See God Everywhere - 1

Sant Namdev was one of the greatest saints ever. He was born in Narsi village of south

Hyderabad region of the modern India. He spent most of his life in devotion in Pandarpur in Maharashtra. There are several stories of how Namdev Ji saw God in both inert (Jad) and conscious (Chetan) entities in the world. One such story is as follows -

Once the hut of Namdev caught fire. The fire ignited from one side of the hut. Namdev Ji was meditating when he saw the fire.

Namdev Ji saw the fire and thought God had come in the form of fire (agni). And he started throwing his things from the other side (which was not burning) in the fire.

He said - O Prabhu! What a surprise that you have come to me. Today you have come with red flames all around you.

Namdev Ji continued talking - But why did you come only from one side of the hut. Why did you not come from everywhere? You accepted my things on only one side. Did the things on the other side do any sin (paap) towards you that they do not get your Grace? Please accept them as well.

Namdev Ji kept throwing even the smallest things into fire and started doing keertan and dancing in ecstasy. 

The fire extinguished in a little while. Namdev Ji became homeless.

And then came the rains. There was no shelter for Namdev Ji.

God Himself had to come as a laborer and built another hut for him.

Such was the love of Saint Namdev Ji.

Moral Of The Story

The saints teach us that whether it is a Jeev or Maya, they are both powers of God and God resides in both of them.

The story teaches us to raise our level of Bhakti by having the consciousness that God is everywhere. He is omnipresent and if we realize this fact all the time, we will get the Grace of God in no time.