Second angle of the "love for God" triangle

Love knows no fear

Some religions define "God-fearing" as a good quality of a person. and some define "God-loving" as a good quality. They are very different. A God -fearing man does good actions only because he thinks he will be free from the wrath of God. But a God-loving man does everything out of love for God.What happens when you sincerely love somebody? You want to do only what pleases him/her. You do not want to hurt the loved ones. So this sentiment of love gives rise to other positive emotions like consideration and compassion. God is personification of love and how can one get closer to Him by fearing Him? 

When Bhagavan is the personification of love, a real Bhaktha will have no fear of his God. All the fear and other emotions are replaced by unalloyed, pure love. He does everything out of love and he can see Bhagavan's presence in everything. So a God -fearing person is completely out of this triangular love directed towards God. When love is replaced by fear, the most negative emotion that can trigger all other negative qualities, the journey becomes downward towards the dark depths of ignorance. Fear of God is the father of fanaticism.

Second angle of the love triangle is "love knows no fear". It conquers fear. If a mother and child walking through a street is confronted with a big dog or bull, what will be the reaction of a mother? Even if she is afraid of the dog or bull, she will try to protect her child first rather than running to save herself. Here fear is replaced by unconditional love. Vivekaananda Swamiji says: "fear comes from the selfish idea of cutting one's self off from the universe. The smaller and the more selfish one makes oneself, the more is one's fear. And the less one think of oneself, there is less fear. It is a degradation to worship God through fear of punishment."

The story of Kamsa is a story of fear and story of Prahlada is a story of love. Even though Kamsa had all the comforts of a king and a cruel dictator, he experienced extreme stress and anguish every moment of his life because he was afraid of Bhagavan. Bhaktha Prahalada was subjected to all kinds of physical torture and ill treatment, but he did not experience any sorrow or pain because he loved Bhagavan with all his heart and had complete faith in His love for him. 

May Bhagavan bless us to have unconditional love for Him!!