Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 - Lesson 5 of 14

ART OF THE DAY

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ART OF THE DAY:

TEARS OF DEVOTION

PROCEDURE

An Art Critic is a person who specializes in analyzing, interpreting and evaluating visual arts. Look at this photograph with the eye of an Art Critic. What do you see?

The poet Rumi wrote about ‘tears of devotion’, thus: “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of the Power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and unspeakable love.”

INFERENCE

If you have tears in your eyes when you think of God or your Master, it is gratitude pouring out of your heart. Emotional surrender prepares us for liberation.