Sri Bhagavan Teaching - Love and the Self Sri Bhagavan shares how the self survives through its craving for love. Since it does not have an existence of its own, it craves confirmation by having people love us.
The self seeks reinforcement so it won't disintegrate and it gets it through possessing things and titles. Having someone love us is the strongest reinforcement for the self.
He states that once we discover Love (since we are Love) we can simply be that Love and give it to others without begging for love from others.
View video http://www.worldonenesscommunity.com/video/bhagavan-talks-about-love The self being an illusory thing, the self does not really exist. It is just born out of sensory coordination and all the psychological contents that create the self. It does not have any existence of its own. So constantly it must be reminded, "Yes, yes, you are there. You are very much there." And this happens if somebody loves you. Then you constantly feel reinforced. You feel the reality of your existence, that you are wanted and therefore you are there. That gives you a nice sense of security, a good feeling. So you crave for love. That's why once you discover love, that you, yourself are love, you will no more beg for love. All this love that the youth are talking about, it is begging for love, you just keep begging for love. Once you discover this true love, you just give love. You no more beg for love, and to have true love is almost to become enlightened. So when you have enlightenment you are not there and when you are not there what is there is only love. In which case, you don't beg for love. But as long as that does not happen there is insecurity, there is fear. Every moment the self is disintegrating so it has to possess things. This property is mine. I have these degrees. I have this job. I have this business. I have this name. I have this fame. All this reinforces you. Therefore, you want to have these things. One of the strongest reinforcements is love, if somebody loves you, if somebody cares for you. All these things will sustain you. Therefore you keep going at it. The moment that somebody falls in love with a better person than you, you are finished. That means you are no more wanted and you start disintegrating. That's why you see there is something in the papers recently how a boy was in love with a girl. The girl would not respond and the boy just killed her. I've met alot of people even among our devotees who earlier before they came for the dharma had fallen in love and when the girls did not respond, or later on loved somebody, they just killed them or maimed them. So what kind of love is that. You tell that she is the most wonderful person in the world and that "I love her" and then you kill her the moment she's in love with somebody else. Instead of celebrating that she got a better person than you, such a wretch. So you don't do it that way. So what is all this love. When you say you love somebody, it means you love yourself. That's all there is to it. You can never love anybody. How could you do that. You could only love yourself and which you say "I love so much." I love you so much means I love myself so much. I need so much love to survive otherwise I'm gone. But you must know I'm not condemning it. I'm just describing things as they are. I'm not telling you no, don't fall in love, be totally secure by being zero. I'm not saying those things. Since it's a fact of life, then go ahead. There is no harm. I, myself give blessings. People come and say they want to marry this person or that person. I give them full blessings. Each one, according to his level he must function. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Official Letter from a Oneness University Guide on Srimurthy and Paduka Deeksha
"AS THE POWER HAS STEPPED UP, NOW WHILE RECEIVING DEEKSHA FROM PADUKAS OR SRIMURTHY, KEEP YOUR HANDS 1/2 INCH AWAY FROM THE PADUKAS OR SRIMURTHY. TAKING DEEKSHA BY TOUCH WILL BE LESS POWERFUL.
This is being imparted in the processes happening in the University and is found to be very effective and powerful.
Further, this is applicable only while you take deeksha. During other times you may touch the Padukas or Srimurthy, like you may hug the Srimurthy, hold the padukas etc.,"
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