Discerning the True Sentiments of the Soul

The potency of a fully-­grown tree is present in the seed of that tree. With water, air, and light, the seed sprouts, and gradually leaves, branches, flowers, mañjarīs, and finally fruits, also manifest. The entire tree or creeper is there in its seed, but all its features sprout only when air, water and sunlight touch it. Similarly, the full potency of our eternal sentiments of love for the very Soul of all, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is dormant in our souls, but it awakens only by adopting the pure bhakti process.