Book Title: Divine Love Its Possible
Author(s): Namramuni
Publisher: Parasdham Mumbai

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________________ Generally, When a person is in company, he lives in the present; but when loneliness strikes - past, present and future... all come before his eyes. When a person is alone, incidents from the past - occasions, love, affection, pride, insults, moments of happiness and pain come to him in flashes. Is loneliness good or bad? Is solitude really a gift? There are some people who do not like staying alone and seek to be in a group and there are some, who do not prefer being in a group. Such people cannot get along well with others. What truly is the problem with mankind ? Our biggest shortcoming is that, “Neither do we like to stay alone nor can we get along well with others.” The young girl, preoccupied in her thoughts, suddenly touches her head with her hands and sadly thinks of the past days. “Oh God! I had such beautiful hair... someone has taken them away... deprived me of my beauty... and snatched away my charm.” Then, a question arises in her mind... will the person I love, love me too without my beauty? Who is this person? Whose thoughts is she preoccupied with, that her mind is going through such upheavals ? When a person is in solitude, he remembers everyone who has ever been a source of either happiness or pain to him. When people are alone, they remember both; people whom they like and ones they dislike. An affectionate person, deep in love, will perpetually remember and recall the form of his beloved, the pleasant times spent with the beloved and experience sheer bliss ! But one who is not in love, who does not know how to love, indulges in finding faults in others, recalling flaws and vices of other people. Here we are talking about a person who is deeply in love. There is abundant love in her heart ! She knows what love is and how to love ! At a very tender age, she had seen two mesmerizing eyes which

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