If you can meet Kṛṣṇa, or God, He can help you." "Where is God?" "Yes, I have heard that people go to the forest to search out God." This is eagerness. And Nārada Muni, because Kṛṣṇa is within, He is seeing that this boy is very eager. ''Guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja'' ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 19.151|CC Madhya 19.151]]). Kṛṣṇa, as soon as He sees that you are serious, He will send you the help of a spiritual master.