Attraction towards the divine personality of God

[dattaswami]

Attraction towards the divine personality of God should be the reason for your worship

A devotee must not expect any benefit from God. The devotee must be prepared to suffer the negative points shown by God i.e., God may give troubles even after your worship but still the devotees must love God. The devotees must be attracted by the divine personality of God. You are attracted by the wonderful taste of the Divine Nectar and should face all the problems like the serpents surrounding it.

When a great film actor dies, the fans of that actor, commit suicide. The fan is not benefited from the film star in anyway. Infact the fan had spent his money for the sake of the actor. So instead of benefit he is put to a loss due to the actor. The reason for such highest love of the fan for the actor is his strongest attraction towards the personality of the actor. Similarly the attraction towards the divine personality of God should be the reason for your worship. It should be just like your blind attraction towards your son. You have served him in his childhood. When he is grown up, he does not serve you but insults you. Still you give all your property only to your son.

You do not show such a treatment towards God. This clearly means that God is not even equal to your son. But in your prayers, you claim that God is dearest to you. This is a lie. Thus you commit two sins. The first sin is that your highest love is not for God, as it is supposed to be. The second sin is that you claim that God is dearest to you, which is a lie. Due to this, the anger of God towards you is doubled.