Pure Love Pure love | Page 58

Pure Love 45 You Are Beyond Worldly Love The Self is unattached and free, and You are That. It is not something that I have given you. It is actually ‘your’ own real nature but you may think that Dada has given you this unattached state, and this makes you feel indebted to Dada. There is no need to thank me. Furthermore, if I were to believe that I am benefiting you, then my love will begin to change. I cannot believe that I am obliging you. Therefore, I have to remain in complete understanding and in absolute awareness. The detached state is your own nature. What do you think? Is it something that I have given you or is it actually your own inherent nature? Questioner: My own nature! Dadashri: Yes, say it like that. If you say, “Dada gave me”, to everything, then when will it all end? Questioner: But it was you who made us aware and awakened us, Dada. Dadashri: Yes, but that is all I did; I awakened you. But when you say, ‘Dada has given me everything’, all I have really done is given you what was already yours. Questioner: You gave us what was ours, but did we even know that it was ours? Dadashri: You did not know that but you did find out eventually! The glory of this knowing is something else! How glorious this is! This grandeur would not go away even if someone were to insult you. If on the other hand, this knowledge were not there, a person would feel insulted if someone did not acknowledge him in a public reception. Now look at the difference between the two!