If you attach yourself to the Lord through

the path of love (prema), it will be

possible to realise Him. Gods love is like
an infinite and endless ocean. Simply
because Gods love is infinite and endless,
you cannot carry all of it with you. What
you can carry with you will depend on the
size of the pot you take. So the first thing
to do is to enlarge the size of your pot,
and this can be done through spiritual
practice (sadhana). The first step in
Sadhana, is respect for your mother. The
devotion towards the mother should be
such that you recognise the great love
and affection with which your mother has
brought you up. You must return
gratitude to your mother in the form of
love or bhakti. The mother will also show
bhakti in the form of vatsalya (affection
of mother for child), in return to the love
of the child. [Summer Roses on Blue
Mountains, 1976, Ch. 14]
SSSB