Passage 6

In English

I will give another example for this in a manner which is easily understood by all the young students. One may be a highly educated person. Yet, at the time of initiating his son into education, he will write the alphabets with his own hand for the sake of his son. At that time, we need not wonder why such a highly educated person is writing down the alphabets. In order to teach a young boy who does not know them, he has to come down to that level and do so. In a similar manner, the all-knowing and all-powerful sometimes takes a human form in order to teach various aspects to the ignorant human beings. But it is not an easy thing to reach the divine Lord. For a human being, there is a deep and significant meaning here. Even for cultivating the love of an ordinary human being, you will find that you will come across several difficulties and troubles. Thus, there is no surprise, if to acquire the love of God, you meet with many difficulties and obstructions. Because of this, the said that they were finding a lot of trouble in the process of acquiring the love of God. The same thing has been described by by saying that if you want the love of God; you must give up love for other things. When you give up your love for other things, it is easy to acquire the love of God and you will not find any trouble at all. When you are bound down by several other forms of love, you will meet with a lot of difficulties if you want to acquire the love of God. This process has been described as surrender. When some insects look at a bright light, they are attracted by the brightness and even loose their lives. The deer, which are attracted by music, come close and get trapped. The bees, attracted by the honey inside a lotus, get trapped. In a similar manner, when you want the love of the Lord, you should be fully prepared to completely surrender yourself to the Lord. You should have no attachment to your body or pay any attention to your own honour or respect. You should completely detach yourselves from all these. Only then, can you get close to the Lord. Your mind should fully concentrate on the Lord. Until we rise to this high level of surrender, we should participate in divine and sacred activities like or and develop the aspect of . When you are in a state of bliss, and when your love of God fructifies and bears fruit, then his grace will be on you. The , underwent several troubles, passed through several births, in order to get close to the Lord and earn his grace.