He who tries to develop universal love should try to possess various sattwic virtues such as kshama, patience, perseverance, tolerance, generosity, straightforwardness, mercy, truthfulness, ahimsa, brahmacharya, nirabhimanata or humility. He should serve humanity untiringly with a disinterested, selfless spirit for many years. He has to kill his little self ruthlessly. He must bear calmly insults and injuries. Then only there is the prospect of cultivating cosmic love.
Love is the fulfilling of the Law. The aim of charity, social service, altruism, humanitarianism, socialism is to develop this universal love and expand one’s heart ad infnitum. Unity is eternal life. Diversity is death. Unity brings concord, harmony, supreme peace. Diversity brings discord, disharmony and restlessness. Unity is Divine Life or life in Spirit. Diversity is asuric life or life in matter. There is only one language, the language of the heart.
There is only one dharma, Sanatana dharma. There is only one law, the law of cause and effect. There is only one religion, the religion of love or the religion of Vedanta. There is only one sun, one moon, one akasha or space, one Brahman, one Purushottama and one Chaitanya. Feel the oneness everywhere. Realize the Satchidananda Atman, the common thread of consciousness that links all these names and forms. All diversities, all differences, all qualities which are mayaic or mental creations, will now totally vanish.
Human actions are divine actions. One universal life throbs in the heart of all, sees in the eyes of all, works in the hands of all and hears in the ears of all. What magnanimous experience it is, if one can feel this by crushing this little ‘I’. Unfortunately, the old tendencies, the old desires and the old habits of thinking stand in the way of realizing this experience.
Bask in the sunshine of divine love! Anoint yourself with the oil of selfless service! Wear the raiment of purity! Eat the bread of the Name of the Lord! Drink the divine ambrosia of meditation on God! Perfume yourself with the scent of charity and abundant giving! Dive into the divine source and draw inexhaustible strength there from! This divine source is full of bliss, peace and joy! It is perfect harmony and pure delight!