Gurudeva, Sri Sri Paramahansa Yoganandaji has written that in His early years He longed ardently for Divine Mother and She came to Him as His sublime Gurudeva, Swami Sri Yukteswarji.

      The Eternal Presence of the Divine is perceived by the devotee as the One Omnipresent, Omnipotent, All Pervasive, Ever Blissful, Ever Conscious Beloved; beyond quality and thought, beyond and within creation; sometimes without form, sometimes in the form that most touches the devotee's heart ~ eternally present, without beginning or end, and bestowing Unconditional Love and Ever-new Joy.

      Recognizing the Divine Eternal Presence in meditation, the devotee is filled with ardor and the will to go beyond phenomenon to merge with that Eternal Presence.