Page 157 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6

Love is the Inner awakening to Reality
subtle to the gross. This promotes now attachment to the Supreme and detachment from all else.
The further growth in this sphere makes him remember continuously the Great Principle and this further deepens the attachment which slowly takes the shape of love, that is an all absorbing and steady undivided attention towards the Divine, waiting upon It without any expectations and concern for self.
The genesis of this love makes him forget the impulsive self and its demands on his time and energy and is further impelled to become regular in his sadhana doing it with rigour and enthusiasm. The priorities change unconsciously almost and the Divine takes precedence in everything and he is prepared to sacrifice everything for It. Having by now recognized that the great enabling factor in his spiritual life has been His Master or one of His dedicated instruments (trainer/guide), he decides to serve the Master’s cause with unflagging zeal and enthusiasm, which is the practical expression of his love and devotion to the Master.
Love is characterized by undivided attention, implicit and unquestioning obedience and subordinating the ego totally before the Master acting always in ways which would please Him, extending full cooperation to the Master during his own spiritual training and fulfilling His Master’s mission which has now become his own.
As it has been said love is a magnificent obsession and he now cannot hold any other thought other than His or service to His cause in whatever manner possible. Slowly he is prepared to efface himself and become a non-entity endeavouring at all times to become an absolute dependent expression of the Divine, which is our Real Nature to which we had been oblivious and have
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