Another Path to Universal Love

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Here is today's saying:

 

“ . . . another kind of tendency . . . results in people thinking very high of

themselves. But, sometimes they themselves feel that they are aggrandising

themselves. They therefore find it difficult to convince others about their

greatness. Therefore such persons define the boundaries of their greatness and

say ‘I am the king of this kingdom,' 'I am a singer,' ‘I am beautiful’ and so

on. Gradually the same feeling gets established in the heart also.

 

Here, because the person is creating boundaries to his greatness, he tends to

develop ego which makes him to boast ‘I am the king’ and so on. Ego makes way to

unprecedented havoc. Therefore the self created boundaries should be dismantled.

One should start extending one’s thinking to assert ‘I created the world’, ‘I am

the Real’ ‘ I pervade the entire creation’ and so on.

 

The Upanishads have used the aphorism "Aham Brahmasmi" to narrate this thinking.

 

If you can extend your thinking to this level, then you will not dislike or hate

any being. Moreover, as the entire world is your creation, you will naturally

develop love for each and every particle of the creation.

 

Thus, whether you consider yourself very lowly or very high, you will reach the

same goal. It is nothing but Universal Love. Those who don’t realise this truth

quarrel among themselves in trying to establish their superiority. The fact is

that there is only one circle in the middle. Whichever path one may take, the

final goal is the same circle. The name of this circle is ‘I’."

 

Sri Swamiji

Bhakti Mala, August 1998

http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/bhaktimala/august98/sooktimanjari.htm

 

Sri Guru Datta,

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