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heart will thus become an eternal fountain of love. And when we reach a higher state even through this love, all tħe little differences between the things of the world will be entirely lost-man will be seen no more as man, but only as God; the animal will be seen no more as an animal, but as God; even the tiger will no more be seen a tiger, but as a manifestation of God. Thus, in this intense state of bhakti, worship is offered to every life, and to every being. “Knowing that Hari, the Lord, is in every thing, the wise have thas to manifest unswerving love towards all beings."*
As a result of this kind of intense allabsorbing love, comes the feeling of perfect self-surrender and the conviction, that nothing that happens is against us (पपातिकूल्य). Then the loving soul is able to say, if pain
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