What are the three categories of love, and how should we journey in the cultivation of the highest form? Bhagawan clearly explains to us today.

Man spends life in three types of spiritual endeavours. He loves God through these paths. The first category, Svartha Prema or selfish love, pertains to thinking only of their own happiness, comfort, and pleasure, not in the least caring about others. The second category, Anyonya Prema or mutual love, pertains to one who thinks of his own family and seeks the welfare of those whom he considers as his own. The third category, Parartha Prema or selfless love, pertains to one who wishes that everyone in the society should be happy. Lokah-samasthah sukhino bhavantu is the prayer of this category of people. This is the supreme love. The first category may be compared to the light in a single room, which will illumine only that room. The second one is comparable to moonlight, which helps you to see things, but not very clearly. It gives scope for doubt. For example, you may see a rope and mistake it for a snake or a stump for a person in the not-so-bright moonlight. The third category is like sunlight, which helps you to see everything clearly without any scope for doubt. If you have a spiritual outlook, you will not have love restricted to yourself and your family alone.