We have happily returned to the Northwest. How wonderful it is to see spiritual family and prepare for Service and time with dear Ram’s in human form. One outstanding feature of a spiritually awakened life is the Divine Love that flows through the heart. It was many years ago now that my heart center was first opened, but the lasting consequence has been so momentous that it never ceases to amaze and inform me.
The sudden and powerful expansion of my heart was like opening doors that had been hanging on rusty creaky hinges. Those doors did not open easily, nor without pain. But open they did, and once opened they have remained so. Divine Love is unlike human love that is limited and oftentimes exists in a quid pro quo—if you love me well then I will love you. Nor is Prem, pure love, sentimental, which can also vacillate—running hot and cold. True Divine Love flows through the heart and is no respecter of whether someone deserves that love, it simply flows.
It has been affirmed by all the great saints down through time that God is love, and love is God. Jesus himself was a supreme bhakta, a lover of God and God in humanity. He demonstrated his love through his careful training of disciples, his healing of those in suffering, teaching forgiveness and universal compassion, and his total surrender to his heavenly Father, even unto death. Mother oftentimes exhorted us to love God, and at first I did not really understand what that meant. With the opening of my heart center I began to comprehend its meaning—in part, loving God was opening my heart to Him, allowing Divine Love full and unfettered access to the deepest recesses of my Being. As God pours His love through my heart, He loves all creation through me, He also loves me, and in that great outpouring love comes full circle and I love God even more greatly.
To love God is not simply a duty—something you must do. It is the greatest thing you can do for yourself and for the world! Opening your heart to God is a choice, but in the beginning it is not an easy one. We have all been hurt and met with disappointment when it comes to loving others; however in loving God we have a beloved who will never hurt or betray us, but is as steady and constant as we are to Him—not that God ever turns away from you, but He will never intrude upon you if the door of your heart is closed.
Therefore, you must choose, you must allow Him to open those stubborn doors, to love the world through you, and for the love of God to shine through your actions toward all. It is only then that you will have unbounded love passing through you, that you may bathe in a vast ocean of peaceful love, making you complete—for the first time you are truly whole.