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Pure Love
You foolish man, ‘It is precisely because of that sweet face that
you were attracted and now you are repulsed by the bitter look
on it! This is the same face that you had loved before!’
Questioner: But that is infatuation and attraction, is it
not?
Dadashri: All of it is infatuation and attraction. What
was ‘liked is now repulsive, what was loved is now not loved.’
Thus they go on and on. This is how they quarrel. Of what use
is this kind of love?
The Illusion And Its Deceit And Pain
If a person has a lot of attachment due to illusion, that
attachment will go away if that person experiences a lot of
suffering. It was only false attachment, illusion to begin with, and
this is the cause of suffering.
Questioner: What is the difference between love of
illusion and real love?
Dadashri: The moth hovers around the flame and
sacrifices its life in it. That is called love of illusion, whereas real
love will last. There is no illusion in real love.
Life of false attachment is useless. It is equivalent to being
blind. It is like a blind man who wanders around like the moth
and gets consumed in the process. Love on the other hand is
constant and it gives lifelong happiness. It does not seek instant
gratification.
Therefore, all these are false attachments of illusionary
love. Everything is an illusion. Love of illusion is simply open
strokes of deceit.
Questioner: But how can an ordinary individual know
the difference between real love and false love? How does the
other person know whether one’s love is real or false?