Devotion involves living and expressing one's life through another, so one rises or falls by the fate of that other. Thus we must respect what we devote ourselves to, be it a spouse, an occupation, or a belief system. The pleasure in devotion, if pleasure there can be from such a precarious arrangement, is in the giving-up of oneself. By giving up oneself one also leaves behind one's problems and sufferings. In a sense one becomes selfless, but more importantly soulless.