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Pure Love
continues to remain sincere. Such sincerity remains in actions and also in the eyes of the one with real love. That is when you will know that, that is where the real love is. So look for this kind of love. What you see in the world is not real love, nothing but a market place of false love, ordinary love. It is infatuation and attraction and it will bring destruction. Still one does not have a choice, but to go through its trap. Do not despair; I am here to show you real love. One has no choice but fall into the trap of infatuation and attraction.
Attaining The Love Of The Lord
Questioner : So what must one do to acquire the eternal, pure, powerful love of the Lord, the real love?
Dadashri : Do you want to acquire God's love?
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Questioner: Yes, I do. Is that not the ultimate goal of every man? My question here is how can one acquire God's love?
Dadashri : Everyone here wants to love, and they would do so if they found sweetness in it!! Show me where people have found such sweetness in God!
Questioner: Even during his final breath, one is not able to call out to God.
Dadashri : How can one take God's name? One can only take the name of that which one has a desire for. One is preoccupied with his desires. His desire is not for God and that is why he is not preoccupied with God. One only remembers God when one is afraid.
Questioner: The desire for God is there, but certain karmic veils of darkness prevent him from taking God's name.
Pure Love
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Dadashri: But how can one take God's name without having the love for God? Should not one have love for God? And what is the benefit in having intense love for God? One would love to eat a mango if it was sweet but what if it was bitter or sour? Where have you found such sweetness in God, that you feel love for Him?
God is in every living being, as the Self, the force behind all life, the Soul (Chetan). The world is not aware of the Self, and what it believes to be the Self, is really non-Self. They believe the living body to be the Self, but it is in fact the nonSelf. They have absolutely no awareness of the Self. The pure Self is the life force and is the pure soul (shuddhatma), and that is God. It is only when we gain some benefit from this God, that we will have love for this God. And as we feel love for Him, we will remember Him and we will utter His name. But first we have to find such a God, only then will we remember Him. Do you remember 'Dada' (The Lord manifest within the Gnani Purush)?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri : You think of him because He loves you. He loves you, which is why He remains constantly in your mind. How did this love occur? It occurred because 'Dada' has given you something, a bliss that has blossomed this love. Once this love starts to grow, you will never forget it! You will not have to make an effort to remember Him.
So when do we think of God? It is when He graces us, and gives us eternal bliss, gives us something for which we are eternally grateful. One gentleman told me that he does not like being away from his wife at all. I asked him what would happen to him if his wife were no longer around. He said he would die
