Spiritual path of Life.

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Dear friends and Devotees,

 

Bhakti is eternal,

 

Share the wisdom of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji.

 

LOVE

 

13. Love is your nature. In the process of its expression, you often

become ensnared in the object. This is when your sight is caught

outside. To return to your nature, you need insight.

 

Pain is the first insight. It takes you away from the object and turns

you towards your body and mind.

 

Energy is the second insight. A bolt of energy brings you back to your

self.

 

Divine love is the third insight. A glimpse of Divine love makes you

complete and over rules all relative pleasures.

 

Trance is the fourth insight. An elevation of consciousness and partial

awareness of the physical reality around you is trance. This brings you

back to your nature.

 

Realization of non-dual existence †" that everything is made up of

one and only one †" is the fifth sight.

 

14. In love you elevate and object to life. When you love an object, it

becomes alive.

 

For children everything is personal. Children take each object and make

it totally personal. Even a stone has a face; even the sun laughs.

When you attach emotion to it, all of creation becomes personal. When

you remove emotion, even people become object. Violence is removing

emotion. How can a person kill another human being? Violence only

happens when someone does not see the other person as a human being;

they see them as an object. But even a stone attracts reverence when it

becomes personal.

 

In military training soldiers are taught to see people as deadly objects

coming toward them that need to be killed first. But in a temple even a

stones is elevated to the level of spirit.

 

The impersonal cannot attract reverence. Most people see God as

impersonal and therefore they do not progress. When we say something is

not real, then it is impersonal. When we personalize something, we make

it real. So then, what is reality? You are the reality. You are not

your thoughts; you are neither your emotions nor your actions. You are

not even just a person --- you are the reality.

 

To be continued. . .

 

With love and regards,

 

Sastry.