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BHAKTI-YOGA.
Him-chide your Beloved, chide your Friend. Whom else can you safely chide ?-For mortal man will not patiently put up with your anger-sooner or later there will come a re-action from him. If you are angry with me I am sure quickly to react, because I cannot patiently put up with your anger. So say unto the Beloved, “Why do You not come to me; why do You leave me thus alone ?” And where is there any enjoyment but in Him? What enjoyment can there be in little clods of earth? It is the crystallised essence of infinite enjoyment that we are seeking and that is only to be found in God. Therefore let all our passions and emotions go up unto Him. They are meant for Him alone—for if they miss their mark and go lower, they become vile. And when they go straight to the mark, the Lord, even the lowest of them becomes transfigured! Thus all the energies of the human body and mind, howsoever they may express themselves,
