From the head to the heart
chapter 4
The very nature of true love is unconditional. It is directed to no one and nothing. It simply flows for no reason. It is an overflowing because you feel the deep connection between vou and Existence. Until this happens, your love is always directed to a particular thing and this cannot be called love at all.
- From the head to the heart -
Then you take dheeksha - initiation - from the through you and transform you. And the moment you become an ashramite, you not only commit yourself to your own enlightenment, but you also commit to another beautiful thing and that is the Master's mission. You commit to serving the mission which is nothing but the enlightenment of you and millions of other seekers like you.
But in order to carry the Master's profound message, you should have experienced and understood it yourself. You should feel the bliss; only then can you spread it. If you do not feel the conviction yourself and you try to spread bliss, you will be giving the people only blisters, not bliss!
You always radiate only what you have. So you cannot just imagine being blissful and try to spread it to others. What you spread is nothing but what you are overflowing with. Then, it will show in your very body language, in your words, in your face. Actually, if you observe the walk of a person who has known bliss, you will feel as if his feet are not even touching the ground. He will appear to be gliding over the ground. This is because all the extra, unnecessary weight of the mind and ego has disappeared! He is just an emptiness through which Existence flows . . .
Even a glimpse is enough to catch on. But do not stop there! There is so much more honey; more honey to taste; more honey to experience.
It is like this: I have dipped my finger in honey and then practically taken every bit off. Then I have wiped my finger with my kerchief. It is this finger which I have put into your mouth. For this you are saying, 'It is so sweet, so beautiful!"
Yes it may be sweet, but there is so much more to taste! Remember that!
- From the head to the heart -
Other than the Master, we have had so many relationships where we have loved someone. It could be our parents, our friends, our children, our husband or wife.
But in these types of love, there is need for attention from the other person.There is a compulsion to possess the other person. This is what you have known, to be love. This is what you have always felt love to be.
And then what do you do when you come to me? Because you think this is the way to love, you will start trying all this with me also. You will become possessive and crave attention. Actually, all these emotions have nothing to do with love. They are just concepts of love built over time. In real love, there are no expectations. In real love, the two persons involved will simply disappear. Just the beautiful energy called love will remain. There will be no need for attention or for possessing the other. When this happens, there will not even be the need for the physical presence of the other person.
I am not saying that all your other relationships are wrong. I am saying that they are illusions. Even that is perfectly alright because the only way to get past an illusion is to go through it.
But when you come to me, you will think that I will simply support these illusions. There starts the