DIVINE LOVE
 The Basis of All Creation

Satsang of
Prabhushri Swami Amar Jyoti
© 2003 TRUTH CONSCIOUSNESS

WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CREATOR AND THE CREATION?
IN OUR SOCIAL, HUMAN LIFE, WE OFTEN ARE UNCONSCIOUS OF THE BASIS
FROM WHICH WE CAME, THE CONNECTING FACTOR. WHATEVER THE
MANIFESTATION, YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND THAT THE BASIS IS LOVE.

OMEHOW IN THE LAWS OF NATURE OR GOD'S PLAY, the beginning is an end and the end is a beginning. This was true in the life of Vedavyas, the author and compiler of some of India's highest scriptures, including, the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita. Vedavyas was a great scholar and a Realized Soul; he was literally called Bhagavan, "Lord." Not that he was a prophet in the traditional sense, but he was one of the greatest sages of ancient Bharat. It is well known that Vedavyas had achieved mastery on all paths of yoga: non-dualism, dualism, monotheism, qualified monotheism, qualified dualism, and so on, but he had begun his seeking with bhakti yoga, the path of love and devotion. From the path of love, which is supposedly dualistic, he went on to reach the highest non-dualistic Realization and gave the world the most sublime spiritual theses, philosophies and scriptures one could write. And yet somehow, even after achieving all this, he was not fully satisfied; he knew something was missing.
      The majority of us, after climbing to such a summit, would be satisfied, but in Vedavyas' case, he was not completely fulfilled. Then, as it is written, various devas or celestials appeared to him. Among them was Narada, the Divine musician and messenger of God. Vedavyas told him, "Narada, I have written such treatises the world has never seen and I feel my mission is fulfilled. But something is still missing in my heart." Narada knew the heart of Vedavyas and said, "You have written great wisdom, great yoga, great revelations on the mysteries of the universe, but you have not written about the leela, the 'play' of the Lord. Without glorifying that Divine Play, there is no consummation of the creature’s soul. Without experiencing that oneness and ecstasy of the Lord’s Love, you will feel unfulfilled, whatever else you might realize."