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LOVE ALONE IS REAL

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  My being is Love, for my being is Light My thoughts go forth to pierce the heavens But turn back to woo the love of my heart. The ocean waves lash against the shores They raise the foam of love. My love I find everywhere. My love has become this, that and all. Love alone is real. If love is not, all else is useless. — Swami Ramdas   Explanation given by Pujya Swami Satchidanandaji: When love is God, naturally Love is everything. Everybody’s being is love because our being is light — light of knowledge compared to darkness of ignorance. Our thoughts go forth higher and higher to pierce the heavens, but find everything arid and therefore returns to our heart to woo the love in it. The ocean waves lash against the shores and raise the foam of love. We find love alone everywhere as love has become this, that and everything. Love alone is real. If there is no love everything is useless. Love alone can make everything real and sweet.   How I understand it: Our
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TRUTH SUBLIME

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In the mysterious silence of the soul The Void is full — of a calm repose — a joy of peace. There thoughts are still and words are dumb, It is neither yea nor nay, Worlds like shadows flit and pass through it. In it light and darkness lose distinction, Sounds waft over it — like distant echoes of its own being, A Truth sublime in which is blended strangely Eternal motion and eternal rest. — Swami Ramdas   How I understand it: In this poem, Beloved Papa has described the Truth as the point where the so-called opposites meet, co-exist and losing distinction, reaching the state of equilibrium — Samatwam. The Truth or Void is also as Beloved Papa elsewhere put it: “All-containing but still eluding the grasp of thought.” It is the point where there is calmness and peace even in the exuberance of joy, where yea and nay, light and darkness, motion and rest co-exist, but lose all distinction. In this vast infinity of the Void, worlds come into existence, stay for a while and pass on.
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LORD

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O Lord, how glorious is Thy potent name! It speaks of Thy might and extols Thy fame. O Lord, how kind, merciful and just! Carest for all who place in Thee full trust. O Lord, how grand majestic is Thy form! In wind and rain Thou livest in storm. — Swami Ramdas How I understand it: With the use of the catchy rhyme scheme of couplets — AA, BB, CC — in this poem, Beloved Papa has explained the attributes of the Divine. Beloved Papa never tired of extolling the power and glory of the Divine Name, he said: “Just as staff is to one who walks up a steep hill, just as a fence is to a tender plant, just as milk is to a hungry babe, so is the Divine Name given by the Guru to the devotee.  It sustains, nourishes, strengthens and in every way envelops the devotee like an amour. The power of the Name is simply inexpressible. It is sweeter than the sweetest. To taste it is to taste immortality. It is the giver of endless joy and peace. Death has no terror for him who has the Na
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THE DEITY OF MY HEART

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My heart is the temple of purity, In it is the throne of Infinite Power. On this throne stands the Divine Child of Love — In the innocence of His smiles, His eyes beam with the light of His grace. Sweet music hovers on His lips and joy thrills His limbs. They move — Hands aloft, he dances in rhythms of ecstasy. He circles round and round. Mingling joy, beauty, light and love Into one mass of Divine perfection. His eyes wink — a splendour goes out — And worlds come into being. He winks again — a splendour is drawn in, And worlds go into non-being. — Swami Ramdas How I understand it: In this poem, Beloved Papa explains how the Undifferentiated Purushottama — who is at once the static (Pursha), the dynamic (Prakriti) and the Transcendent Truth — manifests as Prakriti with names and forms on the static Substratum or the Purusha, and then, in due course, withdraws the manifestation to the Undifferentiated state; and also how the names and forms of Prakriti
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THE SOLE REFUGE

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O Ram, I take refuge in Thee, Thou art my love, my life, my lead, I am in Thee, Thou art in me, Thou art my father, mother, indeed. Thou art the Life that pervades all. In Thee all things and lives reside, Thou art the Life in great and small, In Thee my friend and brother abide. Thy lotus feet my constant thought, Thy light Divine my only dream, To serve Thee is my pleasing lot, Thou art my wealth, name and fame. O Ram, how charming is that sound, O lips, utter Ram Ram O mind, meditate Ram Ram, Forget thyself in Him — in Him. — Swami Ramdas How I understand it: Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas has used the alternate rhyme scheme of ‘ABAB ABAB…” in the first two paragraphs of the poem. The first three paragraphs are addressed to Ram — the Divine within, and the last paragraph is addressed to his mind. Beloved Papa begins the poem by praying to Ram — God — and stating that he takes refuge at HIS holy feet. Total surrender has been the touchs
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