The ego in man sets him against all else; silence it, and all becomes one’s kith and kin. The ego is the first sprout from the seed of ignorance, which is not a positive acquisition, but only the absence of knowledge. When knowledge shines, inner and outer natures are both seen as divine. There is nothing that is not it. When this is experienced, love floods the heart and flows towards all. There is no independence; there is only interdependence, for all waves are equally dependent on the sea beneath. You use the word, ‘my own’; who is this ‘my’ who owns you, and whom you own as yourself? It is the Divine in you, and in all. Svechchha is the word in Sanskrit for “one’s desire”, the ichchha (desire) of sva (oneself). Since the self of one and the self of all else are the same, Svechchha should be the common factor in all desires, namely, love. Listen to the voice of God, that warns, directs, prompts, and prevents; you cannot then be wrong.