But if you WANT to learn about prem bhakti, then the devotee is your God.
So if someone WANTS to understand and look at THAT prem bhakti, THAT is where you start. 101 for Bhakti.
If you WANT to learn the Void, then you start by entering the Void. And then if you want to learn Prem Bhakti, then you start by entering the Devotee.
That is like a 'klishta' (difficult) verse in SrimadBhagawatham. It is said that Ganesha agreed to write SMB on the condition that VedaVyas would not stop uttering the verses. Sage Vedavyasa knew that Lord Ganesha would write very quickly and he may not be able to make verses that fast. So he put a counter-condition that Ganesha will write only after understanding the verse. So, that ws the final deal. Vedavyasa then uttered a difficult 'klishta' verse regularly, and whle Ganesha would try to understand it, he would think about the next verses.
ShivaFan, your post is like a 'klishta' shloka of SMB. Will tke some time for me to understand.