The Devotee: "Sir, in what state of mind does one have the vision of the Lord?"
#SriRamakrishna : "One can attain nothing unless one concentrates the mind to a point. The Bhagavata mentions, that Shukadeva would walk around looking like a soldier with a bayonet. He would see neither this way nor that - his eyes were glued to his goal, Bhagavan. This is called Yoga.
The chatak bird drinks only rainwater. Let the Ganges, the Jamuna, the Godavari and other rivers be full of water. Let the seven seas also be full of water. But it will not take water from any of these. It will only drink the rainwater from the cloud of swati nakshatra (a particular conjunction of stars).
He, who has attained such Yoga, can have the Lord's vision. Till the curtain rises in a theatre, the audience talks of their homes, their offices, their schools and so on. As soon as the curtain rises, all talk stops at once. Then all eyes are fixed on the play.
Even if one speaks a word or two after a long time, one talks only about the play".