Page 175 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 4

LOVE IS THE INNER AWAKENING TO REALITY
generated is the wisdom that awakens the inner reality in us. The reality of the inseparable and integral unity of our being is an inner awakening that arises during meditation and Imperience.
However love or what Master would prefer to call motherly affection, is for the first time seen as advancement in spiritual life. Master says ―That is the sign of aggravation of love. Now he has started learning love from the very base which moves on all other sides.‖ Love then brings forth to our mind another of its great quality namely that of a sense of reward for maintaining such a relationship. Essentially then the love we develop is with an anticipation of reward, mutual though it might be. One such relationship is what we develop when we say love the Master.
Love and attachment to Master has its own rewards. Surely love to Master accomplishes the great tasks of removal of certain spiritual diseases the most important of which are 1. Envy 2. Jealousy 3. Unhappiness and 4. Ill-will towards others. Spiritual Tradition sought to overcome them by 1.
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