only from spontaneous love. A pale reflection of such a quality of service is found in the service that a mother offers to her child, that a friend gives to her friend, or the wife to her husband. Indeed, these three forms of service are not imposed, but aroused by love only. But let us understand that in this material world, even the service offered with love is only a distorted reflection of that which we find in the spiritual world, in contact with the Lord, and which is real service, service. linked to the love of every being. Now, this same service, imbued with spiritual love, can be performed here on earth with devotion.
Serving God with love and devotion makes it possible to be aware of being a spiritual soul or spiritual entity, and not the body of matter
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Brahma, the demiurge and first created being, prayed the Lord not to let him forget his eternal relationship with Him in the course of his material activities, for he did not want to be plunged into the darkness of ignorance, nor to be separated from God and even less to forget him.
In answer to this prayer, the Lord enjoins him not to believe for a moment that he can exist independently of his omnipotence. The example He gives in this regard is that of fire. The flame that is made to spring from the wood is always the same, regardless of the wood used. Likewise, the bodies that inhabit the material creation may have specific differences in form and quality, but the spiritual souls that animate them do not differ from each other. The property of fire, that is heat, is everywhere the same, and the spiritual spark, this fragment of the supreme spiritual Being, is of the same nature for all beings. This is how the power of the Lord is found distributed throughout all of his creation. Only this absolute knowledge can free us from the filth into which material illusion plunges us.
At this level, since the power of the Lord is omnipresent, the pure soul, the devotee of the Lord, can see everything in relation to it. Him, so much so that he feels no attachment to the outer envelopes, the material bodies. This pure spiritual vision immunizes him against any stain to which contact with matter exposes him. The holy being never forgets the presence of the Lord, whatever the circumstances.
Forget God is the worst punishment there is, for it is to be plunged into darkness, blindness, ignorance, anguish, fear, despair, suffering and death.
On the other hand knowing the Supreme Eternal, being immersed in the consciousness of God, naturally leads to love him, to take pleasure in obeying him, in doing his will, to surrender to him, to serve him with love and devotion, and thus to benefit from his gentle protection. We then find ourselves in light, bliss, knowledge, absolute truth and eternal life.