FIND DIVINITY THROUGH SELF-INTEGRATION
To truly love yourself is to be integrated within yourself, and by being integrated within yourself, you find that Divinity there. And when you become one with that Divinity, then you do not love that Divinity, but you become that Divinity, which is you.
Every man is Divine—Gods and Goddesses on earth. And they have become asuras, a Sanskrit word for demons. So, chaos must result because man has forgotten himself. While all the scriptures in the world keep on saying, “Man, know thyself!”, we have forgotten ourselves. We have forgotten that we are essentially Divine.
RECOGNISING THE DIVINITY IN OTHERS
When we recognise the divinity within us through meditation and spiritual practices, we spontaneously see the Divinity in others.
When man becomes more integrated within himself through spiritual practices, he starts recognising that divinity within himself. The awareness expands so much that it does not only take in the external environment but also the eternal environment within him. By recognising the Divinity within yourself, you recognise the Divinity in others. Then you can truly love because who is loving who?
The mind can only rationalise: “Oh, he is nice. I love him!” It is just a projection of my thoughts but not love. It is an imitated love because the mind is involved. “She has a lovely nose, lovely hair, lovely figure – very pleasing. She cooks and looks after the children well.” Rationalising! Rationalising always with the mind, which I take for love – but it is not love. That is business!
As soon as the woman starts cooking badly, as soon as she does not keep the house well, and as soon as she does not keep herself pretty, you stop loving her. It is a business.
Real love comes only from within us. Recognizing what is inside oneself creates a spontaneous rapport with the inside of the other. So, what happens? Man does not love man – the human does not love a human, but Divinity becomes one with Divinity, which is love.
LOVE IS THE ONLY WAY
Do you see the wide range and scope of averting the chaos that could be there? When man’s mind is freed from the chaos individually, it could develop into a collective, worldly level. And that is why we want our message of love to reach every corner of the earth.
To be practical – if I am capable only of love on surface value, love of the rationalistic value, then what must I do? I do spiritual practices to take me deep within, for as soon as I explain why I love you, love ceases. For here, analysis begins – not love. Love asks no questions. It is a state of being, and when it finally dawns upon you, it is happening.
These are the ways, and love is the only way in today’s world that will prevent further and further chaos that could avert catastrophes that are so imminent. This tendency can be averted with the development of love, an equilibrium between the forces of nature we have mentioned before, tamas, rajas, and sattva.
When that equilibrium takes place, a man knows the true value of love, joy, and bliss—not happiness, but Bliss.
… Gururaj Ananda Yogi: Satsang US 1980 – 05
