That is, if there is love for God, then it increases every moment. And it is like nectar. What is the meaning of nectar? What is the meaning of nectar? What? What is the meaning of nectar? Anyone? Yes? One meaning is sweet. Then? That which never gets old, that which is never destroyed. It does not die. It does not die. So, it does not die, what does that mean? One does not give up the spiritual practice. If you give up the spiritual practice, then the spiritual practice is dead. It does not die. And again, it feels very sweet. It feels sweeter and sweeter. If one consumes nectar and another consumes buttermilk, what is the difference between the two? Okay, you got a very sweet vegetable dish. Or some sweet dish was made. And if someone feeds you, feeds you, feeds you, then? After eating a little, one gets tired of it. That is, what is sweet becomes poison. And what if it is nectar? That does not happen with nectar. That does not happen with nectar. One never gets tired of its sweetness. What is the advantage of deities over humans? No matter how much they eat or drink, no matter how much they eat, they do not fall sick. No matter how much they eat, they do not get tired of it. No matter how much they eat, they do not grow old. Yes? They do not grow old. They do not grow old. What if our devotion grows old there? Our interest grows old. Devotion does not grow old, but what if our interest grows old? We have grown old, so now can we run around for seva? Yes? Is that how it is done? No, no, not like that. Maharaj has said it very well. Read the second paragraph. In this, one that in whichever seva we find interest, and in which we enjoy more, if we are asked to leave that seva and do another one in which we do not have much interest, then what should we do to increase our interest? It depends on who is asking us to leave. To us, having an inclination for a seva is a different thing, but inclination if there is an inclination, are we to remain attached to that inclination or are we to attach ourselves to God through that inclination? What did Maharaj say is the purpose of inclination? That this is his inclination. So, what did Maharaj say is its fruit? One gets more interest in God. Because of that, he gets a lot of peace. If one performs devotion remaining in his inclination, then he gets a lot of peace. If he remains attached to his inclination for a long time and if he is asked to leave it and he becomes restless, then what does that mean? Then he has interest only in that inclination, not in God. In inclination, meaning he has interest in the activity of his inclination, he has not developed interest in God through his inclination. It is true that currently I am comfortable with certain things. But because of comfort, are we to remain attached to this or are we to serve God through that comfort? And through comfort, in God we have to develop love, so that later, whatever it is, there is no problem. When he has developed love for God, then he does not have much of an issue with inclination. What did Maharaj say about inclination? That there are four inclinations. Bhagawat dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Out of four, then He made it three. Four. Then three. First, in 48, there are four. One is primary and the other three are secondary. Then? It is complete only when he does all four. The one that is there, why did Maharaj ask to do that one? That is to build a base, a foundation in the beginning. Remaining on that foundation, then he has to complete the first one, so that he attaches himself to God. After attaching to God, once he has some attachment to God, then he has to develop the others as well. One should not remain stuck to only one. Our inclination, Maharaj says, its path is set. That is called one's inclination. When is it said that the path is set? When is it called inclination? It settles down. It settles down. More than that, a core quality. When is it called a core quality? In that, in competition, he gets ahead of others. When there is competition with others, then he gets ahead in that. Natural. Natural, but not out of jealousy, but he has such naturalness that he gets ahead in it. So, that means that within him, that core quality lies. And through that, he has to set his path in God. That is called inclination, and performing devotion remaining in that brings peace. Devotion remaining in inclination is for the purpose of getting more peace. But if there is no peace at all and he keeps doing it, then he is attached to the activity, he is not attached to God. One should not attach to the activity. One should attach to God. We, suppose, do not attach much to other activities, this is the only seva in which one gets attached. What? Mohanthal. Devotion of mohanthal. Is this the devotion of mohanthal? This is the tenth devotion. That is navadha bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → This is the tenth devotion of mohanthal. So, that tenth devotion must be prem lakshana, right? One that cannot be uprooted. So, it is called the tenth devotion. So, there is only one devotion that quickly... Still, Gunatitanand Swami said not to become activity-oriented. Not to become activity-oriented. So, which activity? This navadha bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Not to become activity-oriented in navadha bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → should we not take interest in it? If we do not take interest, how will it be done properly? If we do not take interest in making rotli, will it be edible? If we want to offer it to God, will it be possible? So, if we do not take interest in it, then what do we do? Making mohanthal and not taking interest in mohanthal. So, what does that mean? And if we take interest in mohanthal, then? If one takes interest only in mohanthal, then he gets attached. Take such interest that our interest in God increases. Do not take such interest that interest increases only in this. And whatever interest there is in God also goes away. Whatever interest there is in God also goes away. One does not get tired of it for a long time. And no matter how long he has been doing it, if he is asked to leave it, he is not attached to it at all. Then it is to be understood that he has developed interest in God. All these are spiritual practices. Spiritual practices are for the purpose of developing intense love for God. And while developing love for God, if one develops love for the spiritual practice, then? Even then, it is not good. In the Gita, God said, "Karmanyevadhikaraste." You have to perform action. But "Ma phaleshu kadachana." You do not have to attach to it. And do not be motivated by the fruits of action. Do not have ego. And then? "Ma te sango'stukarmani." Do not take interest in inaction. I do not want to do anything, I find a lot of interest in sitting in a corner. The interest, Maharaj said, that whichever devotion one finds interest in, that is called his inclination. And performing devotion remaining in that brings him a lot of peace. So, someone might say that I get a lot of peace in a corner. What is the sign of devotion to God? It is said so. The activity performed with intense love, that is, with intense interest, is the best. He must find interest. In what? In God. One must find interest in performing some seva of God or in increasing love for God. So, that activity, that type of devotion is called the best for him. That devotion is, for him, the best. But true interest in God has developed, and nowhere else, then that is the second step. Both things are mentioned. If there is love for God, then what are the present signs in that activity? And what are the future signs? If there is love only for God, both things are mentioned in that, right? One is that he performs it with goosebumps. If it is to be performed with goosebumps, then if it is Maharaj's mansi puja or offering thal, it is to be performed with goosebumps, right? But if there is some other devotion, performing seva. If it is seva devotion, then what goosebumps would occur in that? In that, performing with greatness, with greatness. Performing with love, with interest, with interest in it. In that, goosebumps mean finding intense interest. He has intense interest in that activity. So, if he performs mansi puja or physical worship of God with goosebumps, then how is that known? He himself knows that how do others know? Others... First he himself knows, then if it remains for many days, others also know. That is, others would think that he has faith. He does not realize where his time goes. How does he know whether interest has developed or not? Yes? Maharaj said that he performs all physical activities in a hurry, like that. In that, a moment is like an eon and an eon is like a moment, that moment passes like an eon. If we are fed up, then that moment passes like an eon, thinking when will we get free? Doctor Dada used to say, right? What? Move aside, move aside. Oh, oh, oh, and cough, cough. After coming here, 'oh, oh, oh' remains. Twenty-four hours 'oh, oh, oh' remains until death. And otherwise, it becomes 'cough, cough'. If interest in God is not developed, then? Cough, cough. Away from that pack bullock and far from 60. Away from pack bullock is an example. A devotee has faith in God and he thought... No job, no one easily gives a job to a devotee, right? So, there was a pack bullock owner. He asked, do you want to keep a servant? He said, yes, we need people. In the old days, there were pack bullocks, loading on oxen like that. So he said, yes, no problem. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. 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