The company of saints is a sacred pool that gives delight. One feels like staying in it to enjoy its coolness. When we take a bath in the pool, we are pleased, we get relief from heat. When we are inside the pool, the sun remains the same, produces heat. But we enjoy the cool when we take bath, inspite of the sun. The sun performs its own function, but it cannot affect us while we are bathing in the pool. Similarly, a person who is always immersed in the pool of divine knowledge, a devotee, remains unaffected by the allurements of the worldly wealth, the evils like greed and pride etc, even though they are very much there. If we remain in the company of saints, attend congregations, our mind remains unaffected by evils.

If we want to please a mother, win her heart or make a place for ourselves in her mind, we are required to love her child. But in case we hurt the child and then go to to the mother and tell her that she is merciful, she is very kind, her face is radiant with a sublime glow, we may use any number of words in her praise, convey them to her, we must give up hope, leave the thought that the mother is going to be pleased. She will say, “There you bruise my child, you kick my son and here you praise me, flatter me.” She can never be happy with such a person. On the other hand if that person picks up the child and embraces him, loves him, uses sweet words while the mother is watching from a distance, he will win the heart of the mother even he does not go to her, does not use all those words of praise for her. Similarly, if we want to please God, we will have to love all.