Surrender to the Lord, unflinching devotion. (Glossary for the Vahinis)

Embodiments of love! Brahman is full of love and, in fact, is the embodiment of love. Your love should merge with this love. It is the only one and there is no second. It is the non-dual state. The essential nature of love is sacrifice. Under any circumstance it does not give room for hatred. It is love that brings even a person far away closer and more intimate to you. It is love that drives away the feeling of separateness and promotes the feeling of oneness. Love also raises a person from the animal to the human. Prema (Love) is the Prana (Life Force) of man and the Prana itself is Prema. One without love is like a lifeless corpse. Love is shown only to persons who are alive. No one will love a corpse. Love and life are therefore inter-related and intimately connected.

In this worldly life love is manifesting is several forms such as the love between mother and son, husband and wife, and between relatives. This love based on physical relationship arises out of selfish motives and self-interest. But the love of the Divine is devoid of any trace of self-interest. It is love for the sake of love alone. This is called Bhakti (devotion). One characteristic of this love is to give and not to receive. Secondly, love knows no fear. Thirdly, it is only for love’s sake and not for selfish motive. All these three angles of love jointly connote Prapatti (Surrender). When one revels in this attitude of Prapatti one experiences the bliss of the Divine. For this, the prime requisite is Kshama (forgiveness). (SSS Vol.27, pp. 1-2)