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Pure Love
Questioner: The desire for God is there, but certain
karmic veils of darkness prevent him from taking God’s name.
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 non-
Self. 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