LOVE OF HUMANITY IS LOVE OF GOD

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LOVE OF HUMANITY IS LOVE OF GOD

 

If we love God then it automatically follows that our love extends to

humanity. Humanity is creation of THAT creator. Not loving HIS

creation would mean disregarding and disrespecting HIS existence

thereby implying that our love for HIM is superficial.

 

Often we hear learned people saying that they love God and love

everyone. However, it is easier said than done. The very same people

will be seen judging others, telling others what is wrong in their

behavior and how to behave rightly etc without realizing that each

and everyone behaves in a particular manner due to various reasons

(like Prarabdh) which we cannot contemplate. We do not know why a

person behaves in a particular manner.

 

Loving God means accepting each and everyone just the way they are

and not passing any judgments. Everything that God has created is in

perfection. All that we see around us and also what we cannot see or

feel through our five senses is result of that Divine Will.

Therefore, it has to be PERFECT.

 

What is perfect need not be judged. Our Shastras are full of stories

where one persons bad behaviour (like Kekayi in Ramayana) has

resulted in destruction of demons. With our limited capabilities we

cannot judge what the cause of someones action is and what will be

the ultimate result of that action. Keeping this in mind, if we stop

judging others, and love everyone equally we will be reflecting back

what we have got - Gods Love to back to HIS creation.

 

True divine love is impartial. It knows no difference. The Sun, the

Moon, the Trees, the Nature offers its comfort & grace to all without

any discrimination. We are also part of this creation and most

intelligent of all then why do we distinguish when it comes to giving

out love. It could be because we consider ourselves and others

separate from each other. This is mine that is theirs etc.

 

While interpreting a verse of The Bhagvad Gita, SaiBaba has very

kindly explained that the disciple also is in fact of the same

swarupa. But, it is overlaid by the effect of the samaskaras of

innumerable births in the shape of ignorance, which hides from his

view that he is Shuddha Chaitanya (see B.G. Ch. V-15). As stated

therein, he gets the impressions - " I am Jiva, a creature, humble and

poor. "

 

The Guru has to root out these offshoots of ignorance and has to give

upadesh or instruction. To the disciple, held spell-bound for endless

generations by the ideas of his being a creature, humble and poor,

the Guru imparts in hundreds of births the teaching - " You are God,

you are mighty and opulent. " Then, he realizes a bit that he is God

really. In a state of ignorance, the human believes that I am a Jiva

(creature), Body is the soul (I am the body), God, world and Jiva are

different, I am not God, Not knowing, that body is not the soul and

Not knowing that God, world and Jiva are one. Unless these errors are

exposed to his view, the disciple cannot learn what is God, jiva,

world, body; how they are inter-related and whether they are

different from each other, or are one and the same.

 

Our body is vehicle of our soul and our soul is part of Divine

Spirit. We have what God has but in our ignorance we fail to

understand this and feel that we are different, separate and better

than others. When in ignorance we compare ourselves with others we

are admitting that we are separate from each other which is not true.

 

Now that we realize we are God really, it means the whole humanity is

God indeed. If that be so we are all One with the creation and

creator. If there is no separation, there can be no comparison and

difference. All deserve love without any discrimination.

 

It is a fact that divinity is embedded in our inner being (we being

his creation). Thus, we have vast ocean of divine love flowing gently

within us. We all are full of Love and we are not even aware of this.

All we have to do is to accept this fact, realize it, tap it and

shower our inner divine Love outwards - towards whole humanity. What

we give out we get back. Therefore, this greatest gift of God that we

have- LOVE, is meant to be shared impartially with everyone so that

it easily comes back to us too. SOW love REAP love.

 

Jai Sai Ram

Swamy Mahadevan

Bow to Shri Sai-Peace to all