How and why should our devotion mature with time? Bhagawan lovingly explains and guides us on this journey of love and dedication.

Take the Lord to be your father or mother, but only as the first step towards transcending that relationship and merging in the absolute! Do not stop on the steps; enter the mansion they lead to. The Atma sambandham (spiritual connection) is the everlasting and unchanging sambandham. As a first step, you use the flower, the lamp, the incense and so on to worship the Saguna form (God envisioned with attributes). Soon, your devotion moves on to newer forms of dedication, newer offerings that are purer, more valuable, and worthier of your Lord! You feel that you should place before the Lord something more lasting than mere flowers and something more yours than incense! You feel like purifying yourselves and making your entire life one fragrant flame! That is real worship, real bhakti. Do not come to Me with your hands full of trash, for how can I fill them with grace when they are already full? Come with empty hands and carry away My treasure, My love.