They are frightened, because they have lost God; they do not know that He is near them; they utter loud cries and beat their limbs and faces! We do not learn that God is near us till we have reached the uttermost limit of grief. Tuka says, He is keen to discern; He can tell true from false devotion.
Hinduism
Tukaram, Poem 1237
Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents