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Rh personal relation of human beings? Why cannot we invent another word? Is it not too finite and small?

The word Father in our Sanskrit language includes Mother. Very often we use this word in its dual form, Pitaru, meaning "father and mother." Man is born in the arms of the Mother. We have not come merely as the rain comes from the cloud. The great fact is that I am ushered into this life in the arms of my mother and father. This shows that the idea of the personality is already there. Herein we find our relation to the Infinite Person. We know that we are born of love—our relationship is of love, and we feel that our father and mother are the true symbols of our eternal relationship with God. I have to realize this truth every moment. I have to know that I am eternally related to my Father. Then I rise above the trivialities of things, and the whole world acquires meaning for me.

Therefore the first prayer is to realize God as Pita. Thou who createst the infinite world of stars and worlds, Thou art beyond me, but I know one thing intimately, Thou art Pita, Father.

The baby does not know all about its mother's activities, but it knows that she is its mother.