Gifts...

"Love is a gift from God to man.
Obedience is a gift from Master to man.
Surrender is a gift from man to Master.

One who loves desires the will of the Beloved.
One who obeys does the will of the Beloved.
One who surrenders knows nothing but the will
of the Beloved.

Love seeks union with the Beloved.
Obedience seeks the pleasure of the Beloved.
Surrender seeks nothing.

One who loves is the lover of the Beloved.
One who obeys is the beloved of the Beloved.
One who surrenders has no existence other
than the Beloved.

Greater than love is obedience.
Greater than obedience is surrender.
All three arise out of, and remain contained in,
the Ocean of divine Love."

Meher Baba
_THE EVERYTHING AND THE NOTHING_
Myrle Beach, SC: Sheriar Foundation, 1995 (1963), p. 5
Copyright 1989 Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public�Charitable Trust