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Articles: Philosophy | 'prEma' meeda vyaasam
- Miss ANJALI
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And lastly, if you love the other knowing that it is that which transcends the attributes - body, senses and mind - that you love, there the otherness vanishes at once. That love is the most sublime, and is the Absolute itself.
The ordinary man believes the object he desires to be real, and to be the source of the pleasure he enjoys. But the Sage sees objects as mere pointers to the Self.
Love and how to love?
All worldly love is mere bargaining and has always its opposite attached to it, ready to express itself when the consideration anticipated is in any way obstructed.
But a Vedantin's love alone knows no bargain, and naturally knows no opposite. It is perfect and unconditional; and always in the form of giving and not taking. Therefore, even to love one's own wife or child in the best manner, one has to become a Vedantin first. All talk of love in this world is nothing but unadulterated fraud.
So know yourself first. Then alone can you love anybody or anything truly and unreservedly.
Heart and prema
Heart + I am = I am the heart.
Love is the expression of the Self through the heart, and the heart is always wet. It takes you straight to the Self or Atma and drowns you in it. Language is dry and is the expression of the Self through the head or reason. It takes you only to the brink of Atma; and leaves you there, till the heart rises up to wet reason and ultimately to drown you in love.
So when you begin to discuss love, it is impossible to proceed with the discussion when the heart wells up. Of the different styles in literature, 'shringara' (based on human love) is the one style found best suited to clothe the highest Truth through the message of love or prema. This is why even the Upanishads have invariably utilized this style to express Truth.
What do you love?
Answer: 'You can love only the right Absolute, represented by the life principle in others. You can love nothing else.'
What do I love? And why?
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