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I would like to be as selfless and giving. It would be ideal for family members to love each other this way.
Love God Exclusively
This story shows how much God wants us to develop a loving relationship with Him. He waits patiently for us to come home, and He responds when we truly want Him.
Dr. V. K. Gokak, the first vice chancellor of Swami’s university, The Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, told me that one day he asked Sai Baba to come to his house for a meal. Sai Baba readily accepted. Dr. Gokak was excited, cleaned his house, and waited for Swami to come. Days and weeks passed. A year went by. Dr. Gokak began to think that Swami had forgoen. Then one day, while siing in front of his altar, he noticed that the most prominent pictures were of a guru he had in the past and still felt fondly toward. Off to the side and hanging on the wall was a small picture of Swami. “This isn’t right,” thought Dr. Gokak. Remembering that now Swami was the main focus of his devotion, he quickly changed the placement of the pictures so that Swami was in the most central position. That very day, just aer this seemingly small change occurred, Swami came to Dr. Gokak and said warmly, “Now I will come for the meal.” Oh, how subtle and sweet is the way Swami shows us how personal and intimate he wants our relationship with him to be.
Be Captured by His Love
Developing a relationship with God leads us inward to our own hearts. His love is so intoxicating that soon we are captured by it and lose aachment to the outer world. The consummation cannot be total until the mind melts into the heart, and we become one with Him. Love is the path to transcending the state of separate I-ness.
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