One day after meditation Golap-ma remarked: “Mother, the Master said, ‘Only Ishwarkotis [godlike souls] can have unconditional devotion, not jivakotis [ordinary souls].”
Holy Mother replied: “Ishwarkotis have fulfilled all their desires. Because they are devoid of desire, they become recipients of unconditional devotion. Jivakotis have innumerable desires, so they cannot have unconditional devotion.”
“It seems that I shall never achieve unconditional devotion,” Golap-ma said.
“Why not, Golap? If you can give up desire, you will attain it.”
“Can a jiva [individual soul] give up all desires?”
“Yes, one can give up desire. That is why one is supposed to practise japa, meditation, and other spiritual practices. The mantra purifies the body. A man becomes pure by repeating the mantra. When a man gets rid of desires by discriminating between the real and the unreal, then he does not remain a jiva anymore. He becomes eligible for liberation. Moreover, one can attain unconditional devotion by God’s will.”
- ‘Sri Sarada Devi and Her Divine Play’ by Swami Chetanananda, P179
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