{"id":485,"date":"2015-01-09T13:36:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T18:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=485"},"modified":"2015-01-09T13:36:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T18:36:29","slug":"one-can-find-god-and-love-only-if-one-completely-surrenderss-the-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/one-can-find-god-and-love-only-if-one-completely-surrenderss-the-self\/","title":{"rendered":"One can find God and love, only if one completely surrenders\u2019s the self"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>&#8211; Julia Cameron<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Kabir &#8211; The couplet<\/em><br \/>\n\u0930\u093e\u092e \u0930\u0938\u093e\u092f\u0928 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092e \u0930\u093e\u0938, \u092a\u0940\u0935\u0924 \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915 \u0930\u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0964<br \/>\n\u0915\u092c\u0940\u0930 \u092a\u0940\u0935\u0923 \u0926\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0932\u092d \u0939\u0948, \u092e\u093e\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0938\u0940\u0938 \u0915\u0932\u093e\u0932 \u0965<\/p>\n<p>\u092a\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092e \u0906\u0938, \u0930\u0916\u093e \u091b\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u092e\u0928 \u0964<br \/>\n\u0926\u094b \u0916\u0921\u094d\u0917 \u090f\u0915 \u092e\u092f\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093e \u0938\u0941\u0928\u093e \u0928 \u0915\u093e\u0928\u0965<br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>transliterated:<\/em><br \/>\nRam rasain prem ras, peevat adhik rasaal|<br \/>\nKabir peevat durlabh hai, maange sees kalaal||<br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\nPiya chaahe prem aas, rakha chaahe man|<br \/>\nDo khadg ek mayan mein, dekha suna na kaan||<br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Translation:<\/em><br \/>\nGod\u2019s nectar is the nectar of love, the sweeter it gets as one drinks it |<br \/>\nBut, says Kabir, it is difficult to drink, for its price is one\u2019s head ||<\/p>\n<p>One wants to drink this nectar, but also retain one\u2019s pride |<br \/>\nBut never has it been heard or seen that two swords stay in one sheath ||<\/p>\n<p><em>My understanding:<\/em><br \/>\nWe all claim that we want and crave love, when the reality is that we are chasing infatuation.<\/p>\n<p>How do we recognize infatuation as different from love? Infatuation will attach specific returns as payment demands for the spent energy, related to the physical self. IF we get upset that the object of our affection has yet to recognize our effort and respond in a specific fashion, it is infatuation. If it were love, any reaction or none at all would be perfectly acceptable. For love works to satisfy the other, not the self.<\/p>\n<p>To care for the other truly, we have to fully give without expectation or demand for anything in return. The ability to love is its own reward \u2013 it needs no other to satisfy.<\/p>\n<p>Pride gets into the middle of this space. As the giver of emotion, we somehow manage to presume the role of giver\/provider instead of being the one donning the mantle of responsibility. The provider needs to receive to complete the transaction \u2013 but love is NOT a transaction. To give love is the reward we get \u2013 when we are able to truly love, there is no need for something else to complete the action. Once we accept that, pride dissolves, and leaves us illuminated in the light of the soul.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.\u201d &#8211; Julia Cameron \u00a0 Kabir &#8211; The couplet \u0930\u093e\u092e \u0930\u0938\u093e\u092f\u0928 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092e \u0930\u093e\u0938, \u092a\u0940\u0935\u0924 \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915 \u0930\u0938\u093e\u0932 \u0964 \u0915\u092c\u0940\u0930 \u092a\u0940\u0935\u0923 \u0926\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0932\u092d \u0939\u0948, \u092e\u093e\u0902\u0917\u0947 \u0938\u0940\u0938 \u0915\u0932\u093e\u0932 \u0965 \u092a\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u092e \u0906\u0938, \u0930\u0916\u093e \u091b\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u092e\u0928 \u0964 \u0926\u094b \u0916\u0921\u094d\u0917 \u090f\u0915 \u092e\u092f\u093e\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902, \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093e \u0938\u0941\u0928\u093e \u0928 \u0915\u093e\u0928\u0965 \u00a0 transliterated: Ram rasain&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}