Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

[Guest guest]

Every Moment Ever Increasing Love

 

God is infinite; therefore everything about God is Infinite - " Hari

anant, Hari katha anantaa. " (Manasa Bal: 140:3). God's love is also

infinite. Rather, in true love there is infinite joy and sentiments.

The meaning of infinite joy is that, it is every moment, ever

increasing love (pratikshan vardhamaan prem). And, in this moment by

moment, ever increasing love, there is both a feeling of missing and

longing for the beloved and at the same time a feeling of constant

union. Without missing and longing for the beloved, one cannot savor

the nectar of union. And without union, one cannot experience the

true sentiments and joy of love.

 

In this world, neither the enjoyment of union remains, nor the

longing for the beloved who is not present remains. This is because

in this world, only separation is constant; whereas with God, only

union is constant. In the midst of constant separation in this

world, we experience moments of union and separation, whereas in the

midst of constant union with God, we experience occasional longing

due to separation. Just like Kaushalya mata says to Sumitra

" Hey Sumitra, if Lord Ram has gone to the forest, then why do I see

Him here? And if He has not gone to the forest, then why on seeing

Him, there is this deep longing for Him? " Rather in divine love,

there is both a feeling union and separation at the same time.

 

Both union with and (longing due to) separation from God are eternal,

inexpressible in words and divine. Rather God's love is every

moment, ever increasing love. In union, the lover feels he is

deficient in love. He feels that for what God is, his love is not up

to the mark. At the same time, in separation, the lover is never

oblivion of the beloved. Rather the lover is forever engrossed in

his beloved. Both union and separation are given by God and both are

in essence God's divine nature. God creates the feeling of

separation, so that the beloved devotee may experience something

missing in their love, and in this feeling of incompleteness, in

their inability to love completely, the beloved's love is ever

increasing. God also showers the devotee with union, so that the

devotee can experience the nectar and joy of union.

 

Just like the ocean is peaceful from within, but externally there

appears to be constant activity of the waves, and especially from

the attraction of the moon, there is even more turmoil. But in spite

of the external turbulence, the water in the ocean does not increase

or decrease. It remains the same at all times. Similarly in this

infinite love and joy, there are waves of sentiments, but the love

is ever the same. When the love is calm, at that time, the lover

and the beloved become one, without a second. And when there is

stirring within, then the lover and beloved become two. In spite of

being one, they become two, due to a deep longing for union. And

from two when they become one, it is union!.