Part-2 Sundays talk by Prof Anil Kumar...True Love is love for God

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TRUE LOVE IS LOVE FOR GOD

Above all, true love is love for God. Spiritual love for God is Divine. In a social setting, when you love God you love everyone, because the same God is present in everyone. If you love socially, it is not possible to love everyone, because you have your own limitations, your own ideas, dogma, fundamentalism, agenda, goals, and motives, which will never allow you to love all. In order to love all, you should love God first. When you love God, you will be able to love everyone. That kind of love is Divine. That love is spiritual. That life is God’s life.

God’s life is not anything different from human life. Human life is governed by certain limitations, but God’s life is beyond. We do have love. If this love grows above and beyond our limitations, and if that love is ever expanding, then that is true love. To quote Baba, “Expansion of love is life.†This is the quality of Divine love. Therefore, my friends, respect for life is the first of the two resolutions for the year 2010.

RESPECT FOR LIFE LEADS TO INNER REALITY

Respect for life also wants us to “be,†and not to “be seen.†We may appear to be good, but let us actually be good, and not just appear to be good. Let us be spiritual, and not simply appear to be spiritual. Let us be honest, not only appear to be honest. “To be†is more important than “to appear.†This is a sign of true respect for life. When you respect your life you will not be a hypocrite. You will never have double standards; you don’t cheat yourselves or deceive others. Why? Because you are what you are. You are in a state of being. Be and never want to be. Never wish to be. Never only appear to be, but be always what you are. Be what you should be. That is the sign of respect for life.

When you are in that state of “be,†it will take you to your “beingâ€â”€ the true reality. The reality is being ─ being is possible from the state of “to be.†From “be†to “being.†If you just appear to be, you are only an actor. It is only a drama, and in a drama you are not what you should be. You appear to be the role you play. In a drama you may play the role of Jesus Christ. You appear to be Christ, but you are not Christ. But if you imitate Christ, if you follow his footsteps, you are the Christ. Be a Christ, and don’t merely appear to be a Christ. This is respect for life. When you are in that state of “be,†it is easy to experience “being†─ your inner reality and your true, cosmic, universal Self.

THE BENEFITS OF RESPECT FOR LIFE

Then you may ask me another question. What are the benefits if I have respect for life? What do I get? Or what are the profits and gains if we respect life? Well, the first and foremost is that you will be creative. You will have creative powers because life is creative. Why? It is the gift of the Creator. He has given this life to be creative. You can be creative if you have respect for life.

Second, if you have respect for life you are ready to help anybody in times of need. You are ready to extend your helping hand to the poor and suffering. This will make you a man of action ─ a karma yogi. This is the sign of respect for life.

When you respect your life, you develop awareness, alertness, wakefulness, and watchfulness of your inner being, of what you really are: not what others think you are, not what you think you are, but what you really are. Respect for life will help you to experience being what you really are. That is the third point.

Fourthly, respect for life will make you responsive, receptive and sensitive to the suffering of others, as when an area is affected by a tsunami, floods, or earthquakes. We read in the newspaper today that in Haiti, because of the earthquake, one hundred thousand people have died. What havoc and damage that earthquake has brought into the Haitian people’s lives! Immediately we find the whole world responding. President Obama announced that the United States is ready for rescue operations. You find all the nations ready to help Haiti and the earthquake victims. Recently Andhra Pradesh, Kurnool, and Mahboob Nagar were affected by floods. The whole country came together. Gujarat was affected by an earthquake. Everyone took up rescue operations voluntarily. This is respect for life. To help others is certainly an expression and manifestation of your respect for life.

 

RESPECT FOR LIFE CREATES FREEDOM AND PERFECTION

A man who has respect for life will enjoy freedom. What do you mean by freedom? My friends, we think freedom means to act in the way one wants, to speak in the way one wishes to. No! Freedom means to act in the way you should and to speak in the way you should so that you can enjoy this freedom. This kind of freedom is the birthright of a person who has respect for life.

Respect for life also wants you to be perfect. Perfection is the aim of a man who has respect for life. A man doesn’t want to be imperfect, or semi-successful .He wants to be one-hundred percent successful. That is a sign of respect for life. How to be a man of perfection is the next question. As an example, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba said, “The end of culture is perfection. The end of knowledge is love. The end of education is character. The end of wisdom is freedom.†Baba refers to perfection as culture. Source: www.saiwisdom.com------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---- Jai Sai Ram