What bliss it is to Love and be Loved.

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What bliss it is to Love and be loved

 

Love is the most natural emotion of life. Love is the most euphoric,

ecstatic, overwhelming joy one can ever experience. God has just dipped

us into the nectar of love, which is the spice of life. Why does a

newborn baby start crying the moment she comes into this materialistic

world? How does a baby recognise her mother? Why does she sleep

peacefully in her mother's arms?

 

A mother's womb for a baby is nothing less than a temple, for there

is only love. Enjoying life in such a sweet atmosphere, the baby feels

safe in her mother's womb. God resides in a temple, so a foetus is

regarded as an incarnation of God. And when a baby comes into the world,

she is separated from the spiritual world of freedom.

 

Every breath of the mother is connected to the breath of the baby. Every

beat of the mother's heart is connected to the heartbeat of the

baby. Why then shouldn't she recognise her mother? This is true

love. When the universe was created, God showered his pure love on

everybody. His love for us is boundless. We pray to God because we are

grateful to him.

 

We tend to forget God in times of happiness. Most of the times, we do

not show kindness to others once we get happiness. God wants us to put

our feet on the ground and live a life of love. Serving the children of

God is the best way to love God. No human being should be deprived of

love and kindness.

 

Kindness and courage both are different dimensions of love. Kindness is

the virtue of being compassionate and merciful towards others, be it to

our own baby or someone else's, be it our friend or a stranger.

Every living being in some way or the other is an image of God. By

showing love towards all we can hope to achieve this quality. In the

same way, courage in troubled times is not everybody's cup of tea.

Just as we should love others, it's also important to love ourselves

and the life given to us by God. The holy spirit of God within us is

called the soul. Hence, it is God who is responsible for every good deed

that we do.

 

Joys and sorrows are like day and night. Joys or sorrows... we must

welcome every emotion that God wants us to experience, with courage.

Nothing is permanent, neither joys nor sorrows. No matter how dark the

night, it is followed by day. No matter how painful the sorrow is, joy

is bound to follow. Overcome sorrows with courage.

 

Nowadays there is terrorism in the name of religion. Terrorism is a

dimension of hatred. God is a symbol of love. Spreading hatred for the

sake of God is not justified since God can never ever be happy to see

bloodshed. Gandhi fought for love and unity through the peaceful way of

satyagraha. Unity cannot exist without love. Anything that brings us

closer to God is love. Classical dancers worship God through their

dance. Through this they gain wisdom and attain the highest spiritual

freedom.

 

All her life Meerabai loved Krishna, she worshipped Krishna. She did not

bother what the world would say about her. She just wished to be close

to God, she just wished to be close to love. She is remembered as a

great devotee of God. One should always choose the right path and then

have the conviction and belief to tread it. This is what Meera did.

Think of Krishna and Meera comes to mind. True love brings us closer to

God. God is love. Man, too, can become love.

 

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