Love
implies duality. Without the lover there is no love. Wherever there is duality
there is ignorance. Wherever there is ignorance
the illusion is experienced as reality. Thus the lover and the love are part of the
illusion.
In
reality love and lover are one in essence. That essence is consciousness. The consciousness or soul is the innermost
self. The innermost self is God. Call it
Self, God, Christ, Brahman, inner Buddha or Emptiness or Nothingness or Spirit
or Love it is all the same.
When
one becomes aware of the ultimate truth as a person of the world he sees that
the self or God [consciousness] pervades in everything everywhere in all the three states. Thus it is necessary to realize the innermost self or God or Buddha or Christ, is the lover and love together.
Thus
our conditioned love conditioned by physicality will not be able to recognize
unconditional love the innermost self.
The
love within the physical existence (practical world) is very valuable in practical life. Great master Paramahanasa Yogananad and many
other sages in the past prescribed unconditional love to the humanity. And unconditional
love is very valuable tool for the humanity which is immersed in practical life
and practical world. We have to respect
every sage for their service contribution to the humankind.
The
path of love, path of humanity is limited to the practical life within the
practical world. The path of love and path of humanity are the best tool to serve
the human kind within the practical life within the practical world.
Gnani
loves humanity in the practical world but inwardly he is fully aware of the
truth that, the practical life within the practical world is mere illusion from
ultimate standpoint.
Thus Path of love should not be mixed with path of wisdom
because the path of love is based on the duality and path of wisdom is based on non-duality.
Jesus said, "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you.
It means one has to know the world which confronts him to realize his body and the world are made of the same essence and that essence is Spirit (father).
Jesus said, "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you.
It means one has to know the world which confronts him to realize his body and the world are made of the same essence and that essence is Spirit (father).
Sage Sri, Sankara says: one must first know what is before him. If he
cannot know that, what else can he know or understand? If he gives up the
external world in his inquiry, he cannot get the whole truth.
[63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech. (Sri, Sankara says in the Viveka Chudamani)
Jesus said, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all. (And after they have reigned they will rest.)"
When the seeker indulges in deeper self-search becomes aware of the fact that, the experience of birth, life, death and the world are mere illusion created out of spirit, he will be in fear of losing his physical identity and the experience of the world, which he is deeply attached. But gradually his conviction grows about the innermost self the mind becomes still and rests in consciousness, the innermost self, which is God or Christ.
[63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without knowing the truth of the Self, how is one to achieve Liberation by the mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of speech. (Sri, Sankara says in the Viveka Chudamani)
Jesus said, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all. (And after they have reigned they will rest.)"
When the seeker indulges in deeper self-search becomes aware of the fact that, the experience of birth, life, death and the world are mere illusion created out of spirit, he will be in fear of losing his physical identity and the experience of the world, which he is deeply attached. But gradually his conviction grows about the innermost self the mind becomes still and rests in consciousness, the innermost self, which is God or Christ.
Meher
Baba said: - Give no importance to creed, dogma, caste or the
performance of religious ceremonies and rites.
The only Real Existence is that of the One and
only God Who is the Self in every (finite) self.
The only Real Love is the Love for this Infinity (God), which arouses an intense longing to see, know and become one with its Truth (God).
The only Real Sacrifice is that in which, in pursuance of this Love, all things—body, mind, position, welfare and even life itself—are sacrificed.
The only Real Renunciation is that which abandons, even in the midst of worldly duties, all selfish thoughts and desires.
The only Real Knowledge is the Knowledge that God is the inner dweller in good people and in so-called bad, in saints and in the so-called sinner. This Knowledge requires you to help all equally as circumstances demand without expectation of reward, and when compelled to take part in a dispute, to act without the slightest trace of enmity or hatred; to try to make.
The only Real Love is the Love for this Infinity (God), which arouses an intense longing to see, know and become one with its Truth (God).
The only Real Sacrifice is that in which, in pursuance of this Love, all things—body, mind, position, welfare and even life itself—are sacrificed.
The only Real Renunciation is that which abandons, even in the midst of worldly duties, all selfish thoughts and desires.
The only Real Knowledge is the Knowledge that God is the inner dweller in good people and in so-called bad, in saints and in the so-called sinner. This Knowledge requires you to help all equally as circumstances demand without expectation of reward, and when compelled to take part in a dispute, to act without the slightest trace of enmity or hatred; to try to make.
The real love is the love for the innermost
self. Thus ‘Love Thyself'. The self cannot be experienced, because the experience is
possible only in the realm of duality. There is neither experience nor experiencer in
reality. In self-awareness the body, ego
and the world are not considered different from consciousness.