________________ To be close to God, means to be away from the material world, and to be away from the material world, means to be close to God! Only he, who is ready to be detached from the world, can be close to Parmatma. As long as you belong to someone else, you cannot belong to Parmatma. Once you belong to Parmatma, you will not be able to belong to anyone else. The drawback with us is that we want to remain with others as well as with Parmatma. This is not possible. The socket of the heart, that hoards many relations, is bound to become sore. If one wants to be the beloved of Parmatma, then, one has to gradually detach himself from the world. The life boat can float in the worldly ocean, only if the dirty water of the material world does not enter the boat. If polluted water enters the boat, it is bound to sink. To be in the midst of the world, to maintain all relations of the world, and yet to belong only to Parmatma, is called Samveg bhaav. In spite of being amidst others, we are aware and conscious of only Parmatma, this is called Ekant. 'Kant' means dear and 'ek' means one. Thus, Ekant means the one and only dear person, our Lord, our Parmatma or our Guru. It is not possible for us to like anything else in this world