What is divine love?

“Is it possible for you to speak about “Divine Love” asked the President of the spiritual center via email. I responded affirmatively, as preparing for a presentation to talk on that subject would be very elevating. Having agreed to speak, I was thinking about the target audience of 70-100 people primarily Hindus, Christians and Jews. Once I collected my thoughts what to present, the PowerPoint was made very easily.

What is divine love? It is very breath of life, that which manifest equal to all realizing that all are from the same source with great reverence to the source that materialized life. After all, it is the love of the Universal Absolute (“UA”) that manifested the form of this universe. Having defined love, I needed to declare where to find the source of all beings and how to seek the UA? I believe that the UA is hidden behind the mountain range of one’s lust, anger, jealousy, hate and selfishness. By one-pointed focus, one can have visibility of the UA. Even if one has visibility, one should be able to seek UA only through a mind unsullied by attachment and hatred, speech unsullied by falsehood and a body unsullied by violence. More than any other qualities what makes humans dear to the UA? Definitely, it is one who has self-control, disciplined, patience, kindness, comradeship and joy.

Everyone has own way of deriving the spiritual practices but most important ones are a) to search for the fault and weaknesses of self, b) serve the fellow beings with heart’s content and c) perform deeds that are pure and unsullied. No matter what religion one follows and even one does not follow any religion, one should build an excellent character through a body of principles developed through righteousness. Ancient wisdom can be derived from the holy books or from real life experiences by applying righteousness. One’s conscience is the best judge and one can be consultative but should use own discrimination to determine what is a right action.

It is the consequences of one’s action that makes or breaks life. The best way one can build character is to avoid mistakes, if mistakes were made regret with pure heart and redirect life towards the right path. It is much more important than performing poojas or worship. One has to remember death which is inevitable, engage whole-hearted in the journey of life, with good wishes for all, with strict adherence to truth, seeking always the company of good, and the mind always fixed on the righteousness and truth. One should lead a life avoiding evil deeds, hateful and harmful thoughts and stay unattached to the world.

Among the qualities that makes up a flawless character, love for all, patience, forbearance, steadfastness and charity are the highest and they have to be revered. The hundred little deeds that one indulges in every day hardens into habits. These habits shape the intelligence and mold the outlook and life. All that one weaves in one’s imagination, seek in one’s ideals, yearn in one’s aspirations, and leave an indelible imprint on the mind. Distorted by these, one forms knowledge, the picture of the world around, and it is to this picture that one gets attached. Life is a sacrifice and each little offering is to the Truth residing inside and if the day is spent in acts performed in such mindset, the sleep is nothing but Samadhi. Sometimes, one dwells in external illusions spends the entire life time with ignorance and when one becomes knowledgeable dwells in internal illusion that it is one’s own ability that made one greater. Neither of this is true and the one who doesn’t dwell in either one of this illusions becomes Self-realized.

Every act one performs in life should be performed skillfully with the best of one’s ability, lovingly with a deep commitment to whatever one does and with the mind of renunciation of the fruits of such actions. If love is the reason this life came into existence, love is the reason this life is sustained and love is the reason a life ends, isn’t it appropriate to call UA as manifestation of pure love? The one who is the most capable in this world is one who is able to make his body perform actions for the benefit of the fellow beings with a pure heart and a mind that is totally selfless. The body should feel servitude to the creation, the mind should feel one is part of this vast creation and the heart should feel all are one.

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