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Years ago, someone asked Mother once: ‘Mother, which is sweet, the goal or the means? ‘Mother replied: ‘The means’. The goal is merger in Satchidananda Brahman, which is the homogeneous mass of Bliss itself. In this state of union and absorption, one becomes Bliss itself. But to enjoy the bliss, you should stand apart. This does not mean that the bliss is in duality. Duality is ignorance. In ignorance, there is no bliss, there is only misery. But there is a dualism in devotion: the devotee and the deity. In this dualism, the devotee has an ‘I’ which is not the harmful, separative ego; it is just there for the sake of the enjoyment of the bliss of love.
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