The Key to Immortal Bliss seventy
This is the most sacred month of the year on which falls the Birthday of our beloved Lord, Bhagavan Baba. If there is one word that can sum up the message delivered by Bhagavan in His countless discourses right from the early days of His Avatarhood in 1940s, it is Love. He is the Avatar of Love. Period. As we celebrate the 83rd year of His Advent on this earth, let us recapitulate and ruminate on this immortal message of Love. Here are excerpts from His illuminating 71st Birthday discourse delivered in 1996.
The cosmos is filled with love. Love is righteousness. Love is Truth. The universe is based on love. Lost in the transient pleasures of worldly life, man is forgetting this supreme Love Principle. What is the reason? Selfishness has grown and selflessness has declined.
Narrow mindedness is widespread. Broadness of heart is on the wane. Desires have increased. Ideals are vanishing. Human life is dominated by selfishness and self-interest.
The ancient sages enthroned thyaga (sacrifice) on the highest pedestal. They adored righteousness. Today these sublime ideals are forgotten. As a consequence, the country is racked by every kind of trouble. A heart without love is a cemetery. Love demonstrates the existence of the Divine. It is all-pervasive. It is the basis for human unity. Only when selfishness goes and faith in the Divine grows can mankind achieve unity. Hence, every human being should fill his heart with love.
God is love; Love is God.
Love is linked to love.
When one is full of love
He is fit for oneness with God.
It is most vital for everyone to recognize and practice this Love Principle. At all times love has existed among the good and the bad, in the forest or palace, in attachment or separation, in one’s conduct as well as speech, in the mind as well as in action. It is all-pervasive.
The most powerful weapon to destroy the forces of evil rampant in the world today is love. Unfortunately, men are not pursuing the right path to acquire this sacred love. Love is the seed of love. It is also the branches, the flowers and the fruit. To enjoy the fruit of love, one has to practice love. Instead of seeking to know the true nature of love, man is engaged in the pursuit of wealth and power.
