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Pure Love
Pure Love
and attraction. They forget everything else and in such situations they can never be without any expectations for even a second. No body can be without expectations. Except for the Gnani, no one can be without any expectations. All these people that claim to be unselfish and without expectations are actually taking advantage of the world.
The Test Of Love Questioner: So what kind of love do parents have?
when her child is sixty years old.
Questioner : But isn't a mother's love for her child an unselfish love?
Dadashri : A mother's love for her child is not unselfish. This will be evident when the child grows up and one day insults her! During a heated argument, he may refer to her as his 'father's wife'. When the son utters such words, the mother's attachment instantly disappears and she will tell him that she does not want to see his face ever again. Now is not 'his father's wife the same as this mother'? But still she will become indignant because he addressed her in this manner. Even she wants reciprocation of her attachment and worldly love. It is all attachment.
So even that love is not unselfish. It is the infatuation and attraction of illusion. Where there is attachment and infatuation and attraction, there is always selfishness.
Questioner : What you are saying is true. As the child grows, the infatuation and attraction increases. But what about when the baby is only six months old?
Dadashri : Even at that time there is infatuation and attraction. The whole day long there is infatuation and attraction. The world is bound through infatuation and attraction. There can never be real love anywhere in this world.
Dadashri : If one day you were to insult your parents, they would retaliate. This worldly love is temporary. It may disappear after a few years. Love should be real. Love should not increase or decrease.
Despite this, when a father gets angry with his son, there is no intent to hurt in his anger.
Questioner : Is that real love then?
Dadashri : That can never be real love. If it were real love, then there would be no anger. Nevertheless, there is no intention to hurt behind that anger, and so it cannot be called anger. Anger is defined as that which has intention to hurt.
Of All Worldly Loves, The Love Of The Mother Is
The Highest
Questioner : I can understand it when you say that about the father, but I still have difficulty accepting it about the mother.
Real love should not break under any circumstances. So it can only be called love if it never breaks. That is the test of love. However, whatever love there is which is of any worth, it is the love of a mother.
Dadashri : Fathers are selfish whereas mothers are not, when it comes to their children. This is the difference. What does a mother have? All she has is the attachment of infatuation
Questioner : You said that mothers have love and not fathers. So would the father not feel bad?
| SR No. | 007554 |
| Book Title | Pure Love |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dada Bhagwan |
| Publisher | Dada Bhagwan Foundation |
| Publication Year | 2004 |
| Total Pages | 41 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English & Akram Vigyan |
| File Size | 9 KB |