As long as God is regarded as different from the devotee, the true nature of Bhakti (devotion) cannot be understood. It is this feeling of difference which ultimately leads to loss of faith in God, despite the practice of bhajans, chanting, meditation and yoga. One who regards himself as different from God can never become a true devotee. He must consider himself Divine in substance, even as a spark is not different from the fire from which it came.

- Divine Discourse, August 27th, 1986.