The most powerful weapon to destroy the forces of evil rampant in the world today is love. Unfortunately men are not pursuing the right path to acquire this sacred love. Love is the seed of love. It is also the branches, the flowers and the fruit. To enjoy the fruits of love, one has to practise love.

Instead of seeking to know the true nature of love, man is engaged in the pursuit of wealth and power. No doubt wealth and power are necessary, but only within limits. The vast ocean, when it swells beyond its bounds, is censured for its misbehaviour. The human body and mind will be healthy only when food is consumed within limits. Excessive eating causes various disorders.

Everything in the world is governed by the bounds set for it. However, love has no limits. ‘Anirvachaniyam premswarupam’ (Love is beyond the power of words), declares the sage Narada (Narada Bhakti Sutras:51).

The flow of love is the life-giving water for everyone. How is this love to be secured by one? Not by Japa (chanting the Lord’s name) or meditation or by studying the scriptures. God does not dwell in the Vedas or the Puranas. God dwells in the heart and should be sought there. People should close their mouths and open their hearts. Then they will experience the divine bliss. (SSS Vol.29)

Today love has been almost totally banished. Where love should prevail hatred has taken its place. Petty jealousy has usurped the place of compassion. Man can experience true happiness only when the appropriate qualities reside in their allotted places.

Transform your entire life into a saga of love. You will then lack nothing to make you happy. All wealth and position will be added unto you. Love conquers all.

What is the nature of this Love? When praying to God, you should have a feeling of total surrender. If you are really keen about realising God, if you are hungering and thirsting for God, then you should cultivate this all-absorbing love. Mere expression of desire is not enough. You should endeavour to experience union with the Divine. If your heart is full of selfishness, how can you experience the Divine merely by a wish?

There is love of all sorts toady. It is related to the body consciousness and not to the Self, which is the basis. Spiritual love begins with the concept of Dasoham (I am your servant) and culminates in the concept of Soham (He and I are one). Without the feeling of Dasoham, you cannot experience the feeling of Soham.

Soham is the expression of divine oneness. ‘The Atma and I are one.’ That Atma is Brahma. That is love. That is Truth. That is Righteousness.

Men have been concerned with the four goals of human life-the Purusharthas - Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha (Righteousness, Wealth, Sensuous Desires and Liberation). But there is a fifth goal: Love. Only when love is achieved will the world become an earthly paradise.  Where love prevails, there will be no room for hatred or envy. Love can have no truck with evil thoughts and actions. Love should be steadfast and unwavering. If one goes on hopping from one Swami to another, from one form of worship to another, he will never experience love of the Divine. ‘One word, one path’ - that should be the aim. (SSS Vol.29, pp. 382-384)