Love is Love Only When It's About God
All genuine love, both for God and for others, must be rooted in and flow from one's relationship with the Divine, transforming worldly connections into expressions of God's love.
So either our heart belongs only to Him and we have eyes only for Him, or we reflect that love that we feel for Him in the world also because they are our brothers and sisters in God, not independent of that. You see, and the Sanatana at least on paper is the best way to represent that. You see, because what is our relationship with each other? We are brothers and sisters in God. Now suppose that 'in God' was taken away; as brothers and sisters, it's not something that will work out. It's not something that works; it just doesn't work. You see, so Kierkegaard said love is love only when it is about God. So how to get married to God is that every relationship must be seen through the lens of relationship with Him. I'm tied to Him. Where He takes me, I go. He sends a brother in front of me; my job is to love him because he's also a child of God. But I don't want anything independent of God with him or her. You see, am I expressing it fairly all right? And that can be scary to us, and if it is scary to us, then we should not say that my heart is only for God. Then if we split our heart between Maya and God, then we are keeping the groom waiting. He's a patient groom, but we are running out of time.
Father, what does it mean, 'rather wants anything with him or her outside of God'?
Yes. Yeah. So what is the construct of our worldly relationships now? Is it about me and you? Or is it me with God, you with God, therefore me and you brothers and sisters or whatever you want to call that? No. So shining in His love alone, expressing His love alone, having interest in deepening His project alone to spread His light alone then becomes our life.
Key Teachings
- All love, especially in relationships, must be seen through the lens of one's relationship with God.
- True love for others arises from recognizing them as 'brothers and sisters in God,' not as independent entities for personal gain.
- Splitting one's heart between Maya (the world) and God delays the ultimate union with the Divine.
- Our life's purpose becomes shining in God's love, expressing it, and deepening His project to spread His light.
From: True Life Happens When We Meet God, When We Come to Atma Darshan - 16th February 2026