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"The foundation of a spiritual association
with the Master is love."
All religions preach love. It has formed the major theme of the world's
output of great poetry. At the individual level everyone seeks it in
his or her own life. Love has been responsible for heroic deeds, for
acts of great courage and valour, and for much of the world's artistic
output. It is probably quite true to say that behind every act of human
endeavour lies this search for love. And its glorious working of unsurpassed
beauty is in the manifestation of faith - faith at all levels culminating
in the spiritual life where love finds its supreme flowering and glory
in the search for the unknown Ultimate.
If you wish to go to the Paratattva, the ultimate, how can you
possibly love a formless, nameless, qualityless, attributeless thing;
you cannot call it a thing; a thing must have some substance. So He
in His mercy comes in our hearts and it is very easy to love myself.
That is what we are doing all the time. Selfishness means love of myself
in a lesser way, in a grossly materialistic way, if you pardon me in
saying this, in a stupid way. It is a self love based on the form, the
figure, the flesh and blood, of a lusty, passionate, selfish, pleasure-seeking,
egoistic, power-seeking individual. If I could become a little more
selfish and penetrate into the heart of myself, and love that which
is inside me, I become attained. So this is the message of spirituality
- 'My son, God is in everything but if you worship Him in a form, you
are limited by that form.' Spirituality does not design form worship;
spirituality has never designed because it is in the atoms as it is
in the universe*. Any object must be fit for worship.
So we have to find that which can bring a beneficial thing in our life,
make us progressively grow into Him, which is the Lakshya [goal]
of our Sadhana. And because He is eternal, omnipresent, omnipotent but
nevertheless formless, nameless, attributeless, therefore, I cannot
seek Him. A guru comes and says, 'My son, meditate. He is in your heart
too.' If you believe He is eternal, He is everywhere, why do you not
seek Him here, where He is always available, whether you are in bed,
sitting in the latrine, at the dining table, or in your office? Can
you separate Him from you? 'No.' Then seek IT here. So this is the simple
logic of the spiritual existence, the simple way.
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