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Kerry Louise

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Rajesh Sahay

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Dear Friends
It is a must to understand this powerful secret. Love is divine. It is of a sacred and pure nature. It is not momentary. It is not temporary or conditio...

Hi Anne,
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Dear Friends
It is a must to understand this powerful secret. Love is divine. It is of a sacred and pure nature. It is not momentary. It is not temporary or conditional. It is an everlasting and eternal.
Physical love is momentary, unstable, fleeting, and perishable. It is like the scent of a body; it is a mere physical infatuation, based on lust. Lust is centred on the self, it is selfish and possessive. But, what is Spiritual Love? It is fragrance of the soul. It is a deep connection. It is not about I, me and mine. It is about sacrifice and surrender. It is not temporary or momentary. It has a transcendental quality, it goes beyond time. What is the inherent joy in Love? It is ever-lasting – Why? because true Love demands sacrifice. Sacrifice brings with it, happiness. But sacrifice of what, does the true love demand? Sacrifice of egoism and rigidity. Courageous are the ones who Love.
An egocentric person cannot conceive true Love. One who is blanketed by ignorance, arrogance and egoism; can never understand the sacred nature of Love! Arrogance and egoism have seeds of hatred. Obsessed with oneself, egoism breeds either indifference or hatred for others. Today an absence of Love can be felt. What has come to replace Love? The place of Love has been squatted by vices of egoism, hatred and jealousy. When the ego of an egoist gets hurt, he starts hating the person who pricked his ego. And, what is jealousy? It is another form of hatred. It is hatred that gives rise to, and strengthens, the feeling of jealousy. It begins with pride. Pride gives rise to hatred and hatred in turn, breeds jealousy and malice. Man gets caged by such vices. Hatred cannot be remedied by hatred. Hatred can only be remedied by Love. Today there is a necessity to cultivate the virtue of Love. May the stream of Love flow and wash away feelings of hatred pride and jealousy.
Knowledge, Detachment and Love are believed to be the virtues that help in devotion. It is a beautiful-fulfilling journey. This journey of Love, this journey is of detachment, of renunciation – that enables the pilgrim to move forward. His ego gets dissolved, jealousy gets destroyed, hatred also gets washed away and then the stream of Love flows within his soul. The words of the Swarveda, the words of Vihangam Yoga emphasize that the foundation of Love must be strong. Without Love one cannot achieve devotion, one cannot achieve Yoga. Knowledge is also a necessary requisite. Knowledge, Detachment, then Love, and then Devotion – this is the right sequence. The foundation of devotion becomes strong only when the base of Love is firm; and there must be an absolute faith and a strong hold over knowledge and principles. Knowledge, Detachment and Love are the bases of devotion. Let us meditate on Swarveda and tune in to the words of Sadgurudeo; which encapsulate all the secrets of Love.
Is it possible to attain devotion without Love? It is not. And, when does one feel Love? – when this wisdom is obtained, and when this belief strengthens that this path is the eternal path of truth. This is the path of Brahm Vidya and the conscience path. This path leads uplifts the soul – and, as knowledge keeps expanding, Love also grows. Knowledge and Love are inter-dependent – according to the words of Swarveda. If there is no knowledge, if ignorance is there, how could Love be steady? When there are doubts in the principles, then how can the practice bear fruits?
Today ignorance and egotism are widespread. There is a need to stop ignorance and imprudence, for knowledge to illuminate and destroy darkness. Several lives are spent in ignorance and darkness. Wisdom eludes those people. They do not realize this; they are unable to realize the true nature of their own spiritual selves. They fail to understand their responsibilities. Today it is important to understand our responsibilities in life, what is the mission of our life, why have we been granted this human form, what are our duties towards our own selves. Unless this wisdom dawns upon us how can the virtue of Love get strengthened? How can we proceed on the path of devotion? It is essential to have complete faith in the principles. And, one who has doubts in the principle cannot attain (spiritual) experiences. He does not deserve to be called a devotee, he is not a Lover. This realization comes from Seva (service, obeying the orders of the Guru) and Satsang (Company of ‘the truthful’

. This is the outer knowledge, one must acquire it. This should be acquired through Swarveda and through Satsang. This is the first secret of Brahm Vidya(vihangam yoga):
So, let the knowledge of the elements be obtained and let the edifice of Love become strong. As this knowledge keeps expanding, Love keeps growing. Eventually we realize true devotion. Our Sanskaras (the impressions of current and previous incarnations as registered in Chitta) are also effective role-players. Sanskaras also influence our mortal lives. Nevertheless, we have the power to influence through our own efforts and actions. Human life is not merely for reaping the good and the bad of the previous lives. It gives us an ultimate opportunity of taking actions. This is why this human life is a reward to us; we got born in human form; to exert, to try, to be industrious and fulfill the goals of our lives; to meet our social duties, family responsibilities and to build a spiritual life. In our human-body form, the soul can make infinite progress. Human life, the human body, is the best medium for spiritual advancement. In this (body) alone can the soul emancipate.
There is a need for knowledge; there is a need for Love, through which an entire set of realizations will unfold. It is human-beings who can experience the inner spiritual existence. Let us plunge deep into the words of Swarveda and hear what all secrets of Love Sadgurudeo reveals. Let us meditate on these words. These are indisputable words, the words of truth. This is the foundational base on which the mission of propagating Brahm Vidya Vihangam Yoga has to be taken ahead. Swarveda is the life-line, the soul of Vihangam Yoga. Let us move to the depths of Swarveda and hear the divine words of Sadgurudeo; what all secrets of Love are unveiled.
The virtue called Love is an invaluable jewel of human life. The words of Swarveda emphasize this very aspect. This jewel of human life is an invaluable gem. And, those who are devoid of Love are what? They are non-deserving. “Prem heen ayogya hai, prem bhooshit var seev’’- one who is devoid of Love is unfit for Brahm Vidya. This Love is supreme. Several people sometimes experience a momentary feeling of solitariness. Their detachment is only a fleeting-restless state of mind. Their detachment lacks wisdom.
Because detachment based on knowledge is alone lasting. Mind is restless, the detachment based on a fleeting mind is not knowledge-based. They miss their target since their detachment is based on only am ephemeral mind. Momentary detachment of the mind is of an unstable nature. Until noble virtues like Shama (calmness) and Dama (self-restraint) emerge in the seekers, the detachment is not steady. This, in turn, triggers Raag (attachment, craving), resulting in the disintegration of noble virtues. It has happened with so many people. Momentarily the feeling of detachment becomes strong and again, after few days, they get attached to Raag, get attached to malice, and egoism. Only Knowledge-based detachment persists –
What is the property of Love? It is stable. Continuity is there in it. Very rare practitioners attain this state of Love. This is like the snake that bears precious gem; and searches for its food in the brightness of that gem. If the gem goes away or is snatched away, it sacrifices its life. Similarly, Chaatak is a unique type of bird that drinks only the drops of rain during Swati Nakshatra. What does it do when it is extremely thirsty and then falls in a pond of fresh water? It closes its beak (and thus does not drink that water). It will drink only the rain water of Swati Nakshatra.
Swarveda describes the quality of exclusive Love towards one’s Beloved. Endless Love – that of a fish for water, that of the bird Chakor for Moon. Chakor is the bird that keeps gazing at the Moon without blinking. Some examples of whole-hearted Love have been mention in the Swarveda – that of a gem bearing snake, the Chaatak bird, the fish and the Chakor bird. The depth of true Love has also been described. Chaatak may break its vow, jewel-bearing snake may give up its jewel and yet survive; but the Loving devotee shall not – the steam of Love constantly flows in his soul. He reaches the zenith of love. There are several practitioners of Vihangam Yoga who have acquired this precious treasure in the priceless journey of human life. There are several highly evolved souls, the male and female Hansa, who have attained this priceless jewel of Love. Love pervades in their lives. As a result, ignorance, egoism, hatred and malice have vanished and their lives are on the path of true Love. What is required is just the feeling of Love – not any external make-up or attire.
Whether someone follows a domestic life with a family or becomes an ascetic and goes to a secluded jungle, Love must be there. If there is no Love, if the feeling of love is not ignited, then what can be achieved in a jungle(forest)? But, if the virtue of Love is present, one attains the zenith of human life while staying in the house with one’s family. This is the secret of Brahm Vidya Vihangam Yoga. Several people do not have Love within them. Nevertheless, their outer appearance is that of a Lover. Inside, there is a complete absence of Love; but from their external appearance, they would appear to be God-Lovers.
Love for God does not germinate through surface appearance, Love for God cannot be spread. If the elements of Love exist as an intrinsic value then the external-surface manifestation makes no difference. The need is of inner experience; need is to acquire the inner treasure. Whatever may be our external appearance, whatever dress we may put on, that dress does not qualify us to be a devotee; does not prove us to be religious. A devotee or a religious person is none but the one who possesses inner invaluable qualities. If one’s inner consciousness is devoid of Love, if there is an internal yearning for worldly pleasure, if there is a craving for the materialistic pleasure only then he is not a Lover, he is not a devotee. We move on to the insights and the secrets of Love that Swarveda has to reveal.

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