Falling in Love with God: The Path of Emptiness
Falling in love with God is a natural and profound experience that arises from emptying oneself, leading to deeper remembrance, reciprocal love, and clarity on one's spiritual path.
It's not a question. It's just a something I wanted to share. I just feel like I'm falling in love with God. I just feel like I'm falling in love with God.
Oh yes, very good. I'm so happy to hear that. Tell us how it happened or how it is happening.
I know you said not to keep a report card or a spreadsheet of time spent in the—this one is okay? Okay. Time spent in the cooking and time spent in the contemplation, the eating. And I've been trying to do at least two hours of the eating as well as some other seva. So I think that's it. That's it. Thank you.
You're welcome. When we empty of ourselves, it is natural to fall in love with God. In a way, falling in love with our true Self. So the prerequisite for the eating is to be empty of ourselves. Anchored in a deep love for God can be very helpful, and that love just deepens the more you remember Him, the more you love Him, the deeper you may feel He loves you back as well. Actually, we cannot even—I don't know if this is true, just coming to say—we don't even know what kind of spirituality we truly enjoy unless we first become empty of ourselves. Whether we are a Bhakta or a Gnyani also shows up in our emptiness. Deepest insight shows up there, deepest love shows up there, devotion shows up there. Of course, the pathway to that place also may be defined as a particular path. Are you able to hear like this? The pathway may be as well, but what the Lord inspires us to do in that quiet, holy place, then the world may use the label of Bhakta, Gnyani. Okay, what else?
Key Teachings
- Falling in love with God is a natural outcome of emptying oneself.
- Deep love for God is intertwined with remembering Him and feeling His reciprocal love.
- True spiritual enjoyment and the nature of one's path (Bhakta or Gnyani) become clear through self-emptiness.
- Deepest insight, love, and devotion emerge from this state of emptiness.
From: The Antidote to Every Situation Is God’s Presence - 12th February 2025