' God is Realised '...

"There are three different paths to reach the ideal, the path of *I*, the path of *Thou*, and the path of *Thou and I*.

According to the first, all that is, has been, or ever will be, is I myself.

In other words, I am, I was, and I shall be, to all eternity.

According to the second, Thou are, O Lord, and all is Thine.

And according to the third, Thou art the Lord, and I am Thy servant or Thy son.

In the perfection of any one of these three, God is realised."



-Sri Ramakrishna
Teachings of Sri Ramakrishna
Calcutta: Advaita Ashram, 1997, p. 31