" EXPANSION IS THE ESSENCE OF Love"
says Bhagawan Sri Sri Sri Satya Sai Baba! Without expansion it cannot
be called the true aspect of love. Otherwise it degenerates into
selfishness. What exactlly is love? Many connotations are given by
different persons. Love can be defined as an intense and never dying
desire or craving for God, or some person, or ideal or some object. It
can be called the sumum bonum of one's earthly existence! When we say '
God is Love' or 'Love is God' it signifies the expansion of the love
of God for all the creatures of His creation, animate and inanimate. We
realize how we exploit nature for our selfish ends. In spite of our
misdeeds God showers His love on all of us! Like the Sunlight that falls
on all without any discrimination of caste, colour and creed, God's
Love is universal and impartial.Our scriptures and saatras deccribe the
Divine as an ocean of compassion and love.--- ' karuna sagara' Goddess Sri Rajarajeswari is described in the Sahasranama as one with ' Causeless love' " avyaja karuna ' for all the beings in the world! True love cannot be selfish. Ideal love must be unconditional! It cannot bargain for any thing in exchange!
Bhagawan says, " He who cultivates love in the field of his heart is a trueChristian, a true Sikh, a true Hindu and a true Muslim. A man who has love for God is like a traveler with a ticket. He need not be afraid of any one while making a journey." Selfish love is loving yourself, your wife and children and kith and kin. Some times you love yourself too much to the detriment of others. Narcissism is an eccessive love of one's own self. Expansion of love startts frome home. First you love yourself, then love your wife and later your children. The mutual love between the husband And wife is transmuted into their affection for the children They shower love on their children so that they may come up very well in life.The parents are ready for any sacrifice for the progress of their children! The love between the husband and wife undergoes a silent transformation which we call sacrifice! At a later stage love engulfs the famly and society. Then it advances further and develops into unshakable patriotism and an unstoppable desire for service to society at large!
Our Vedas and the Upanishads and the scriptures have emphasized the wellbeing not of one society or nation but the entire universe! " Lokah samastha sukhino bhavanthu", " sarve janah sukhino bhavanthu"are genuine examples of the expansion of love! At present, infatuation and lust are mistaken for love! Love does not result in violence,vengeance, or retribution. It is peaceful,understanding, and self effacing! Ideal love is called Platonic Love! The lover is not obsessive about the possession of his lady love. He aspires for the safety and well being of his lady love wherver she is and with whomsoever. In the Novel ' A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens, Sydney Carton is disappointed as his lady love, Lucy marries one Charles Darnay! But he wishes her well and saves her husband from the guillotine! He enters the jail in disguise, releases Charles Darnay and dies for her sake!
The very essence of spiritualism is this expansion of Love for a common cause or ideal! Devotion or bhakti is nothing if it is not intense and exceptional love for God who is manifest in all . Service to Man is service to God! By expanding your love to all through service you are realizing the God within. The stories of great saints, the Azwars and Nayanmars are classical examples of this expansion of love through service to humanity! They loved God and society and lived in love. We remember and think of them today because of their universal love! Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda and the Kanchi Paramacharya are glowing illustrations who radiated universal
love through out their
lives! A true bhakta who loses himself in contemplation of God is
mistaken for a madman, but his love for God makes him forget every other
thing in the world! It is the intense , unalloyed and undiluted love
for God that sustains him in the world
Bhagawan says, " He who cultivates love in the field of his heart is a trueChristian, a true Sikh, a true Hindu and a true Muslim. A man who has love for God is like a traveler with a ticket. He need not be afraid of any one while making a journey." Selfish love is loving yourself, your wife and children and kith and kin. Some times you love yourself too much to the detriment of others. Narcissism is an eccessive love of one's own self. Expansion of love startts frome home. First you love yourself, then love your wife and later your children. The mutual love between the husband And wife is transmuted into their affection for the children They shower love on their children so that they may come up very well in life.The parents are ready for any sacrifice for the progress of their children! The love between the husband and wife undergoes a silent transformation which we call sacrifice! At a later stage love engulfs the famly and society. Then it advances further and develops into unshakable patriotism and an unstoppable desire for service to society at large!
Our Vedas and the Upanishads and the scriptures have emphasized the wellbeing not of one society or nation but the entire universe! " Lokah samastha sukhino bhavanthu", " sarve janah sukhino bhavanthu"are genuine examples of the expansion of love! At present, infatuation and lust are mistaken for love! Love does not result in violence,vengeance, or retribution. It is peaceful,understanding, and self effacing! Ideal love is called Platonic Love! The lover is not obsessive about the possession of his lady love. He aspires for the safety and well being of his lady love wherver she is and with whomsoever. In the Novel ' A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens, Sydney Carton is disappointed as his lady love, Lucy marries one Charles Darnay! But he wishes her well and saves her husband from the guillotine! He enters the jail in disguise, releases Charles Darnay and dies for her sake!
The very essence of spiritualism is this expansion of Love for a common cause or ideal! Devotion or bhakti is nothing if it is not intense and exceptional love for God who is manifest in all . Service to Man is service to God! By expanding your love to all through service you are realizing the God within. The stories of great saints, the Azwars and Nayanmars are classical examples of this expansion of love through service to humanity! They loved God and society and lived in love. We remember and think of them today because of their universal love! Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda and the Kanchi Paramacharya are glowing illustrations who radiated universal
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