VALUE OF BHAKTI: DR. SHRINIWAS KASHALIKAR

Through years of NAMASMARAN one realizes that:
Bhakti is an experience which is like fruition in case of a tree. It cannot be experienced by voluntary efforts!
It is an entirely personal experience and possibly cannot be even imagined by others! It can be expressed, but indirectly and only partially, in words. This is why bhakti is an immensely misunderstood phenomenon.
It appears to be a whim, a fancy or some kind of fad of an individual. It often appears paranormal. It appears useless or even counterproductive, in view of the day to day problems and rational approach to them.
But in reality, bhakti is the sign of the ultimate culmination of the holistic evolution of an individual. It is the pinnacle of human development!
Why do we say so?
Because, unlike most of our subjective feelings and their limited role in life, bhakti is an experience which is the objective source of revitalization for the whole universe! Bhakti is nothing else but the phenomenon of the flow of universal blessing through an individual for the rejuvenation of the entire universe forever!