*****LOVE******

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Om Namah Shivaya.

 

For past couple of days, I was just having a look at some of old

messages in this forum, and was astonished with the topics

discussed.From message 22 on this forum a nice topic was discussed. "

WHAT IS LOVE? "

 

Can we discuss on " What is Love? " again.

 

Thanks in advance for your posts.

Shivaya Namah Aum.

Thiruchitrambalam.

Senthil.

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Thanks senthil... I am reposting one of my old posts about love !!

 

What is Love ? Is it love which a teenager expressese, forced by its

adulthood harmones ?

 

Is it the feeling of the mother for her tiny child, forced by the

genes?

 

Is it a demand of our ego forcing us to like an individual for some

gains ?

 

The force of Love is so powerful that it has changed history…. It

was love which made Ranjha, prince of Hazara (now in Pakistan) work

as a cowherd boy in his beloveds kingdom.. It was love which forced

Farhaad to dig a river in mountains to get his love….. It was love

which took head of Mirza, the lover of Sahiba…..it was love that

made Gopis of Vrindavana weep for Krishna…. It was love which

brought blessings on the lips of Christ while being crucified. It

was love that made Ravana fight with Rama……It was Love that made

Tagore write Gitanjali….It was love that Vivekananada used his youth

and energy on spreading the message of god…….and it is love that we

are discussing Love here !!!

 

What is this strange feeling, which overtakes us…...makes us a slave

of its design ? Why do we love in the first place ? Be it for lust,

or genetical or biological reasons or selfishness, these lower

feelings are always backed by a strong force callled Love which

translates itself into lower needs due to some reasons…but what is

the powerful force behind it.

 

So when we talk of love, we shud really not think of its lower

manifestations like sex, lust, or selfishness, but try to see the

powerful energy behind them…..the force of Divine Love……what is it ??

 

In the beginning the Bramha (Paramatama, Paramshiva,Purusha), and

his shakti (the energy, prakrity, durga) remain one….At the time of

manifestation of Universes….Shakti feels itself separated from

Purusha

 

And with the reflection of consciousness, the three gunas start

manifesting themselves… This separation is not real but duality in

unity. But while in a plane where shakti feels itself separated……

develops a force of attraction towards the consciousness..

 

This force of meeting and merging back into the supereme

consciousness is the Divine Love. This divine love is present in

every form of Shakti on all planes. shakti is continuously feeling

the " Viraha " (or the feeling of separation), and manifests in

different forms, and enjoys the bliss of merging/meeting of two

forms as that of HER merging with Shiva.

 

So Love is the eternal force of Nature, by which it is manifeting

into different forms.. When we love someone/something, it is the

eternal power of the Shakti which forces us to do so, but the force

is translated by our ego into lust, sex, affection, infatuation,

friendship, greed or anything….but the basic energy of Divine Loves

remains the same in all types of love.

 

So here we see that when we love someone, it is in fact first felt

by " Viraha " . We miss something and then find that feeling of missing

being fulfilled in a person/thing. That feeling of Viraha, is the

key to divine love. The more powerful is the Viraha or the feeling

of separation, the more powerful will be the energy of Love released

by the Kundalini….the more the power of kundalini, the purer and

powerful it will be.

 

And Mother Nature does not work on our translations of this Divine

love into sex or lust or affection. It tries to awake the feeling of

separation in us….to make us more wanting….until the feeling of

separation becomes….uniquly for the Truth/consciousness….

 

That is why when we love someone so dearly…with our heart and soul…

He/She is snatched from us….and we go down into the realms of

sadness with Viraha…But Congratulate yourself that Nature has

selected u for this feeling….Change yr subject of viraha…Make HIM

your lover (It is in fact HE who was loved by you in a human form!!)

 

Many sufi saints understood this game of nature, and their

meditation basically started from Viraha. Ghulam farid, baba Bulle

shah, R.N.Tagore, Varis shah are some of the saints of India, whose

songs were full of Viraha or the separation from the supreme. They

knew that the Force of viraha will make them capable of reaching the

Divine love. This divine love has no fears, no demands, no selfish

ends, it does not nourishe ego, no punishments, no sins…..pure love…

for the sake of love nothing else.

 

Shri Krishna, the God Himself, confirmed to the humanity that Divine

love can only be found by Viraha. Gopis of vrindavana who loved shri

Krishna so much were given this Jolt of viraha by shri Krishna when

he left Vrindavana for good. Gopis who could not live without seeing

Krishna for a day had to bear the feeling of separation for

ever…..they wept and when Udhhava the Great Gyani was sent to them

to console,he told them all about Yoga path etc. and asked them to

forget Krishna and worship God.

 

The Gopis at this sang some songs to tell Udhhava how much they

loved krishna. We have some beautiful songs in Local language

depicting their love. In one such songs the gopis sing, " O

Uddhava….Please bring the deadliest poisnous snake, and let us be

bitten by these….. Or let thousands scorpions be made our bed and

make us sleep with them…..Or throw us down from the highest mountain

….Or wrap us in the most inflammable clothe and burn us….we would

stand all of these tyrannies….But Do not ask us not

 

to love Nand Lala (Krishna)……..

 

In another song they sing , " Kaun Baramh ki jaat, Gyaan kaa se kaho

Udhho….. Hamre sunder Shyam, Prem ko marag sudho " --- O Uddhava, who

is this Brahma of yours and whom are you teaching this gyan ? We

have a straight path of love…and we have our loving Krishna waiting

for us on the other end….what else we need ? "

 

 

 

Do we have such Viraha for God ? do we have such love for God ? If

not let us learn it by Sadhna. When we will make HIM the subject of

our LOVE, all forms of our Prakriti, higher or lower will rush and

grab that love and resonate with our love….and this is what God

wishes us to do !!!!!!!

 

With my divine love to all

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vaiSNave prItir AstAM me prItir AstAM prabhor guNe

sevAyAM prItir AstAM me prItir Artiz ca kIrtane

Azrite prItir AstAM me prItiz ca bhajanonmukhe

Atmani prItir AstAM me kRSNa-bhaktir yathA bhavet

 

(prayer composition of Sri Haridas Shastri)

 

 

May I have love for the Lord's devotees.

May I have love for the Lord's qualities.

May I have love for selfless Divine service.

May I have love for tearful singing of Divine name.

May I have love for those who have surrendered.

May I have love for those who even

have a desire to join in Divine service.

May I have love for the Universal Soul,

just as my devotion to Lord Krishna.

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

 

, " Senthil " <senthil_sym wrote:

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> Om Namah Shivaya.