The world of love manifests through the words of love by
Chaitanya Charan Das Based on Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18
The world of love refers ultimately to the spiritual world,
Krishna’s personal abode where there is endless love. There, Krishna exists
eternally, the soul exists eternally, and their love exists and expands
eternally.
That world of love is not perceivable to us at present with
our material senses. But it becomes manifest to us through the words of love,
the words of wisdom and compassion spoken by Krishna through scripture and
transmitted by the living tradition of saintly teachers. When we hear those
words open-mindedly, we understand that there exists an arena where our deepest
longing for love is perfectly fulfilled.
It is the nature of the living condition to seek loving
reciprocation.
No doubt, love exists even in this world; wherever there is
life, there is love. It is the nature of the living condition to seek loving
reciprocation. However, because everything in this world is temporary, our love
here being directed towards worldly things ends in frustration.
To help us redirect our love towards everlasting
fulfillment, Krishna descends and disseminates his words of love. In the
Bhagavad-gita (18.64), he reveals the most confidential knowledge – knowledge
of the path of spiritual love, bhakti-yoga. And he suffixes this revelation
with the declaration that he loves us dearly and desires our highest good.
Krishna loves each one of us – and loves us more than anyone else ever can. As
a further expression of his love, he assures in the next verse (18.65) that
those who follow the path of bhakti and offer him their love will surely attain
his eternal abode.
When we submissively hear Krishna’s words and
redirect our love accordingly, bhakti starts working its magic in our heart,
and we glimpse the world of love even in this life. Being enchanted by those
glimpses, we press on enthusiastically and determinedly till we enter that
world for life and love eternal
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