Shiva is said to love Parvati so much that she becomes part of his body. In his union with Parvati you see a cosmic union between the male and the female principles of the entire universe, for all of creation. The word love has been misused to such an extent, that every step of the way we question its meaning. If this were real love, then how can it be like this? Where can one find love? What is real love?
Real love does not increase or decrease. It does not overflow when someone offers praise nor does it turn hostile towards the one who insults. It is this love that sees the world as flawless. This love makes you experience the Lord in human form. There is no real love in the external world. What the world calls love is nothing but infatuation and attraction.
Real love resides within and near the one who has known the Self in all its splendor and glory. This love is God and God is love. Where there is no love, there is no path to liberation. Even when one does not know the right things to say, one is offered only love. This is pure love. God exists where there is honesty in relative interactions and where there is pure love, which does not increase, or decrease. These are the two places where God resides. Where there is love, faith and purity, that is where God is. Love is when one perceives the Self in all living beings. All this is 'I', and 'I' am in all.
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