“Love turns man into an ocean of happiness, an image of peace, a temple of wisdom. Love is every man’s very Self, his true beauty, and the glory of his human existence.” ~ Swami Muktananda

Love is not just a sentiment, a feeling; it is a spiritual energy, Love-Wisdom from the second aspect ot the Divinity (who is known by different names such as Vishnu). God is Love and this energy is found throughout the creation, manifested in different forms – like that of cohesion.

In human consciousness this energy, Love comes to us from our Higher consciousness as Love-Wisdom and is reflected in the heart. That is why all highly realized beings manifest so much Love, and also know so many things that they could not have known by ordinary means. They are all known for their Love and Wisdom.

Shri Hans Raj Maharajji often said “Love is the Heart and Love is God. Everyone has a Heart, so everyone can realize God. Always live through your Heart.” Many great Masters also expressed similar ideas, like those below.

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“Love is our only reason for living and the only purpose of life. We live for the sake of love, and we live seeking love… it is not surprising that we keep looking for love. All of us are nothing but vibrations of love. We are sustained by love, and in the end we merge back into love.” ~ Swami Muktananda

“The world is nothing but a school of love;
our relationships with our husband or wife,
with our children and parents,
with our friends and relatives
are the university in which we are meant to learn
what love and devotion truly are.” ~ Swami Muktananda

“Yet the love we experience through other people is just a shadow of the love of the inner Self. There is a sublime place inside us where love dwells. The love that pulses in the cave of the heart does not depend on anything outside. It does not expect anything. It is completely independent.” ~ Swami Muktananda

“To experience love, we must go inside. When you experience real love you get into a state which is beyond words. You are filled with a joy that goes beyond all emotions. True love is the love of the inner Self.” ~ Swami Muktananda

“One who loves his own Self loves the whole world.” ~ Swami Muktananda

“When this love, the heavenly gift of Nature, appears in the heart, it removes all causes of excitation from the system and cools it down to a perfectly normal state; and invigorating the vital powers, expels all foreign matters- the germs of diseases-by natural ways (perspiration and so forth). It thereby makes man perfectly healthy in body and mind, And enables him to understand properly the guidance of Nature.” ~ Sri Yukteswar Giri

“Ordinary love is selfish, darkly rooted in desires and satisfactions. Divine love is without condition, without boundary, without change. The flux of the human heart is gone forever at the transfixing touch of pure love.” ~ Sri Yukteswar Giri

“Love turns man into an ocean of happiness, an image of peace, a temple of wisdom. Love is every man’s very Self, his true beauty, and the glory of his human existence.” ~ Swami Muktananda

“Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.” ~ Ramana Maharshi