Message #9454

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God has given us three gifts; a head, a heart and two hands. The head is for intelligent thoughts or jnana; the heart is for emotion or love which is bhakti; the hands are for action or karma. If we integrate all three in God-consciousness, life will be complete. Work, think, and be immersed in love. Life is a boat and love is the water. The boat of life can only sail smoothly on the water oflove. Devotion is the supreme means of liberation. Bring love into your life through every thought, word and action, then you will see how life will change for the better.

The Bhakti Sutras [Narada's] say,
sa tarati, sa lokan tarayati
"Extreme love will liberate you, as well as others." Whoever comes into contact with an enlightened person, will likewise be saturated with love.

Saint Kabir said,
Je jake saran lije take rakhi laj
ulti jal me machili chale, baha gaye gajaraj.
"One who takes shelter in God is rescued n every situation."

Paramahamsa Prajnanananda in "The Path of Love".