Love God With All Your Heart
Cultivate deep love for God through expressions of surrender and faith, as this devotion will transform your spiritual path and remove worldly concerns.
So let's start with the satsang itself. Is God here now? So you may provisionally speak from faith that 'I have faith because my Master has told me,' but that faith will translate into darshan; it will translate into insight. Then now that God is here, what is going to be your concern in life? You can still have one. Let's see it, you see? If the ability to have a concern is there, maybe you have to give it something to hold on to. So what should our concern then become? Yes, to stay with Him. Yes. But if God is here and we don't love Him, then what is love for anyway? So love God with all your heart, even if it feels like for the moment that you don't know what you're doing. It seems strange; it may even seem like 'I don't know how to love.' Is it so?
Use any aspect of your being to start with. Use your words. Say, 'Father, I love You. God, I love You.' You see, I'm talking about God as Father. Say that, 'I am Yours. I belong to You. Do with me as You please.' Even if your mind is fighting you, saying, 'But you are just saying it, you don't mean it,' you see, start by saying it. Then you start to deepen in meaning it. So all of these expressions of surrender, expressions of love, will deepen your love for God. And this is important: even if you say that your path is Gyan, you will supercharge your inquiry with your devotion towards God. So deepen in your love for God. Then what other concern can you have? God is here; I'm offering myself completely to Him.
Key Teachings
- Faith in God's presence leads to insight and removes worldly concerns.
- Love God with all your heart, even if you feel you don't know how; start with verbal expressions of love and surrender.
- Expressions of surrender and love deepen devotion, which supercharges even the path of Gyan (knowledge).
From: Love God With All Your Heart - 27th May 2024