22 Aug 2021
[Ms. Thryloka asked: Swami, every soul has defects no matter how many merits exist. When we love a soul, we should be able to love their defects also. But, that's not the case with God because God has no defects inherently. Theoretically, it must be easy to love God compared to an ordinary soul. When we observe the world practically, it's easy to fall in love with ordinary people rather than getting devoted to God.
Is it because we don't know the knowledge about God's qualities?
Or is it because we are lazy to learn about God?
Or Is it because God shows His non-existent negative qualities sometimes to test devotees?]
Swami Replied: Loving merits is initial stage of love called Shraddhaa or interest. Loving even defects blindly is the advanced stage of love called madness or unmaada. If you show the advanced love towards a human being, that human being gets spoiled because, the negative qualities of a soul are as inherent as merits. In the case of God, the negative qualities are not inherent, but, are superimposed to test the advanced stage of love to God of the devotee. Your advanced stage of love in blindly supporting the negative qualities of the soul will not bring you any benefit and moreover, will spoil the human being exhibiting those negative qualities. There is neither benefit to you nor any benefit to the other side person, in whom instead of benefit, more damage takes place. In the case of God, such damage will not take place since those negative qualities are not inherent, but, just superimposed to test the advanced stage (madness) of your devotion. Not only absence of damage to God, but also greatest benefit for you results since God will be overwhelmed with your mad devotion and liberate you from all sins granting highest fruit to you. Therefore, don’t bind both horse and donkey side by side in this concept.
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