How can we maintain the focus on spiritual knowledge and practice constantly?

[A question by Ms. Amudha]

Swami replied: There is no need of any effort to develop true love for God. True love is spontaneous and it has its own natural power and strength. Do you make any effort to improve your true love for your children? As you attain more and more spiritual knowledge, the true attraction to God increases day by day. Knowledge alone produces that attraction. Knowledge of God means the details about the personality of God. It is the knowledge related to His divine qualities. As you come to know more and more details about Mumbai city, you will develop more and more attraction to go to Mumbai city. Once the force of attraction increases due to the increased study of spiritual knowledge, the force for implementing it in practice also simultaneously develops. Through such practical devotion, you will attain the divine grace of God. Hence, spiritual knowledge is the first and final step. Therefore, Śaṅkara said that knowledge alone gives you the divine fruit (Jñānādevatu kaivalyam). Once the first step, which is the attainment of complete true spiritual knowledge, is completed, the other two steps, which are the attainment of devotion and the attainment of practice follow as spontaneous consequences. No additional effort is needed for these last two steps.

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