| Dear John,
“Where do you get the power to love? You see, the problem with man is the ego-thought: ‘We do. We love. We hate. We feel joy. We feel sorrow.’ But the truth is that we are a part of a greater reality. We are a part of an infinite love. That’s how we can love–we don’t create anything. We can only give manifestation to that which exists. And if you will try to manifest the love in your own nature–like a song of mine, which we’ll be singing later. What is love? Is it only ours?
Or does love whisper in the flowers?
Surely we, children of this world,
Could not love by our own powers. It’s God’s power that gives us the ability to love.”
-Swami Kriyananda | 
