16. Love.

      I received your letter.

      What you say has made me very happy.

      Words that come out of the depth and fullness of heart

      echo the infinite

      just as a tiny flower expresses infinite beauty.

      When love breathes life into words

      what is expressed is

      not what is said

      but what wants to be said.

      Inside each of us there is a poet,

      there is poetry,

      but because we live on the surface

      these are never born.

      Those who go deep

      awaken divine love

      and this love fills their lives

      with music, beauty, peace and poetry –

      their very lives become music

      and on to this stage truth descends.

      Truth will descend where there is music

      so life must be turned into a melody.

      Only through music can one reach the truth.

      You too have to become music,

      the entire life, every little act,

      has to be turned into music:

      this happens through love.

      Whatever is – love it.

      Feel love for the whole world.

      Feeling love for all with every breath

      brings the inner music.

      Have you ever seen this happen?

      See this,

      fill yourself with love and see.

      Whatever breaks up the inner music –

      that alone is irreligious, that alone is sin.

      And whatever fills us with music –

      that is religion, that alone is religion.

      Love is religion

      because love is beauty,

      love is music.

      Love is God

      because it is all that is needed to attain him.

      Give my love to everybody there

      and feel the light of my love beside you.