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Love is the Inner awakening to Reality
Babuji mentions many ways for development of Divine love, for which many bhavas (attitudes) are resorted to, such as Father, Mother, Friend or Master, but easier attitude would be taking him as beloved, who in due course becomes the lover. But motherly affection is very deep and is a sign of aggravation of love. If we adopt the Divine as our mother, our advancement shall be faster.
Vicious Samskaras come to bhog during illness and are removed by God. The eyes of the creator are on us. Similarly, even when virtuous “Samskaras” come to Bhog, He equally keeps an eye on us. All is the play of his love. Love is only positive thinking and hatred is negative thinking. All His merciful and kind actions are for our benefit for which we should, besides being grateful, be in constant remembrance of him.
Though in PAM, the Pranahuti indwells, love and devotion are the factors that get left behind. Babuji stresses the essentiality of retaining these factors, since He Observes, by doing this, the sadhak may be able to reach his goal soon. The means is to maintain the remembrance of the principle that is ISHWAR (God). He maintains that every duty deemed as Divine’s command should continue His remembrance steadfast and one special benefit accruing out of this endeavour is the creation of samsakras (impressions) getting ceased. Besides, retaining the remembrance of God at all times, engender in us a deep attachment to the Divine and leads to the state in which love for Him develops and overflows. Gradually through this, devotion attains its full form. He says that, it is, therefore very essential to adopt this procedure.(SDG 107)
Importance of love and devotion is further stressed by Babuji for attainment of “Substance” and turning our vision inward, the means for which is the need for a good behaviour and conduct. His emphasis is on observation of
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