In plain words
Abhimanyu entered the battle. But all he knew was how to go in. He did not know how to come back. Because he went in without knowing, he lost his life there. In the same way, we know that the fort has seven walls round it. But the way is not known. That very way is Prema. With this Prema we can travel anywhere. With Prema we can enter anywhere. That is why: Love is God. Live in love.
Start the day with love Spend the day with love Fill the day with love End the day with love This is the way to God
The Short Journey to God
Start with Prema. End with Prema. In between the two, it is all Prema. This Prema: in what way are we to make Prema grow? There is no other way to make Prema grow. We must make Prema grow by Prema alone. We have planted a seedling. If that seedling is to grow big and give fruit, merely planting it is not enough. We must pour water. We must put in manure. Only when we put in these two does the tree go on growing. But what are the modern men, women and children of today doing when they want a tree to grow? They plant the tree. Every day they put smoke to it. It dies. What must we do for it to grow? We must put in manure. We must pour water. We must put in the manure called faith. We must pour the water called Prema. It is through this Prema and faith alone that the tree called Prema grows. It grows big. It gives fruits and flowers. In the world, we think that our parents labour so much for us. We say, ‘Let your mother be God to you; let your father be God to you.’ Parents are truly forms of God. But according to the force of their own circumstances, at times they go against it.