You must learn to explore how you can deserve God’s grace and distinguish good from bad. I am hoping that you will have all these capacities and earn God’s grace. It is not enough if you have devotion to Swami. Your prema (love) towards Swami is not necessarily going to result in Swami’s prema on you. Unless you find ways and means by which you can earn Swami’s grace, your effort is useless. You should follow a path by which you will be able to experience and enjoy prema. To know the path by which you will receive prema is more important than simply saying that you have prema. Your prema alone is simply like one-way traffic. If your prema results in your receiving prema from the other side, then it becomes two-way traffic. It is give and take. If you have good ideas, develop good thoughts, and adopt good practices, then you do not have to ask for God’s grace. God by Himself will shower His grace and prema as a reward for your good conduct. – Summer Showers, Jun 17, 1974