Bhakti, however, is not something that drops in from somewhere, nor something anyone can hand you. It did not come from the earth; it did not fall from the sky. It is the affection for God that rises from within oneself. When the stream of the impulse of Prema in the devotee does not scatter in all directions but flows single-pointedly towards God, that stream of Prema is called Bhakti. Prema is present in all living beings; there is no creature without Prema. Cattle, birds and wild beasts, worms and insects too, all have a Prema suited to them. Why say more? Prema is life, and life is Prema.