22 Aug 2021
[Ms. Thryloka asked: Pādanamaskāraṃ Swāmi, Your answer about Madhura Bhakti is just mind blowing. You said, "A devotee is a servant of God in Brahmaloka and God becomes the servant of devotee in Goloka. It is not the question of owner or servant, but, it is the question of the extent of love of God. In Vaikuṇṭha (Brahmaloka) God shows highest love to devotees whereas in Goloka, God shows higher than highest love to the devotee. It depends purely on the aspiration of the devotee for the extent of love of God. Aspiration for the love of God is not like other wrong aspirations". But Swāmi, You always say that we should love God without expecting any fruit in return. And that love for God should be one directional. In the case of climax devotees, they were aspiring for the love of God and surrendered everything becoming females. This contradicts with Your general statement as these devotees were expecting more love from God. They are supposed to expect absolutely nothing from God. Isn't it? Kindly enlighten me. -At Your divine lotus feet, Laxmi Thrylokya]
Swami Replied: When I told that you shall not aspire anything from God, anything means anything that is useful to you in practical life like using His power to get wealth or power or any other worldly benefit to get worldly problems solved etc. Anything does not mean the theoretical love from God. If the devotee does not aspire even theoretical love from God in return, such a devotee is a human statue only without any trace of awareness. In the aspiration of love in return, there is no selfishness at all. Devotees show false theoretical love aspiring practical love from God in the form of worldly boons (prostitution devotion). Some other devotees show practical love aspiring practical love from God in the form of worldly boons (business devotion). Some devotees show reversed issue devotion treating God as father and treating themselves as His issues and aspire for all worldly boons and this is horrible reversed issue devotion. In this horrible devotion, the devotee says that God shall grant both theoretical love and practical love even though the devotee is not showing any theoretical or practical devotion to God. Aspiration of fruit in return means all these three types of devotion. Aspiration for theoretical love from God for the theoretical and practical devotion shown to God is not aspiration at all.
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