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Divine Mystic-Love-Poems of Kabir, India's Greatest Poet
Jul 19, 2007

Divine Mystic-Love-Poems of Kabir, India's Greatest Poet

Kabir says, Where else have you heard a Sound like this!?

Without the beloved, the heart just aches
Distraught during days, sleepless in nights
To who shall I narrate my empty plight!
In the middle of night, the hours of ambrosia
I sleep but with a yearning heart
Says Kabir - listen my friends
I shall rejoice, meeting Love alone.

O my Love! come to my house
My body is in intense pain
While all say I am your spouse
I have the very doubts
So long your heart isn't immersed in mine
What kind of love is that
I don't relish food neither do I sleep
I feel discontent in my own home
Passionate is my Love
Like the thirsty longs for water
Will someone do me a favor
And narrate my predicament to my beloved
Kabir is now in total distress
Without seeing the beloved, he is going to die.

O beloved, let us sing together the song of joy, for the night has gone and dawn has come once again. Everywhere, within and without, the beautiful gardens blossom with fragrant flowers. In every place my steadfast mind is taking care. There is no fear of the darkness, so lets sing the song of joy in the enchanting garden. The blissful showers of the true name sprinkle the fruitful trees. So bountiful are the fruits of nectar, yet only the fortunate few will taste this heavenly juice. Let us sing this song of joy together, beholding the Satguru Shabda. The eyes are stunned and the organ of speech is mute. Satguru Kabir Sahib says, only signs and gestures can feebly express the glory. Let us sing the song of joy together.  

http://www.boloji.com/kabir/lovesongs/kl10.htm

A SORE pain troubles me day and night, and I cannot sleep;
I long for the meeting with my Beloved, and my father's house gives me pleasure no more. {p. 80}
The gates of the sky are opened, the temple is revealed:
I meet my husband, and leave at His feet the offering of my body and my mind.

WHERE is the need of words, when love has made drunken the heart?
I have wrapped the diamond in my cloak; why open it again and again?
When its load was light, the pan of the balance went up: now it is full, where is the need for weighing?
The swan has taken its flight to the lake beyond the mountains; why should it search for the pools and ditches any more?
Your Lord dwells within you: why need your outward eyes be opened?
Kabîr says: "Listen, my brother! my Lord, who ravishes my eyes, has united Himself with me."

I PLAYED day and night with my comrades, and now I am greatly afraid.
So high is my Lord's palace, my heart trembles to mount its stairs: yet I must not be shy, if I would enjoy His love.
My heart must cleave to my Lover; I must withdraw my veil, and meet Him with all my body: {p. 55}
Mine eyes must perform the ceremony of the lamps of love.
Kabîr says: "Listen to me, friend: he understands who loves. If you feel not love's longing for your Beloved One, it is vain to adorn your body, vain to put unguent on your eyelids."

HOW could the love between Thee and me sever?
As the leaf of the lotus abides on the water: so thou art my Lord, and I am Thy servant.
As the night-bird Chakor gazes all night at the moon: so Thou art my Lord and I am Thy servant.
From the beginning until the ending of time, there is love between Thee and me; and how shall such love be extinguished?
Kabîr says: "As the river enters into the ocean, so my heart touches Thee."

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sok/index.htm

 

 
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Posted: Jul 19, 2007 1:05pm
Recognise the Path to Your Beloved-Come Sail Away-Mystic Love Poems
Jul 13, 2007
Recognise the Path to Your Beloved-Come Sail Away-Mystic Love Poems


Sound in the Sky


Recognise the Path to Your Beloved

A quote from the 16th century Indian Master Dadu, who outlined the Sant Mat vision of the spiritual life to be pursued during our time here on planet Earth:

Recognize the Path to your Beloved, O travelers and
take the route of the anguished lover in separation.
Keep the Master's grace in your thoughts, and reflect
upon his pure teachings.  Develop love and devotion
with endearment, and keep the thought of the Creator
always before you. Try to merge yourself into God
like water and water.  Fix your mind within by
following the Path of the Sound Current.  A yearning
will arise; make then an intense and anguished call.
Repeat the Name of your Beloved, day and night,
again and again.  With care in thought, word and deed,
you will cross to the other shore. (Sant Dadu Sahib)


The Drop Becomes the Ocean


Come Sail Away!  Hymn of Tulsi Sahib, Saint of Hathras

Whose soul is attached to the Word, revels
ever in cosmic flight  
 
Whose soul is attached to the Word, revels
  ever in cosmic flight;
Revels ever in cosmic flight, and realizing the
  Lord, plays with Him.
The mystery of the Inaccessible and the secret
  of the scriptures he unravels:
He reaches his Home within and its Essence
  he comes to know;
In the lotus feet of the Beloved he sees
  his true destination.
The happily married woman rejoices with her
  Spouse every moment, O Tulsi,
For her soul is attached to the Word, and
  revels ever in cosmic flight. (Sant Tulsi Sahib)



Param Sant Tulsi Sahib, Saint of Hathras, India


Dadu's Classic Sant Mat Gospel 

So priceless is the birth, O brother,
That in it, the Supreme Lord can
  be met.
 
The human body is the Door
  to salvation.
 
The One who has made this temple
  of our hearts,
He alone dwells in this temple.
None else but our Beloved is in our
  hearts.
 
With thee is thy Friend.  Let thyself
  recognize Him.
Look not at a distance.  Know Him
  as thy reflection, O Dadu.
 
God is within all beings.  He accompanies
  all and is close by.
Musk is in the musk deer, and yet
  it goes around smelling grass.
 
The self knows not God, although God
  is with the self.
Being deaf to the Holy Sound of the
  Master, sadly does he wander.
 
He for whom thou searchest in the world
  dwells within thyself.
Thou knowest Him not, because the veil
  of 'mine' and 'thine' is there.
 
He dwells within all beings, yet rarely
  anyone knows Him.
He alone who is a devotee of God
  will know Him.
 
By rendering service within the heart,
See thou the One who is indestructible
  and boundless,
Having no limit either on this end
  or on that end, sayeth Dadu.
 
After entering within, let one, O Dadu,
  bolt the doors of the house.
Let one, O Dadu, serve the Lord at the
  Door of Eternity.
 
God is within the self, His worship alone
  is to be done.
 
Search thou for the Beloved close to the
  place
Wherefrom the Sound emerges, and thou
  shalt find Him, sayeth Dadu.
There is solitude there, and there is luster
  of Light.
 
One who, turning the attention inward,
Brings it within the self,
And fixes it on the Radiant Form of
  the Master,
Is indeed wise, O Dadu.
 
Where the self is, there is God; all is
  filled with Him.
Fix thine attention within, O valiant
  servant.
So does Dadu proclaim.
 
Fix thine attention within, and sing
  always within the self.
This mind then dances with ecstasy, and
  beats with pleasure the rhythm.
 
God is within the self; He is close
  to the worshipper.
But leaving Him aside, men serve
  external constructions, lameteth
  Dadu.
 
This is the true mosque, this is the true temple.
So hath the Master shown.
The service and worship are performed
  within.  (Sant Dadu Sahib)



Guru Nanak


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My Most Favorite Spiritual Quote of All-time, from Yogani Mata Ji, The Power of Love
Sep 10, 2006
My Most Favorite Spiritual Quote of All-time, from Yogani Mata Ji, The Power of Love






The following is my most favorite quote about the spiritual journey, especially the last part: How can one sit so still, repeat only holy names and think of God constantly? "By falling in love," Mataji answered serenely. "Because when one is truly in love nothing but the Beloved can enter one's mind. So the secret of Surat Shabd Yoga and of mysticism," she goaded, "is not necessarily practice and more practice, but love. To be so devoted to one's Lord that nothing can stand in the way -- this and nothing else is the truth of Sant Mat". These paragraphs below are from Yogani Mata Ji. She is a Radhaswami Guru from India. The photos of her, above and below, were taken in Hoshiarpur, India during the 1980's when she was in her 20s.

Naamaste, Radhasoami,



Mataji exuded a sense of joy and happiness. We talked for more than three hours about a variety of subjects, but I was most intrigued with Mataji's experiences on the inner spiritual planes. I asked her what it was like to leave the body. Mataji responded with a beautiful description of how consciousness can be released from the mortal frame by attaching itself to the stream of celestial music radiating from the top of the head and beyond. To do this, she said, one first must be initiated by a genuine mystic who has gained access to the higher realms. The practice itself, although it may take years to master, sounds relatively simple. The body should be kept perfectly still with one particular posture held for at least three hours. One may choose a cross-legged position (like the yogis in the lotus pose) or a more comfortable, relaxed position in a chair. Keeping the back erect and the mind alert, one continuously repeats God's name as given by his/her guru. This simran, as Mataji termed it, should be done with one's attention centered behind closed eyes.

Coupled with this physical stillness and ceaseless repetition of God's name [simran practice], the next step is to contemplate the Light within. At first, Mataji pointed out, there will be only darkness but eventually Light will appear in the form of either small flashes or small star-like points. In any case, one should focus on the radiance, keeping one's simran intact and allowing the Light to draw the soul inward. The third and most important step, Mataji said, is to listen to the Sound that issues forth from the Light. It is this Internal Music which will numb the body and allow the consciousness to leave its ordinary dwelling. By riding this Current of Light and Sound, like a fish going upstream, the soul will be able to go back to its original home. On the journey within, however, the soul must be guided by a true master so as not to be detained in any of the lower illusory regions. According to Mataji, what near-death patients experience is only the beginning of a vast sojourn into great universes of Light, love and beauty.

Personally I was overcome with the profundity of Mataji's account. Although it seemed plausible, especially given the findings of near-death patients who have been resuscitated, the soul's journey in the beginning stages appeared too difficult. How can one sit so still, repeat only holy names and think of God constantly? "By falling in love," Mataji answered serenely. "Because when one is truly in love nothing but the Beloved can enter one's mind. So the secret of Surat Shabd Yoga and of mysticism," she goaded, "is not necessarily practice and more practice, but love. To be so devoted to one's Lord that nothing can stand in the way-this and nothing else is the truth of Sant Mat," Mataji stressed.... (Enchanted Land)
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