Here i am quoting some poetry written by milkmaids in the glory of their beloved krishna. It is a taste of what is devotion and love when it moves from just love for an individual (a person, object, nature) onto unconditional and eternal love of life itself. The word krishna can be replaced for life, in this context the milkmaids have come to this state of divine devotion through letting go of themselves completely to the historical form of krishna.
"Wherever my eyes may fall, Krishna is all they see;
The bowers, the forest, and the river yamuna,
the sky and the dark clouds,
all the different colours are full of krishna.
People exclaim "this is a new idea"
Whether i am mad or they are blind i cannot decide.
The love of Krishna is beyond words;
i see him, only him in the sky and water and lands,
In the animate and the inanimate.
Neither Brahman nor maya exist, neither the individual
or soul no time;
Nor am i conscious of myself; all that is, is krishna, the son of
nanda.
How can i ever express the longing of my heart?
Who can? In what way?
I thought i could possess hari, but he possessed my heart.
I see him everywhere, in all directions"
This state of devotion towards life, seeing the divine in all expressions (people, nature, sky etc) is a possibility for all beings. We have to open our hearts and let go of our individual personality and its defences to something we can share ourselves to unconditionally with love and surrender. In this poem it was for Krishna, for you it could be something or one which is close to your heart. Worship the divine, the formless in this, with no doubt or criticism. Giving and sharing and building up your love into divine love. In the different traditions this object of worship could be a statue, a rock, a tree, a mountain, a person or guru. It doesn't matter what we open ourselves up to but the quality and longingness of our hearts. May divine love radiate in all hearts,as one and the same!
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