for the Lord, like a wife has for her husband in the beginning, only then you develop bhakti. Pure selfless bhakti is very difficult to attain. In bhakti, soul and mind lose themselves in the Lord. “Thereafter comes the state of bhava. In bhava, man becomes speechless. His breathing stops and he goes automatically into kumbhak (suspension of breath) - as it happens while firing from the gun. A marksman while firing a bullet becomes speechless and his breathing stops. “To attain prema is a far cry. Chaitanya Deva attained it. When you have prema for the Lord, you forget the external objects, you forget the world. You forget even your own body which is so dear to you.” Saying so, Sri Ramakrishna begins to sing again When will such a day come?
When streams of tears shall flow down my eyes uttering Hari, Hari (when will such a day come?) When I am able to rid myself of worldly desires (when will such a day come?) When shall my hairs shall stand on end (when will such a day come?)
Chapter Four Bhava and Kumbhak -
[2] vision of Bhagavan when mahavayu rises While the conversation is going on in this way, many other invited Brahmo bhaktas arrive. Many among them are learned, occupying high position in the government. One of them is Rajni Nath Ray. Thakur says, “In the state of bhava your breathing stops.” He further says, “When Arjuna pierced his target, his sight was fixed only on the eye of the fish - he was not looking at anything else. So much so that he was not able to see any other organ (of the fish) but the eye. In such a state, one’s breathing stops and one attains the state of kumbhak.”
“There is another mark of the vision of the Lord: The mahavayu current from within gurgles up towards the brain. At that time if one attains samadhi, one sees Bhagavan.” Mere learning by itself is deceptive - riches, power, honour and rank are all illusory
(Looking at the arrived Brahmo bhaktas) “They who are mere