Pleasure of God and love from God are quite different

[dattaswami]

Pleasure of God and love from God are quite different

Love is far greater than pleasure. If an employee performs his duties well, without causing any disturbance to the office, the employer is pleased and grants promotion to the employee. But the promotion is not permanent because the employee has to retire from the job one day or other. The employee performed his duties well to get the benefit from the employer and this is not the love on the employer. But the employer loves his wife and children and gives all his wealth to them permanently. Pleasure of God and love from God are quite different. The employee gets the benefits of promotion up to certain specified period only i.e., up to the date of retirement. Similarly, a good person involved in social service without the element of God, gets temporary heaven. This is the result of the pleasure of God which is temporary because the social worker did not love God. But if you take the family members of the employer, they loved him personally and their love is main point for them. (Of course, if you take the absolute reality, their love is also selfish compared to the love of God. But relatively with respect to the love of employee their love is better). They may help the employer in the office also but their help is based on their personal love to him. In such case, the employer loves his family and love is greater than pleasure. Therefore, the employer gives all his wealth to the family forever.

Similarly, a devotee who loves God personally and does the social work also due to his love on God only, is treated as the family member of God. God loves such devotee and gives him all His divinity to him forever. Therefore, your aim should not be becoming mere employee but your aim should be to become the family member of God.


At the Lotus Feet of His Holiness Sri Dattaswami

Anil Antony

Universal Spirituality
Universal Spirituality for World Peace
antonyanil@universal-spirituality.org