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Attune yourself
to the Active
Inner Guidance
- The Divine Voice
has the answer
to every dilemma
of life. Though
man's ingenuity
for getting himself
into trouble appears
endless, the Infinite
Succour is no
less resourceful.
Bhakti Yoga is
a real genuine
search after the
Lord, a search
beginning, continuing
and ending in
love. One single
moment of the
madness of extreme
love to God brings
us eternal freedom.
"Bhakti," says
Narada in his
explanation the
Bhakti-aphorisms,
"is intense love
to God - when
a man gets it
he loves all,
hates none, he
becomes satisfied
forever.This love
cannot be reduced
to any earthly
benefit because
so long as worldly
desires last,
this kind of love
does not come.
Bhakti is greater
than Karma, greater
than Yoga because
these are intended
for an object
in view while
Bhakti is its
own fruition,
its own end."
The intense love
for the LORD is
termed Bhakti.
Forms, ceremonies,
though necessary
for the evolution
of the soul have
no other value
than taking us
to that state
in which we feel
the most intense
love for God.
The concept of
unconditional
love is to love
God for the sake
of love and not
for granting any
favours. When
we love someone
very deeply, unconditionally,
with implicit
trust and faith
in his love, we
do not question
or care what he
does with us.
The same applies
for our love for
God.
should not love
God because of
any fears, for
love and fear
are not compatible.
There can be no
begging in love.
If you say, "LORD
I love you, grant
me..." this is
not love. If you
want love you
must learn to
give it first
- you cannot get
love by just demanding
it from someone.
If you want God
you must learn
to love Him. The
love for God cannot
be the selfish,
personal, possessive
love of ordinary
relationships.
| "Those who are constantly attached to
ME and worship
ME with love
I give direction
to their will
by which they
come to Me."
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- Satya Sai Baba |
The constant remembrance
of God is denoted
by the word Bhakti.
One great advantage
of Bhakti is that
it is a natural
and easy method
to reach the Divine
end. This singleness
of attachment
to a love object
without which
no genuine love
can grow can sometimes
lead to a renunciation
of everything
else. Those who
value the Divine
pursuit ,as their
ultimate goal
are not attached
to the fleeting
interest of the
mundane life and
the gratification
of the senses.
To them the love
for God becomes
the highest and
only utility of
human existence.
God
is Love. In the
ultimate analysis
the highest truth
is to love God
and to be ONE
with Him. Once
we find this ONENESS
with the Infinite
Being there are
no desires, limitations
or queries. Above
all we must be
in love with God
- so light your
lamp of love today
- NOW.
A
Bhakta (a devotee
charged with the
love of God) who
has intense love
for God feels
and expresses
himself - "God,
you are the ultimate
truth, the only
reality and you
manifest yourself
in different relationships,
but you are the
ONLY LOVE of mine."
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