When grief befalls us, we say, “If God exists, would we have to suffer like this?” Like the sweet fruit inside the skin of oranges, we do not want to think ahead. St. Kabir says “ Sukh me sumiran na kiya, dukh me kiya yad. Kahe Kabir ta das ki, koun sune fariyad .” If there is no urge within for devotion to God, then how can we get connected? If the flame of a lamp flickers in the wind, we say that it will be extinguished, so to keep the flame alive we put a glass shield around it so that the wind doesn't disturb it. The flame of devotion is like this. If it is disrupted, the devotee will not be benefited. We have to guard it so that our thread of devotion doesn't break, our single-pointed devotion to God doesn't break. It also needs a shield; we have to protect it from delusion and multiple worldly attachments. It means that under all circumstances, in pleasure and grief, in all the ups and downs in life, our devotion to God should be single-pointed, constant and continuous. By doing so, a man is redeemed from all worldly bondage and finally gets salvation.
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