GOD IS LOVE

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OM NAMAH SIVAYA

 

i know it's not related to Amma but wanted to post this. pls excuse.

 

 

SIVANANDA DAILY READING FOR 11 MAY

GOD IS LOVE

 

God is love. Love is God. God is nectar. God is prem. Bhakti is

supreme love towards God. Bhakti is the greatest power on earth. It

gushes from one's pure heart. It redeems and saves. It purifies the

heart. Devotion is the seed. Faith is the root. Service of the

saints is the shower. Communion with the Lord is the fruit.  

 

Bhakti is of two kinds - apara bhakti (a lower type of devotion) and

para bhakti (supreme love). Ringing bells and waving lights is apara

bhakti. A devotee who practises this has no expanded heart, is a

sectarian and dislikes other kinds of bhaktas who worship other

deities. In para bhakti, there is no ritualistic worship, the

devotee is absorbed in God. In supreme love the devotee forgets

himself entirely; he only thinks thoughts of God. Para bhakti and

jnana are one. In the end the two become one.  

 

Bhakti grows gradually just as you grow a flower or a tree in a

garden. Cultivate bhakti in the garden of your heart gradually.

Faith is necessary for attaining God-realisation. Faith can work

wonders. Faith can move mountains. Faith can take you to the inner

chambers of the Lord where reason dare not enter.  

 

Japa (repetition of God's name), kirtan (chanting), prayer, service

of saints, study of books on bhakti all are aids to devotion. So too

is satvic (pure) food such as fruit and milk etc.  

 

Evil company is the enemy of devotion. Give up evil company and take

recourse to satsanga (or the company of saints). Pray to the Lord

thus: "O adorable Lord of compassion and love! Give me faith and

devotion. Let my mind be ever fixed on thy lotus feet. Let me have

constant remembrance of thee. Let me sing thy glory always."  

 

A bhakta always does everything to please the Lord. He will abandon

everything that displeases the Lord. Thus he corrects himself and

removes all defects. He does not practise deliberate self-discipline

like a yogi.

 

JAI MA

 

 

 

 

Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha!

 

 

 

 

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