THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
How can we develop love, patience, forbearance and forgiveness in ourselves, and how do we know we have it in us? Bhagawan lovingly reminds us today with barometers.
True and selfless love manifests as sacrifice. Such love knows no hatred. It envelops the entire universe and is capable of drawing near even those who are seemingly far away. It is Love that transforms the human into the Divine. It can transform pashu (a bestial person) into Pashupati (Divinity). In the phenomenal world, you come across many shades and derivatives of this primordial love. You love your father, mother, brother, sister, friends, and so on. In all such cases, there is always a tinge of selfishness somewhere or other. Divine love, on the other hand, is totally free of even the slightest trace of selfishness. You must surrender to such love, become completely submerged by it, and experience the bliss it confers. For acquiring such Love, the quality of Kshama or forbearance is a vital necessity. Every individual must cultivate this noble quality. Kshama is not achieved by reading books or learnt from an instructor. Nor can it be received as a gift from someone else. This prime virtue - Kshama, can be acquired solely by self-effort, by facing squarely diverse problems, difficulties of various sorts, anxieties, and suffering as well as sorrow.
- Divine Discourse, May 25, 2000
