Love is the water of life.   God created Adam from clay and water.   If it were not for water the clay would hold no shape.    Divine love is what binds our souls together, that is why people become so miserable when they feel unloved.   It is a feeling that something essential is missing from one's life, that life itself is incomplete; and in the face of this ache people set out in search of love with the desperation of a man dying of thirst.

              Yesterday, as we were driving back from Sheffield, I noticed a bumper sticker that read: 'God is Love.' That is a statement that accords with a common level of understanding.     In reality such a description can never do justice to the Almighty.       Never can a single word or emotion, nor even all words and all emotions, come close to describing His splendour -... However the saying 'God is Love' can be called a common wisdom, as the intention is to accord the highest degree of veneration and devotion to love.   That is correct; but to say it is 'God' is, let us say, an oversimplification.

               Love is an attribute of God Almighty which binds His servants to Him eternally.      If God were to hate mankind it would be so easy for Him to bring about an abrupt and   terrible end to our follies----- but He loves us and therefore shown us so much  tolerance.   If you are a parent, consider your love for your children. If your son grew up to be a criminal would you not love him still?   Would you not maintain that despite his badactions (which you would perhaps readily condemn) he was still basically at heart a good boy? .............

              The Lord created us and loves us; that is why everyone loves love. No one complains of love or wants it to be taken from him, but all want to be loved more.
              Where are you seeking love? Are you taking pure water from a gushing source, or muddy, slimy water from the ditch?......

Is your love permanent - love for the real immaculate divine essence living in that person, - or temporary as a result of some desirable attributes; beauty, youth, wealth, station or wit? ....

             Oh people seek real love, a love that cannot go astray. That love is the love of God and the love of His creatures to the sake of His love for them..........

This discourse is an ocean, its summary is: - beware of what is of the world and pay attention to the dose.   When crossing that ocean embark on a sturdy ship with well maintained life boats and life preservers, and if you swim in it keep your head above water!     

As for the ocean of Divine Love, dive in and drown - that is eternal life in the Ocean of Unity.

Selections from 'Love is the water of life' - in Ocean of Unity   Shaykh Nazim 1987