What is Divine
Love?
#1 What is true
Love? Pure, unselfish Love towards all living beings, considered as
embodiments of the Divine, with no expectation of reward, is true Love.
(Sanathana Sarathi,
June 1985:117ff)
#2 Love does not seek anything in
return. Love knows only to give, not to receive. Such Love is free from fear.
These are the basic features of true Love. (Sanathana Sarathi, August 1988:212)
#3 That which does not change is
only one -- it is Love. All relationships come and go - all are passing
clouds. Only one thing is permanent, and this is Divine Love. (Discourse, December 25, 1995)
#4 Love is of
two kinds: natural love is one which expects something in return. Divine
Love expresses itself in loving service without expectation of any return.
(Sanathana Sarathi,
January 1986:44ff)
#5 Love alone equals Love. Love is
the result of Love. Love is the taste of Love. Love makes no differences or
distinctions between 'mine' and 'thine.' It is extremely selfless.
(Sathya Sai Newsletter Vol 15, No.2:22ff)
#6 Life itself is Love. They are not
two, but one. Love is the very nature of life, as burning is the nature of
fire, or wetness of water, or sweetness of sugar. Love is the fruit of life.
(Sathya Sai Speaks, XI:222ff)
#7 Only the Love that is unchanging
and shines brightly always in the heart is true Love. It is unaffected by
joy or sorrow, praise or blame. (Sanathana
Sarathi, December 1988:313)
#8 Love as thought is Truth. Love as
action is Righteousness. Love as feeling is Peace. Love as understanding is
Non-violence. Love is the common denominator. (Sanathana Sarathi, Feb 1985:37ff)
#9 Expansion is
Life. Expansion is the essence of Love. Love is every urging and surging for
expression and enlargement. Love is God. Live in Love. (Sathya Sai Speaks, VII:324ff)
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God is Love, Man is Love
Love Blossoms from the Heart
