Divine poetry and thoughts

[Jewell]

My association with my Guru was scarcely for two and a half years. He was staying some 200 kilometers [120 miles] away, and he would come here once every four months, for fifteen days. This [realization] is the fruit of that. The words he gave me touched me very deeply. I abided in one thing only: the words of my Guru are the truth, and he said, "You are the Parabrahman [Absolute Reality]." No more doubts and no more questions on that. Once my Guru conveyed to me what he had to say I never bothered about other things- I hung on to the words of the Guru.
(Prior to Consciousness, pp. 1-2, April 4, 1980)

My Guru told me: "...Go back to that state of pure being, where the 'I am' is still in its purity before it got contaminated with 'I am this' or 'I am that.' Your burden is of false self-identifications-abandon them all."
My guru told me, "Trust me, I tell you: you are Divine. Take it as the absolute truth. Your joy is divine, your suffering is divine too. All comes from God. Remember it always. You are God, your will alone is done." I did believe him and soon realized how wonderfully true and accurate were his words. I did not condition my mind by thinking, "I am God, I am wonderful, I am beyond." I simply followed his instruction, which was to focus the mind on pure being, 'I am,' and stay in it. I used to sit for hours together, with nothing but the 'I am' in my mind and soon the peace and joy and deep all-embracing love became my normal state. In it all disappeared-myself, my guru, the life I lived, the world around me. Only peace remained, and unfathomable silence.
(I Am That, Dialogue 51, April 16, 1971)
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

[Jewell]

Let some say that Supreme is Shiva.
Let some say that Supreme is Brahma or Vishnu.
Let some say that Sakti and Sivam are Supreme.
Let some say that it is with form.
Let some say that it is formless.
But we have come to know that all forms
are only our Guru.

Vemba Anandi,v.8
Tattuvaraya

[Jewell]

Beautiful post,dear Nishta.

And beautiful truth!

With love,

[Jewell]

One has to work in the world; naturally, carry on your worldly affairs,
but understand that which has come about by itself - that is, this body, mind and consciousness
 - has appeared in spite of the fact that nobody has asked for it.
I did not ask for it; it has come upon my original state
which is timeless, spaceless and without attributes.
So that whatever has happened is doing this business in the world.
The life force and the mind are operating, but the mind will tempt you to believe that it is 'you'.
Even if the mind tells you that you are the one who is acting, do not believe the mind.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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We are like a bow in the grip of God's hand.
God sends us out upon various tasks.
In reality God is the agent, not the bow.
The bow is merely an instrument, unaware and unconscious of God,
so that the world's apparent order can be maintained.
Mighty indeed is the bow that becomes aware of the Bowman's hand!

Rumi

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There exists an inherent tension between
That which is personal and
That which is impersonal.
The desire to transcend the personal
Arises from the impersonal.
Since that which is personal would
Never agree to its own demise,
Who will bring about the transcendence?

Wu Hsin

[Jewell]

Though Destiny a hundred times waylays you,
in the end it pitches a tent for you in Heaven.

Rumi

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Greeting to the Holy Virgin


Hail, O virgin Birth-giver of the Lord! Mary full of grace,
the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
For thou has born the Savior of our souls.

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[Jewell]

O Longing Mind


O longing mind,
consecrate your being to pure love.
Turn every thought to Goddess Tara.
She will bear you tenderly across the raging sea
of separation and individuality.

Be utterly dedicated to her reality.
Cry aloud Ma Kali, Ma Kali.
Know that she can clarify
the inconceivable maze of relativity.
To hope for assistance and guidance through this world
from wealth, relatives, and religious rites
provides no profound solution.
Have you forgotten that everyone is lost?

Where are you now? Why are you traveling?
This cosmos is the strange theater where souls act,
wearing various costumes and disguises.
This intricate play of transparent energy
is initiated, sustained, and dissolved by Kali,
who is the dream power of Absolute Reality.
At this very moment, you are resting
on the vast lap of Mother?s cosmic dream
that you misperceive
as the narrow prison of suffering.
Why abandon the kingdom of awareness
to obsession with self and disdain for others,
to hollow passion and abject clinging?
You are creating a disease without a remedy.
The brief day of your earthly life is almost over.
Meditate now on beautiful Black Tara.
She is seated upon the jewel island of essence
in the transparent sea of ultimacy.

This poet sings drunkenly:
?Tara! Tara! Tara!
Your name is ambrosia.
May all beings enter the secret sanctuary
through this name,
tasting your unique sweetness,
self-luminous awareness.?

by: Ramprasad Sen
Lex Hixon from Mother of the Universe

[Jewell]

Does Suffering Scare Me?


Does suffering scare me? O Mother,
Let me suffer in this world. Do I require more?
Suffering runs ahead of me and runs after me.
I carry it on my head and set up a stand
In the bazaar to peddle it.
I'm a poison worm, I thrive on poison.
I carry it wherever I go.

Prasad says: Mother, lift off my load.
I need a little rest. It's amazing!
Others brag about their happiness,
I brag about my suffering.

Ramprasad Sen

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Ma, You're inside me;
who says You keep Your distance, Syama?
You're a stony girl, terrible illusion,
dressing in many guises.

Ramprasad

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The most exalted experience of bliss
in any realm of being
is directly knowing the universal Mother,
the supremely blissful one.
Ecstatic lovers of Kali the Sublime
are not pilgrims to sacred shrines,
for they hear all existence
singing the glory of the Goddess.

Ramprasad

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Last night I learned how to be a lover of God
To live in this world and call something my own

I looked inward
And the beauty of my own emptiness
Filled me till dawn
It enveloped me like a mine of rubies
Its hue clothed me in red silk

Within the cavern of my soul
I heard the voice of the lover crying
Drink now! Drink now!

I took a sip and saw the vast ocean
wave upon wave caressed my soul
The lovers of God dance around
And the circle of their steps
becomes a ring of fire around my neck

Heaven calls me with its rain and thunder
A hundred thousand cries
Yet I cannot hear

All I hear is the call of my Beloved.

Mathnawi V: 3307-3319,
Rumi

[Jewell]

Every life becomes
Sheer wonderment when
The mental commentary is removed.
The cup of black tea is
Transformed into a holy moment.

Wu Hsin

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While trying to turn your attention 180 degrees towards self, whenever
you feel your self-attention is becoming slack, do not try to keep
up the pressure. It is better to allow your attention to return to 0'
for a while, and then to make a fresh attempt. If you wish to punch
something, it is best to draw your fist right back, because then
your punch will have maximum impact. Likewise, if you start your
attempt to turn your attention selfwards from 0?, your effort will
have maximum force.
By incessantly repeating such fresh attempts, you will gradually be
able to turn your attention further and further towards self: 40?,60?,
75?,and more. In between each fresh attempt, you can usefully spend
the time you are resting at 0? (that is, attending to second and third
persons) by doing manana (thinking about Bhagavan's teachings) or
sravana (reading his teachings). At all times between such attempts
you should also take care to be indifferent to whatever experiences
may come, because you can then build a strong foundation of
vairagya (freedom from desire to attend to anything other than 'I')
and bhakti (love to attend only to 'I', from which you will sooner or
later be able to make your final leap, turning the full 180? towards self.

Sadhu Om