Vivekananda Mailing List-2/2/04

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All the different kinds of love which we see in the world, and with

which we are more or less playing merely, have God as the one goal; but

unfortunately, man does not know the infinite ocean into which this

mighty river of love is constantly flowing, and so, foolishly, he often

tries to direct it to little dolls of human beings. The tremendous love

for the child that is in human nature is not for the little doll of a

child; if you bestow it blindly and exclusively on the child, you will

suffer in consequence. But through such suffering will come the

awakening by which you are sure to find out that the love which is in

you, if it is given to any human being, will sooner or later bring pain

and sorrow as the result. Our love must, therefore, be given to the

Highest One who never dies and never changes, to Him in the ocean of

whose love there is neither ebb nor flow. Love must get to its right

destination, it must go unto Him who is really the infinite ocean of

love.