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[11-07-1944: pg. 53 (A.B.II - I)]
Stages Of Love
What is Love? Jut the shadow of the Ultimate Being (Zaat) and the real essence of man (humanity). How close (at hand)! On coming in the light, the shadow fades off! To understand (comprehend) Love, just fix (establish) three stages: The first is what is generally available (everywhere) needing no illustration. One remains involved unnecessarily in every worldly matter (affair) without any benefit or even concern to oneself. One gets so much entangled (in worldly matters) that little, simple affairs cause sadness and even deep-rooted grief (and shock). On coming to (slight) relief, there occurs change (alteration) of state to the other (opposite) extent. The second stage lies above this - quite far above, it may be said - when care (worry and anxiety) does exist no doubt, active participation in work is also there, and one feels trouble and pain, as well, but the difference (from the first stage) consists in there being no sadness (weeping) or deep-rooted grief / shock. Moving still further and on climbing up to the third stage there is only the thought just of going on with work continually. Labouring hard and yet if the desired result is not coming (achieved), it is taken simply as ordained that way by God! On arriving at this stage, divine thoughts start and that attachment begins, which is to serve as the instrument of work ahead. Just proceed giving (administering) turn (that way) to it; and (simultaneously) moving (turning) away from that side (worldliness). Removal of this in the final way and according to need is the starting point of the purity of Love. The expression ‘giving (administering) turn’ is meaningful. There is a proverb (in Hindi) viz. a horse acquires glamour and becomes useful to the same extent that it is given (administered) turns (training). I have dictated this briefly. Just this thing developing slowly and gradually takes one up to the farthest end”.
[ 07-04-1946: pg.147-149 (A.BII - III)]
Love and Knowledge
“What a nice question concerning devotion (love) and knowledge (enlightenment)! Suppose somebody dives in the ocean to find pearls and encounters the situation that whichever mother of pearl he looks for, just turns out to be spiral- shell, even though that itself would yield pearls: what will be the state (condition of mind) of such a person ! How disappointed he is to be; and just possible, he would give up the effort (practice of diving), thus being





























































































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