God alone! by Paramahansa Yogananda

God alone!

Who knows the secrets of all
men, living and dead? God
alone!

Who rested in the eternal void, before the
atoms blinked glittering eyes and started the dance
of creation? God alone!

We came here from some mysterious realm,
we know not whence; we shall soon depart for an-
other sphere, we know not whither. Who can ex-
plain the reason for our compulsory journeys? God
alone!

With cause-effect threads we weave our intri-
cate life patterns. Individuality and free will mark
the myriad designs. Who sees their hidden har-
mony with a divine schema? Who unifies the be-
wildering variety of man's creative expression? God
alone!

Who understands the origin and destination of
the grand procession of living creatures that end-
lessly emerges from mystic chambers of space?
Who can tell in what skyey mansions now dwell
the countless visitors to this planet who, at the
touch of Death's magic wand, instantly vanished?
God alone!

Our dear ones promise to love us forever; yet
when they sink into the Great Sleep, their earth
memories forsaken,what value their vows? Who
without telling us in words, loves us everlastingly?
who remembers us when all others forget us? who
will still be with us when we leave the friends of
this world? God alone!

Man plays his part, then hides behind the
scenes at death, returning here in a new costume of
flesh to perform again on the stage of time. Who
recalls the previous roles of all persons? who is
aware of their future assignments? who leads them
surely through the baffling windings in the curious
labyrinth of their many incarnations? God alone!

Why is He playing this game, and why He
keeps the knowledge to Himself, sharing it only
meagerly with us, His children, is a mystery under-
stood by God alone.

When we dispel the delusion of physical-body
identity we solve the riddle of life that sphinxlike
confronts us. Who will then give us the clue to the
Final Conundrum of the Cosmos? God alone!