Love is Above All

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Love is Above All
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Lonalva, India, 25 January 1982 (Excerpt)

So give up that fear which is placed within you in your experiences. Now this is a new experience of a new life, where your energy comes from the Spirit, which is love. In one word it is love. And in three words, it is truth, it is attention and it is joy. All put together it is love. When you mix them up, it becomes love. And that is what you have. It’s the great power of love.

Through your attention, you love others. Even attention is sufficient. To be attentive, you see. I needed a handkerchief, all right. That’s true, I needed a handkerchief. I forgot. I mean, as usual I forget all these things. Then they felt the need: Mother needs just a handkerchief. They brought the handkerchief to Me. It’s a very simple action, you know, but the attention is on Me. With little things like handkerchief you can comfort people. For a Sahaja Yogi, even to give a handkerchief itself is so vibrated; itself is. To win over other people is also this way; to be kind to them, to give them. But to give them realization is the highest thing.

Now when you become subtler and subtler, you will see that you will not have sympathies with people who are afflicted. Not sympathies, but you will have love for them. There’s a big difference between sympathy and love. When you have sympathy means what? You share pathos. Pathos. If you want to share pathos, share. Very good idea is to share pathos. But, if you want to share joy, you’ll not have sympathy; you’ll have love. You want to share your joy of your Spirit with the other person, so you may talk to that person in a way that may not look so much pleasing, and falling at his feet. You see, this is the work of politicians or business people, not yours. You’re not seeking any business out of them. You want them to come to realization. So, you have to say things which are wrong very firmly. With a real firm hand you have to say, “This is absolutely wrong, absurd.” You have to convince on that point. On that, if you go on saying like this, like that, it will never go into their heads because they’re bhoots and you have to hit them hard. That is also love.

So, love is the strongest thing and the sweetest thing. It’s such a beautiful combination and the one who has the wisdom, that subtler wisdom, can only achieve it. Now again the mind will work, “How to do it?” So, I think all of you should put this word “how” into the sea. There’s another very good word in English language which you should use: “Why not?” That’s the way you can assure yourself, ascertain yourself, work it out that way, into complete blessing of God. You have to just pass those blessings to others. That’s all. Nothing more is to be done. Just pass that light to others. For that, what you need is a man who has accepted love as his career. A man who worships love. A person who thinks love is above all.