The title is an inversion of the English proverb. Since 1956 when the Force descended on earth, God seeking Man more than Man seeking God has become a greater reality. We see no God, we see only how prosperous we are. Prosperity is the God for the householder. The Force came down on earth in 1956 but began to act through the governments in 1967. From then onwards its action is more and more pronounced. Just now Man is surrounded by a plethora of social opportunities. Psychologically it is greater.

The supramental plane is the causal plane where the law of cause and effect finds a play. It is the plane where Brahman dwells. It is the plane of pure spirit. The causal inversion is far more drastic than the subtle inversion. It comes positively as well as negatively. In both cases the outcome is more than marvelous. Swami Ramalinga lived in Vadalur which was in his time a little village. In his letters Sri Aurobindo speaks of stray individuals reaching Supermind and said, "One such was living in these parts." It was a reference to Sri Ramalinga Swami.

We see with our naked eyes what happens in the physical world around us. It is the gross material plane. What is unseen or invisible is the subtle plane. Beyond the subtle plane resides the great divine powers in the causal plane where the law of cause and effect rules. The most obvious of these events is what we witness as the phenomenon where what is left unsaid becomes true. There is a good deal of subtle awareness in life. There is an equally good deal of unawareness of subtle phenomenon. 

Spirit is Power. It has more power than Mind or Body. We call the power of Spirit miraculous. As long as we are not in the plane of the Spirit, its power looks like a miracle to us.  In its own plane, the character of being miraculous disappears. Miracle is the observation of events in one plane of the play of forces from another plane. For one who has not heard of a camera or seen a photograph, photography is a miracle. It is not so to us who know what it is and how it works.

In the sixties a worker joined a team of people collecting manure. He was paid one rupee a day. He was young, full of energy, resourceful in work. Soon he became the leader of the group. Agriculture work offers no scope for labourers on daily wage. He was posted as a watchman on the same salary.  Communities are known for different attitudes. Families of blacksmiths will be extremely skillful. So are the carpenters to a lesser degree. Certain communities among the working class have distinguished themselves for utter loyalty to the master.

When a jewel is lost, one goes to a clairvoyant who takes a betel leaf and smears a black paste on it. On that he sees the thief and describes him. He can say whether the jewel will be restored or not. This is subtle vision. Subtle vision is subtle, not necessarily spiritual. All spiritual visions are necessarily subtle. People seek a saint for the redressal of their grievances. As a rule, saints bless people and most of their problems, except karmic ones, are solved.

Saints, sages, realised souls, vibhutis, and even Avatars are not recognised in their immediate environment. Usually they are recognised after their lives. Persecution is the rule, recognition is the exception. Most of the saints who were exceedingly popular during their lives are easily forgotten by posterity because their popularity was due to their personality and not due to their spirituality. How can we evaluate the spiritual worth of a person? There are two ways. One is to know them by what they are. The other is to know how they impact on our own human lives.

When India became free, Nehru was looking for a programme that would usher India into prosperity. Lenin devised soviets at the rural level and said electricity and soviets would together bring communism to Russia. Every new technology closes the gap between the high and the low to some extent. Education is an institution that does so in a great measure. When a new opportunity arises, not all sections of the population take equal advantage of it. The more organised, the more cultured get more out of the NEW.

Housing, high cost of education, and consumer durables available through hire-purchase add a great weight or pressure on the middle class population to earn more. But their salaried jobs offer little scope to expand their income. In all rich countries, the salaried job is looked down upon. The government job is the least attractive there. Only those who cannot venture take a job. In the West the nation as a whole respects the entrepreneur. In India it is the reverse. Only those who cannot secure a government job open a shop. The situation has slowly begun to change.

It was the sannyasi who discovered God, not the householder. The three stages of domestic life prepared one for sannyasa. One who gives up the family life discovers the riches of the Spirit, not one who enjoys the security of domestic joys. Wealth lies in self-employment, not in salaried jobs. All the talents of India have gravitated to the security of salaried jobs in the government where the present as well as the future is secure. Security banishes the accomplishment of the entrepreneur, the self-employed adventurer.