There is a simple analogy of a bird in a cage and the owner is so preoccupied decorating, cleaning and making the cage a nice place that he forgets about the bird inside. The bird is starving or like so often, in my travels in the world, I see little girls who are dressed very nicely and have all sorts of toys and other things but the parents have no time to give her the love that she craves. So preoccupied with the externals, they don’t know the needs. So the little girl looks pretty but she lives in misery. Bhakti is the process of reconnecting with that energy of divine love that is inherent within all of us, to actually experience the love of God.
