True Unconditional Love is Beyond Labels - 14th February 2025

You know, they said that with what's happening in the body, they said that the muscles are so tensed because they're constantly in a state of like action mode, you know? Like they have to do something. And then it seems like to relax them is the effort you're taking—at least I'm taking all this effort to relax them. But it's the same with the mind as well, that we're constantly in a mode of grasping, grasping, grasping. And the emptying of ourselves is the letting go, which is actually the most restful. So we are coming to a restful position, but it can seem initially like effort because we're so used to thinking, 'What am I missing? What am I going to miss if I let this thought go?'

We've believed many, many millions of thoughts now in our lifetimes, and they haven't really contributed much. If you look back at our lives, we see that we just happen to be at the right place at the right time, or even the wrong place at the wrong time, and things unfold in that way. Very little had to do with our own seeming plans and strategies. So it's very safe to let the mind go, even though it may seem unsafe initially. It may seem like, 'I'm missing something valuable.' What is it of value that I'm missing out on? We clamor for understanding, but there is no higher understanding than innocence. Simplicity, innocence, is the highest understanding.

The mind will say, 'Show me evidence of that. What am I really understanding now?' But it can't be constructed in that way. But somewhere we know. Like, is my highest understanding of that object the label 'tree'? Is that my highest understanding of that object, or is there a purer understanding which is independent of the label? So, is my highest understanding of all of you—like Prahar is a man, Giri is a man, Dua is a woman—is that an understanding of you? Or in my innocence, in my emptiness, do we not meet a higher understanding of... and even to label that is dangerous, but say the Oneness of our being, the non-separation?

The love doesn't come with the labels. Empty even of our constructs of relationship. Like, I could say that I feel all of you are my children, but even that is too limited. It's just a mode of expression because there are billions of parents and billions of children in this world; it doesn't mean anything. What true unconditional love is, is beyond all these labels. So don't get too caught up in the labeling and constructing things too hard.

The other kind of thought patterns are just the worry about what's going to happen or regret about what happened. So the sages have said that God takes care of everything. Ram Ji takes care of everything. Every ant gets the tiny piece of food that it needs, and the elephant gets huge godowns worth of food. Who takes care of all of that? Like Jesus said, the birds fly and they find the food; they're not worried about tomorrow. Nanak Ji said the fishes swim in the water; they're not anxious about where the next meal is going to come from. So that kind of thought is completely pointless. For that, you keep faith, trust in God. There is never a lack of anything at all. Lack is always in the 'me'.