16 May 2026
Saturday
Whatever disappears or perishes cannot be called truth. True love is that which does not disappear, that which is present in the inner being and purifies the inner feelings. True love only gives and does not receive. Do you find anyone in this world who always gives? Even a father is not prepared to give his property to his own son. Such being the case, how can you expect people to share with others what they have? Only God has this quality of giving. Such unconditional love is associated only with Divinity. In fact, this divine love springs forth from every heart and immerses the entire being from top to toe. Man can experience this love in every cell and every atom of his body. But, unfortunately, as man’s heart is polluted, he does not find the spring of love emerging from it. He is all the time engrossed in the pursuit of physical and worldly desires. It is therefore necessary for him to get rid of worldly desires.
From Swami’s discourse of 27 July 1996
Also on words from this discourse: You Are Prema Itself, 14 May 2026, Digesting the Teachings, 13 May 2026
Whatever disappears or perishes cannot be called truth. True love is that which does not disappear, that which is present in the inner being and purifies the inner feelings. True love only gives and does not receive. Do you find anyone in this world who always gives? Even a father is not prepared to give his property to his own son. Such being the case, how can you expect people to share with others what they have? Only God has this quality of giving. Such unconditional love is associated only with Divinity. In fact, this divine love springs forth from every heart and immerses the entire being from top to toe. Man can experience this love in every cell and every atom of his body. But, unfortunately, as man’s heart is polluted, he does not find the spring of love emerging from it. He is all the time engrossed in the pursuit of physical and worldly desires. It is therefore necessary for him to get rid of worldly desires.