Some wisdom from Amma

[Guest guest]

"The common expression is, `I love you.' But, instead of `I love you,' it would

be better to

say, `I am love -- I am the embodiment of Pure Love.' Remove the I and you, and

you will

find that there is only Love. It is as if Love is imprisoned between the I and

you. Remove

the I and you, for they are unreal; they are self-imposed walls that don't

exist. The gulf

between I and you is the ego. When the ego is removed the distance disappears

and the I

and you also disappear. They merge to become one -- and that is Love. You lend

the I and

you their reality. Withdraw your support and they will disappear. Then you will

realize, not

that `I love you,' but that `I am that all-embracing love.'

 

"Children, whenever you go through a difficult time in life, think to

yourselves: `I don't

expect any love from others, because I am not someone who needs to be loved by

others. I

am Love itself. I am an inexhaustible source of love, who will always give love,

and nothing

but love, to everyone who comes to me.'

 

"A perfect Master's presence is the presence of Divine Love. Divine Love cannot

forceÑit is

simply there, for our benefit. Not even worldly love can be forced; what, then,

can be said

about Divine Love, which is beyond all limitations?

 

"When two lovers meet and fall in love, they don't talk about terms or

conditions before

they begin to love each other. If any such exchange were to take place, love

couldn't

happen. When the lovers see each other their hearts spontaneously overflow; they

are

irresistibly drawn to each other. There is no force or effort involved, no words

or

conditions. Love happens when you don't force anything, when you are fully

present

without any sense of `I and mine' blocking the flow. The slightest use of force

will destroy

the beauty of love, so that love cannot happen."

 

- Amma