Do you know why a mother has so much love for her children? Because she sees
her own existence in them.



Why are people so attracted to their children, and to
wealth? Because people identify themselves with them. In the Brihadaranyaka
Upanishad Yajnavalkya said to his wife Maitreyi: “Verily, not for the sake of the
sons, my dear, are the sons loved, but they are loved for the sake of the self.”
This makes us understand that one feels attraction to a person when one
experiences one’s own existence in him or her. The devotees were attracted to
Holy Mother because they saw their existence in her.