Devotion Scale

To understand Gita, let us understand Krishna!

When there is Love or devotion it is always true; there is nothing as false love or devotion. Love or devotion is or it is not. Just watching our own inner self will tell us if we have love and devotion or not. But we are afraid to turn in and watch ourselves. We are afraid because many a times there is no love inside. Instead, we always look to others for love. We are anxious to know if there is love from others towards us. Rarely do we want to know if we have love towards others. Everybody is complaining, but no one asks if he himself is loving or not. 

We must feel love for living being who surround us. We should love plants, flowers that are visible everywhere.  We can love the hills and mountains and stars, who are all members of this visible world. And if do not love the seen, the tangible, how can we love or have devotion on the unseen, invisible?  Let us begin with the visible world- the tangible. Love and devotion starts at home. And we will find that once we love the visible soon we begin to feel the presence of invisible world that is just hidden bind it. 

We love rock soon the rock turns into God. We love flower soon and soon we will come in contact with the élan vital that is throbbing inside the flower’s heart. We love a person and soon the body disappears and the spirit becomes visible. Love and devotion are the alchemy which can turn the visible to invisible and subtle. Love and devotion are the doors to the unknown, the unknowable. So let us just be concerned about love and devotion. Let us not worry about testing it. 

Water becomes steam at 100 degrees. We cannot say it will be less steam at 95 degree. So the 100th degree is the first and the last point of climax it turns into steam. Similarly love and devotion are by itself the climax, its alpha, its omega. Modern day, we human are so obsessed with testing anything and everything. Our obsession towards standardisation is gone over the roof. Unfortunately, the journey of Love and Devotion are inwards but we are concerned only with materialistic tools which always are pointed outwards. No meaning in testing Love and Devotion. It is or it is not.  

Wishing you all good health & happiness,

Dr. Dwarakanath, Director, MITRAN foundation- the stress management people