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Kindling Love
A lover is one who loves. Lovers are not made. They have to create love.
You can dig a well, but the water must spring up by itself. You don't
pour water into a well and draw it again. So, what is the fun in expecting
the Master to put love into your heart, and then take that love from
you, as if it is your love for Him. So please understand very carefully
that Sahaj Marg means the Yoga of Love. And if it is not blessed
by that love between the Master and the abhyasi, it is a futile exercise,
from which we should resile at the earliest possible moment, because
it is going to be a waste of time, not so much for us, as for that poor
man who is struggling for us. Let us at least show Him this much consideration,
that we don't waste His time and His efforts.
We must feel ourselves connected with the Supreme Power every moment
with an unbroken chain of thought during all our activities. It can
be easily accomplished if we treat all our action and work to be a part
of Divine duty, entrusted to us by the Great Master whom we are to serve
as best as we can.
So when we are in deep love, we shall naturally feel impatient to secure
nearness with the loved object. When we are greatly in love with any
of the worldly objects its idea comes to our mind again and again, and
we think of it over and over again. Now in order to develop Divine love
in our heart, we have only to reverse the process. If we remember God
frequently or for the most part of the day, we will automatically develop
love for Him, which if continued with earnestness will create impatience
in our heart to secure union at the earliest. Another way of developing
love with God is to play the part of a lover as if you are enacting
a drama. But it is only for those who are almost incapable of finer
means. The method though artificial, will shortly bring you to reality
and feeling of true love and impatience will begin to agitate your heart.
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