"Good company is thus most essential. Take for instance, a piece of charcoal. If it is to burn, it has
to be brought close to a piece of burning charcoal. It will bum better if a fan is turned towards
both. This is the result of being both "near and dear" (to the source of fire).
This applies to
devotees as well. There are many who are "near" to Bhagavan. But they are like frogs in a lotus
pond. The frogs are near to the lotus, but do not taste its honey. But bees come from remote
distances to taste the honey in the lotus. If the frogs were aware of the sweetness of the honey,
they would not have let the bees come near.
It is, therefore not enough if you are near. You have
also to become dear to the Lord.
You must be both near and dear. If you love the Lord, but are far from Him, you suffer the pangs
of separation like a mother who is worried when she has no news from her son who is abroad.
Thus both love and nearness are necessary. This is the value of having darshan of the Lord."
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Divine Discourse - 15.3.1992)
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