Karachi
April, 1940.
Just as the grace is the subtle string connecting God and the human being, generous and open minded attitude is a similar and subtle string connecting humans with humans. Grace of God and generosity of the mind are the two sides of the same coin. These are the same two-forms of love pervading in God, humans and universe.
Love expresses in worldly life as a generous and open minded attitude. One person can have love for the other person only when the one person is ready to bear all special qualities, odd qualities, and also qualities that produce hateful perverted habits with love; meaning he has generosity and open minded attitude towards the other person. It is impossible to have open minded attitude without love. So love and generosity are dependent on each other. Heartfelt mental generosity is the one thing definitely needed for understanding, knowing, experiencing love, have heart soaked with love and finally becoming the love itself. It also needs the eagerness for bearing anything and everything of the loved ones. One gets the instant comprehension regarding kind of response needed when this strength to bear increases; there is also understanding of its importance and necessity. Our eyes of inner knowledge and awareness open up and with it there is vision of new worlds and magnificent scenery; there is an experience of a new birth in a philosophical sense. The practice of generosity and tolerance transmits a new life in our subtle body and tries to remove the inanimate elements. It also starts to remove narrow minded attitude, selfishness and attachments from our mind and makes our life worthwhile and joyful. It slow down the rush of feelings and thus appropriately controls the blood flowing in gross and subtle blood vessels. Moreover it also produces beneficial and joyous effects in us, and it also to some extent produces same effect in others who come in our contact. We become a moon spreading joy, peace and happiness by cultivating tolerance. We become the instrument of God in fulfilling His divine purpose, in the same proportion as our capacity for tolerance.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Sandesh
Edition 4; Pages 116 - 117.
Love expresses in worldly life as a generous and open minded attitude. One person can have love for the other person only when the one person is ready to bear all special qualities, odd qualities, and also qualities that produce hateful perverted habits with love; meaning he has generosity and open minded attitude towards the other person. It is impossible to have open minded attitude without love. So love and generosity are dependent on each other. Heartfelt mental generosity is the one thing definitely needed for understanding, knowing, experiencing love, have heart soaked with love and finally becoming the love itself. It also needs the eagerness for bearing anything and everything of the loved ones. One gets the instant comprehension regarding kind of response needed when this strength to bear increases; there is also understanding of its importance and necessity. Our eyes of inner knowledge and awareness open up and with it there is vision of new worlds and magnificent scenery; there is an experience of a new birth in a philosophical sense. The practice of generosity and tolerance transmits a new life in our subtle body and tries to remove the inanimate elements. It also starts to remove narrow minded attitude, selfishness and attachments from our mind and makes our life worthwhile and joyful. It slow down the rush of feelings and thus appropriately controls the blood flowing in gross and subtle blood vessels. Moreover it also produces beneficial and joyous effects in us, and it also to some extent produces same effect in others who come in our contact. We become a moon spreading joy, peace and happiness by cultivating tolerance. We become the instrument of God in fulfilling His divine purpose, in the same proportion as our capacity for tolerance.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Sandesh
Edition 4; Pages 116 - 117.
