We should remember then that the Divine is all-powerful and all merciful and take refuge in Him, knowing that it is only His Love that can fulfil us. Human love almost always ends in bitterness because most human beings are governed by the ego and desires. As long as this is the case, life will remain miserable. To turn to the Divine, to find the Divine, is the only truth worth living for. Here is a letter of Sri Aurobindo showing us the way.
‘It is the lesson of life that always in this world everything fails a man — only the Divine does not fail him, if he turns entirely to the Divine. It is not because there is something bad in you that blows fall on you — blows fall on all human beings because they are full of desire for things that cannot last, and they lose them or, even if they get them, it brings disappointment and cannot satisfy them. To turn to the Divine is the only truth in life.’
Affectionately,
Alok Da
