Love is the vital and essential reality of spiritual life. In human life, love takes a number of different aspects - love for wife and children, for various habits and indulgences, for various objects, for certain ideas, and for God. God is Love, and He is there in each aspect of love. It is as if pure clear water is poured into bottles of different colours. In each differently coloured bottle, the water appears to be differently coloured. Yet, truly, the water remains pure and clean. Although love, which is God, appears to be modified and even distorted in man, yet, truly, that Divine Love remains pure and perfect. That love in man, which is pure and perfect, is his love for God. Only love for God is perfect. Gather your love from all aspects of your life and let it flow as one strong, deep river of love to God. Nothing else is needed No other Sadhana is necessary. Happiness and peace will be yours. (MBI, p. 181)

The fundamental factor in spiritual life is suppression of desire, the surrender of the individual will to the Divine Will will elevate all thoughts, words and deeds into acts of worship. When Ravana fell dead, his queen Mandodari lamented over his body; ‘You conquered every enemy of yours, except your own lust! You were pious, you were learned, you subdued even the most powerful foes – but, you allowed yourself to be enslaved by desire. That brought about your downfall.’ The magnifying glass draws the rays of the sun on a single point and can set fire to paper or grass. So too, concentration of attention can destroy the seeds of wanton desire. That is why, I advise a few minutes of Dhyana every day, both in th early morning hours and in the evening after dusk. (SSS Vol. 6, p. 79)