________________ there are secrets, there is no love! If secrets are kept inlove, love changes to hostility. "O Parmatma! If I keep a secret between you and me, if I hide myself from you, I cannot become one with you. My affection will be superfluous and adverse. It will never be true affection!" Only one who has opened up before Parmatma and reveals his true self before Parmatma can become Parmatma! In this world, there is no dearth of people who stand with joined hands...but there are very few people whose hearts have merged with Parmatma. Will a sculptor be able to carve an idol from a big slab of stone which is covered with mud? No! Why? He can carve an idol only from a clean stone... a stone free from mud and dirt! Similarly, when we go before our Guru, we must reveal our true selves to him. Only then, can he help us wash our sins. Yet, we conceal our true nature and sit in front of MaharajSaheb and indulge in sugary conversations like, "Are you in shata?" Yes! We are in shata! MaharajSaheb! I am doing an upvaas (fasting without consumption of food)!" When your heart is full of upheavals like attachment, -- 688