In English
Human Love And God’s Love
The devotees are loving God, but not for God’s sake. For the sake of devotees, devotees are loving God. There is a subtle point to be noted here. God loves a devotee. There is a difference here. God is not loving a devotee for His sake. He is loving the devotee for the devotee’s sake. The simple reason being, God is formless. God has no feeling of mine and thine. Where there is self-interest, there is a difference of I and you. But God has no such difference at all. The words Matkarmakrit, and Madbhaktah relate to the devotees. They are helpful to the devotees to worship God. With the limited knowledge and power at his command, how can a human being comprehend the true import of these words? There is an individual struggling to get some air by waving the hand-fan, but he is unable to get any. But when there is a typhoon sweeping across the ocean, the waves rise to a great height and tidal waves formed. When there is a whirlwind blowing with great velocity, the trees are uprooted; whose power is this? The air a human being gets by waving his hand-fan is very insignificant. But God’s power blows like a typhoon. When a human being draws water from a well with the help of a bucket or by a pump set, the quantity of water drawn is limited. But, when there is a downpour from the sky, the rivers swell and a number of villages are submerged. This is God’s power and that is human power. When we want light in the house, we light a lamp or switch on an electric bulb. That light can light our house only. But when the Sun rises over the Sky, there is light everywhere. The Sun shines over the forest, the hillock, the tree and the house as well. The Sunlight is God’s power and the light of the small lamp is the human power. The method by which a human being with his limited power can reach God with infinite power is called (total surrender).