Swami Sivananda - The Divine Secret

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Dear Divine Souls in TBP,

 

Love and Love alone...

 

See, what Pujya Swami Sivananda Says about Divine Love and Wisdom.

That is what I was referring to in one of my earlier postings

on " Love " , Love for the sake of just Love .... in spite of ....

 

Love and Love alone....

 

P. Gopi Krishna

 

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THE DIVINE SECRET

 

True wisdom is love. The way is only one love divine that is all.

Love divine is a great power; it is the basis of all religious life.

Divine love has no sex. It sees God in all and all in God. Where

love is, there God is. From love the world is born, by love it is

sustained and into love it enters. He who loves not, knows not God,

because God is love.

 

Open the floodgates of your heart for the inpouring of love divine.

The path is through love every moment of separation is a pang of

death to the lovers and the devotees. Day and night the flame of

love burns in the hearts of the devotees. Solace comes to the

devotee in the flow of tears. The creeper of love is nourished by

the eyes.

 

Love is not a passing sentiment or a feeble emotion it is strong,

deep, enduring. There is real love only when there is true inward

identification with the life of another entity. Pure love divine

communes with the beloved, with unity, with the one, the all

pervading essence of bliss.

 

The most important aspect of spiritual life is bhakti (devotion),

and the secret of bhakti is love, a love which embraces all. Company

of saints, kirtan (chanting) of the Lord's names, study of the

Bhagavatam and service of the saints will create love for the Lord.

 

Love of the body or skin is passion. Love of God is prema (or

devotion). It is pure love, love for love's sake. To love someone

for attaining a selfish gain, is selfish love. It binds you to this

earth. To love all beings, as manifestations of the Lord himself is

pure love and leads to liberation. Pure love redeems and purifies

the heart and transmutes you into divinity. God is an embodiment of

love an ocean of love. If you wish to attain God realisation you

must also become an embodiment of love. Love inspires, illumines and

leads the way. Love is giving and not taking. Love cements the

broken heart. It is the key to open the door to moksha.

 

Love inspires love. It is divine elixir; it bestows immortality,

supreme peace and everlasting joy. Love is the golden link which

binds heart to heart, mind to mind and soul to soul. Love never

reasons but ever profusely gives. It is not affected by offence or

insult. It looks only with the heart.

 

Gopi Krishna <gopi