Evolution of Love 2

Temple stairs

I used to go to the Temple with my mother . The temple had stairs.
I used to ask her why can't they build the temple on the ground? Why do you have to climb the stairs each and everyday?

*The excellent answer by mother.*

You need to rise above your level to reach God.
Each step of the stairs is a reminder that you are rising above your level in terms of your envy, greed, anger, ego and all evil parts of your life.
It also suggests that you have to climb the steps one by one, you can't just jump off from first step to the last step.
That is the cycle of life, once you conquer these aspects, you reach towards your inner core self-

The divine YOU....

You are looking for satisfaction in the outside world because you think that all these objects you see in front of you are real.

They are not. The reality is the substratum in which they all appear. This is what you should be seeking, instead of looking for external gods in different pilgrimage places.
An elephant is made out of wood. If we see it as wood, it is wood. But if we get caught up in the name and form, we will see only an elephant and forget that its underlying nature is wood.

All is your own Self. This form is different; that form is different.

This is more powerful; this is worse. These are all judgments you make when you see separate objects instead of having the true vision that all is an undifferentiated oneness.

There may be different varieties of light bulbs, but the current that activates and sustains them is the same. You must learn to become one with this activating current, the unmanifest Self, and not get caught up in all the names and forms that appear in IT.