In English
The delusion of separateness
One may claim to surrender all his wealth, kith and kin and power and position to God. But this is not real surrender. One must realise: "I am in You, You are in me." God is one. The sense of separation between God and the individual should go. Even , though she had experienced numerous examples of 's divinity, could not realise the oneness of Godhead, because of attachment to the body (owing to the delusion caused by ). She complained about the worry caused to her by , who refused to eat the butter given by the mother, but went out stealing butter from the ' houses. She tied to a tree to prevent him from going round houses. Episodes such as these are intended to teach lessons to devotees about the ways of God. The Divine is in every individual, but one's realisation depends on one's own efforts. The Divine shines according to the degree of one's spiritual awareness. To manifest the full effulgence of the Divine, one has to adhere to the path of Love. Only through Love can the Supreme Divine be attained - God cannot be got by hatred, anger or jealousy. It is because these three evil qualities are present in people that you see in their faces the marks of misery. On the contrary look at the faces of , and . You see extreme brilliance on their faces because they are filled with the love of God. There should be no mark of sadness on the face of one who has faith in God. This was the case with . His face was full of radiance - a radiance derived from , who is the embodiment of Love.