FTER THAT, VEDAVYAS WROTE THE FAMOUS Srimad Bhagavatam on the Lord's play, and incorporated the Rasa Leela¹ of Sri Krishna into it, which we consider to be the heart of the scripture. Writing about the Lord's leela brought Vedavyas back to where he had begun his journeyLove Divineand once that was revealed in him quite intuitively, he felt fulfilled, fully satisfied. He was soaked in Divine Love. This was also the stage of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and other great souls such as Krishna and Jesus and Buddha. You can begin with the path of dualism (the love of God) and end with that path as non-dualism (Oneness with God or God within everyone and everything) in a way that is very exalted, very revealed and Conscious. That initial stepping-stone purifies the heart so that you can grow on the path. You start with love, devotion, faith and trust, but when you end in Love, that is paraprakriti, parabhakti and paragyan,² the highest Wisdom.
      That Love is not only heavenly, Divine, it is the way in which you realize why God created in the first place. Why would the Absolute not merely remain the Absolute? 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. Something is inseparably joined between the center and the circumference, the Spirit and creation. This has been explained in Yogic science as Purusha and prakriti. Purusha is the Spirit, the Absolute; prakriti is nature or the manifestation. God and the creation are inextricably interwoven in each other. That highest manifestation of Love is the relationship through which the center and circumference exist.
      Whatever the manifestation, you will always find that the basis is Love. What is it that makes the branches of a tree hold the leaves, or the earth to hold the tree's roots? Why do the stars hurtle around each other or the planets around the sun? You may rationalize and theorize, but when you go deep into it, you will find that the answer is Love. I am not talking about Dharma, at the moment. Dharma is the law, that which upholds creation, but Love is deeper. It is the "glue" that makes the creation possible. Love is not a virtue, it is transcendental. If ever you realize this Pure Love, you will understand all the secrets and mysteries of existence.