Pure Love
7
My love is constant for everyone at all times. It remains
unaffected whether someone insults me or gives me a lot of
attention and respect. What people say to me or do for me has
no bearing on my love. That is called love. My love for you
today will be the same even when we meet after twenty years.
Worldly Love Is Selfish
Questioner: In this world a mother’s love is considered
very superior.
Dadashri: Then what kind of love comes after that?
Questioner: There is no other. All others types of love
have motives and selfishness.
Dadashri: Is that so? Even the love between brothers
and sisters is selfish? Have you experienced any of them?
Questioner: I have experienced them all.
Dadashri: When people shed tears, it is not because
their love is real. They cry out of selfish motives. The selfishness
gives rise to attachment and attraction. Their love arises out of
motives and self-interest. At your home you should aim for an
unchanging love for everyone. But for the sake of your worldly
interactions, you should also tell them: ‘I am lost without you,
I miss you etc.’ You have to say this in order to maintain your
relationships. But keep your love such that it does not increase
or decrease.
If people ask me, is the love of a woman real love? I
would explain to them that the love that increases or decreases
is not real love. It is not called love when it increases the day
she is given a diamond and decreases when she does not get
what she wants.
Questioner: What is real love like when it does not
fluctuate?