bhakti

in the West we have used the term 'love' in such a profane sense...that is, to reflect attachment to worldly objects or people. We speak of 'loving' that food or drink or automobile or person...often in the same sense. We are so 'action-oriented' that we actually think of love as something to do. But most people sadly find that you can't 'make love' if love does not already exist.

When we speak of falling in love, we might find that a slight restatement of the experience would help clarify our direction. For when you say 'I fell in love' with him or her you are saying that he or she was the key that unlocked your heart- the place within yourself where you are love. As if that person mysteriously was able to awaken the love aspect inside of you, meaning that without that person, that door would remain closed and the love dormant.

Love is a state of being- and the Divine state at that-the state to which we all yearn to return, we wish to possess and control. But sooner or later we find that even that is impossible.

To possess the key is to lose it.