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Common Meditational States of Mind Bliss
sense. What we appear to do is all trustee responsibility only. There are no ownership responsibilities for us, then only formation of samskaras stop. Then only dependency is understood. That is the beginning of Devotion.
1. Could you kindly explain the meaning of ‘true’ in true devotee and who is a true devotee?
Love as ordinarily understood is a reciprocal issue and relates more to the inter relationships all beings have. The concepts of Sneha and Maitri help us to understand this aspect of the matter. True love however involves Sacrifice: an act of sacrifice as was done by the Purusha (Purusha suktam). In any event of birth sacrifice is involved as we know in the case of mothers. In spirituality the role of the Master is similar to the Mother. The Prime mover is understood both as Siva and Sakti and it is the Sakti aspect of Siva or the Sri aspect of Narayana that plays the role of Mother in matters relating to spirituality. That is why God is the Guru (mother). However in the case of devotee the extent of surrender to God decides whether the devotion is true or not. You may kindly note that Surrender is the toughest to make though every one is very loquacious about it. Usually people discuss about to 212