People imagine that God is an entity far beyond human conception and grasp. That is not true. Divinity is nearer than anything else in the world. If you consider It remote, It will appear distant, but if you regard It as near, It will be near. As long as man is conscious of the body, he cannot comprehend a formless Divinity. Hence, he must adore the Divine in human form. If, for instance, a buffalo or a fish thinks of God, they can conceive of God only as a huge buffalo or a gigantic fish. Man also conceives the form of God only in terms of his own human form and attributes. As long as man is attached to the body, he cannot realize God. Only when he sheds his attachment, he can experience the Divine.
(Sanathana Sarathi, March 1994, pg 59)
