About Divine Love the Sruti (Veda) declares: ‘It did not originate from the firmament. It did not grow from the earth. It has no birth and death. It is all pervading. It emerges from the heart when the knots of ignorance are broken.’ This is how the Vedas glorified Divine Love. Even Narada, the author of the BhaktiSutras, could not describe the nature of Divine Love. He described in various terms the state of mind of the devotees filled with love of the Lord, but he could not describe prema (love) itself. He compared Prema to a priceless gem. Likewise Tulsidas also referred to Rama’s name as a precious gem.

Where is this love to be found? It can be got only from Bhagavan Himself, who is the very embodiment of love. Do not treat lightly this infinitely valuable love, which is eternal, pure, sacred and powerful beyond words.

Do not miss this opportunity given to you by Sai. It is only devotion to His feet that will redeem you. Do not be swayed by anyone’s words.Come all of you! Come! Come along and bask in this blissful love!(SSS Vol.19, pp. 219-220)

Love is your sole refuge wherever you may be, in a forest, in the sky, in a city, or a village, on the top a mountain or in the middle of deep sea. (Telugu Poem)

Wherever you may be, divine love will protect you always. Cultivate such type of love. This is the real Sadhana. Sadhana is not something that is associated with Dhana (money). True Sadhana leads you to Salokya, samipya, sarupya, and sayujya(perception of the Divine, proximity to the Divine, identity with the Divine, merger with the Divine). Unfortunately, today people do not understand the real meaning of Sadhana.

The Atma is divine. Never forget this fact. Some people resort to physical Sadhana and derive happiness out of it. But the pleasure they derive out of it is only physical and temporary in nature. All that is associated with time is bound to disappear one day or the other. You have to attach yourself to that which permanent, eternal and real. God’s love is beyond all description. It is supreme. On the other hand, physical love is momentary and is associated with physical relationship. Whatever is associated with the body comes and goes. But pure and selfless love which emerges from the heart comes and grows. You have to cultivate such love. God is the only source from which true love flows. It is available only with God. Therefore, find out how to reach Him. Only God’s love is eternal. Therefore, love such divine love. You cannot get it from anywhere else except God.

God’s love is the only truth. It will never change. Worship such changeless truth. Seek refuge in that truth. That is the only real Sadhana for attaining Moksha (liberation).(SSS Vol.37, pp. 78-79)

Today man is totally unaware of what is meant by Love. Man equates desire with Love. He imagines that whatever he yearns for are prompted by Love. This is not true Prema (love). Prema is totally free from desire. It is utterly selfless. It seeks no return. It is all encompassing. It makes no distinction between friend and foe.

Forgetting this concept of universal selfless love, filling himself with selfish desires, man fancies that he is filled with Love. This is mundane attachment. It is quite apart from the Love that flows from the Spirit inside. Spiritual love is boundless. It is free from the feeling of hatred. It is capable of expressing itself in universal terms. It is vital to fill the mind with Love and expel the six enemies residing in it. Every part of the body should be filled with Divine Love. That is the way to divinise man. (SSS Vol.30)