It is very easy to talk of universal love, but it is difficult to put it into practice. Petty-mindedness of all sorts comes in the way. Old wrong impressions act as stumbling blocks. You can overcome all obstacles through will, patience and perseverance. Feel that the whole world is your body, your own home. Feel that all beings are images of God. Feel that the one power of God works through all hands, sees through all eyes, hears through all ears.
One who is established in cosmic love does not shun society. He loves all. He loves the Self which pervades all creatures. Selfless service springs from him as the breath springs from all living beings. When he finds that someone is suffering, he rushes to relieve them, not because he loves that particular person, but because he has realized that his own Self pervades the other person, because the goodwill that fills his heart naturally flows towards a suffering person and endeavours to remove his affliction.
This service he renders naturally – service for the sake of service, love for love’s sake. It is a love that does not clamour for reciprocity; it is service that does not look back for appreciation or reward. In this love, in this service, all are equal.