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Pure Love
Questioner: That is okay but a mother’s love can still be
unselfish, right?
Dadashri: It is unselfish up to a great extent and that is
why a mother’s love is called love.
Questioner: But yet you are saying that it is attachment
of illusion?
Dadashri: When people ask me whether there is such
a thing as love in this world, I tell them that a mother’s love
is the closest to love in this world. Elsewhere there is no
substance to anything. Of all the love there is, a mother’s love
for her child is worthy of praise, because there is sacrifice in
that love.
Questioner: If that is a fact about the mother, then what
role does the father have in this love?
Dadashri: A father’s love is selfish love. He believes
that the son will perpetuate the family name. Only the mother
has some element of spontaneous love, natural love. But even
she has expectations and assumes that when the son grows up,
he will take care of her and it would be enough for her. This
expectation is a type of greed. Real love does not have greed
or expectations of any kind. Right now you can see the love
that I have, but only if you understand it. I do not need anything
in this world. Even if you were to give me all the gold in the
world I would not have any use for it. I do not have thoughts
about women. I am separate form this body. This body is my
first neighbor.
Love Remains Within Normal Bounds
A mother is the embodiment of the Goddess of real love,
the Divine Mother. The Divine Mother’s love is real, and
encompasses the highest qualities in the relative world. A living
Lord also has such love. Look for such a love from the one