(continued from the previous issue)
Being is the underlying Reality,
On which all moments show.
Yet is Being Silent,
Being is in opposites;
Still, Eternal, Infinite.
If one uniformly is,
What fun is there if
One alone uniformly is?
Verily for His lila
Nothing happens anywhere,
ONE acts like many
Such is HIS nature, will and way.
World is not an illusion,
It is Brahma at play.
Every eye is His,
Every ear is His; Every silence and sound;
What is there that He is not?
The unseen is Peace,
The Seen is Play and Bliss,
The Silence is Peace,
The Sound is play and Bliss.
The stillness is Peace,
The movement is lila and happiness.
The Holiest of the Holy is in thee
In me, and all we see, He alone is.
The Purest of the Pure is in thee
In me, and all we see, He alone is.
The Essence of the Peace, is in thee,
In me, all we see, IT alone is.
Peaceful, Purest Holiest Highest
Is me is you is he is ALL.
Thou, O Lord, thou alone art
Besides is none, you alone are.
One in many, One in All.
Source of life and end of life,
In and every thing,
Beyong every thing,
This thou art, That thou art
O Lord, O Brahman, O the OM!
To be lost in HIM is to be saved.
To be saved, get lost in Him.
Mere knowledge puffs up
But HIS LOVE builds up.
Equally is HE in the kitchen
As He is in the forest.
Equally is HE at the place of work,
As HE is in the temples of worship.
HE is in each house
And each room equally. Equally
is HE in the market place.
He is equally in sound as in Silence,
But most of us sense His peace
More in quiet places.
Remembrance and forgetfulness
Pairs of opposites. Joy and Sorrow.
What is remembrance, what is forgetfulness?
Remembrance of His is (all the) Life,
And forgetfulness (one of) the pairs.
Verily does ONE play all the plays,
Like remebering Himself,
The Wise and knowing.
Behind the widom, behind the knowing,
The ONE that is plays like remembering,
Plays HIS sport, His play!
More in quiet places
Disappointments and appointments
Both are His appointments.
Truly, Beloved Thou, thou alone
Art the Eternal supreme sportful
Actor, planner of every act
The endless Player of every play,
The unseen donor of every thought,
All, all is THOU my beloved.
The creator is the Destroyer,
The creator is the End and middle,
The cause of all is end of all.
Everything happens by HIS will.
Everything is from HIM, in HIM,
to HIM. The ONE plays like many.
Oh wonderful ONE
How pleasant it is to know
hat Thou art near me –
Not only all about me – but in me –
O Thou ruler and controller of all.
As Hanuman said to Ram –
I say to thee.
‘As a body, I am thy servant,
As an Individual, I am part of you,
Who is the whole.
As Supreme Spirit, I am one with you,
Nay you yourself.’
(to be continued)