Why should I develop Love of God?
From: Aravind
Answer Podcast
Transcript
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Question from Aravind Prabhu, why should I develop love of God? Answer, because that is the only way to eternal happiness. Love is our very innate nature. As conscious beings, we want to love and be loved.
Without that, we cannot be happy. However, choosing the right object of love is something which very few people do in a very serious way. Everything of this world is temporary and if we make things and people of this world the object of our love, even if we somehow get some little satisfaction, that won’t last.
However, we as souls are eternal and our relationship with God is eternal. And God is not just some abstract principle or a pervasive light. God is the all attractive supreme person.
He has everything that attracts us to the different people of this world and more. All the qualities that attract us to different people in this world, all those qualities are just sparks of the full flame of those qualities that is present in God. In Krishna, Yadya Dviprooti Matsattvam Shreemad Urjitam Evam Tattva Deva Gacchattvam Mammatey Jyomsha Sambhavin, 10.41 in the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says that all opulent, beautiful and glorious things in this world are a spark of His splendor.
Just a spark can give tiny illumination, but the whole can give full illumination. Similarly, Krishna can give us full satisfaction, eternal satisfaction, whereas loving anything of this world can give us only temporary satisfaction. And when we learn to love Krishna, it is not that we neglect or reject people of this world.
We spiritualize our love for everything in this world also, because we understand that everything is ultimately connected with Krishna and we love everyone not because of what they do for us, but because what they mean for Krishna. We see everyone as the family members in Krishna’s one family and love them purely selflessly and spiritually. So in this way, by loving Krishna, we gain eternal happiness and we also develop true love for others by which we also can help them in their journey towards true happiness by in turn developing their relationship with Krishna, which is also the only way they can find true love and true happiness that will last forever.
Thank you.