Cleanse the heart with the water of love and the detergents of prayer
and contrition, so that the stains of desire will be removed. Then God
will pour His Grace into it. If you yearn for God, you should give up
attachment to the external world and to the body (Loka bhranthi and Deha
bhranthi). There is no use trying to put one foot in one boat and
another in a different boat. You may have been a spiritual aspirant for
20 or 25 years, but if you worry more about physical needs and comforts
than meditation and spiritual progress, then the years of practice is of
no value, as there has been no progress. The waving of the camphor
flame (aarti) at the end of the prayer or bhajan session is to remind
you that your sensual cravings must be burnt away without leaving any
trace behind. You must offer yourself completely to God, to be merged in
His Glory.
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