CHAPTER 63
The one that accepts My command as his prayer, the one that rises each dawn with Me and spreads like daylight his strengths of duty and service with the continuous stream of untainted love with the world, the one that desires only the constant company of the Lord, the one that takes this birth only to sacrifice and vows never to fail Me, the one that sees Me everywhere, hears Me all the time, speaks only of Me until his last breath, inhaling and exhaling the sweetness of My fragrance, tasting the nectar of each divine word, making his hands My workshop, his feet My shadow, and his heart My possession, such a one, has chosen freedom from the brutal chains of maya, and instead, has bound himself with the Lord in "handcuffs", and he, My dear, has taken the name of a "devotee". Yes! A devotee that has shut the lights to the world and made it night, forever, and has awakened himself only to the Lord!
The role of a devotee is not any different from that of the Lord. The Lord lives in each devotee, and the devotee lives to love the part that lives within Him as the Lord. The Lord functions only through a devotee, and the devotee functions only to the will of the Lord. The Lord is always in search of a true devotee, and the devotee lives only to search for the Lord. The Lord Himself, is enslaved by the love of a devotee, and the devotee serves his life to His master and makes the feet of the Lord his very home. Thus, the devotee through his devotion, attains the Lord, and the Lord continues His mission of service and love through him.
Do not call yourselves a devotee, until you have begun to live like one. As a devotee, you cannot, ever, hurt yourselves with pride, hatred, and the passions of anger, jealousy and envy. The one that hurts himself, hurts the Lord, and hence, can never be called a devotee. The one that chants My name, and yet stays weak to the world's pleasures, is merely uttering My name, repeatedly, like a parrot - that one can never be called a devotee. The one that promises Me of his perfection, and then fails, bends and breaks his promise with his laziness to persevere, such a one, is insincere to his own self, and will never attain self perfection, until he confronts the truth of his own deception - that one can never, until then, be a devotee.
A devotee, at all times, is only filled with love - love for God in any form, and for His creation, hence, his reaction to all is only with that radiance of love, and he remains unaffected and untouched by any of life's agitations. Remember, My dears, when you have called yourselves a "devotee", you have just taken an oath! - The oath of loving God and living God. An oath is not merely a promise - it is a promise that is determined to succeed. Yes, the promise to the Lord that you are ready to place your hands in his handcuff, lock it forever, and throw away the key! That is the determination, commitment, and love I look for.
- Divine Messages received and recorded by Mrs Seema M Dewan
