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LOVE, KNOWLEDGE, POWER

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God dwells in you, It is He who fills your heart with love And illumines your mind with Knowledge. It is His power that works in you. He pervades in every part of your being; You are His embodiment. Worlds are His forms: There is none but He. Realise this. — Swami Ramdas How I understand it: This poem — written in free verse, as are most of Beloved Papa’s poems — exhorts the reader / devotee to realise the basic truth about God’s all-pervasiveness. The poem starts with the statement: “God dwells in you”. This is to make us understand that the God we seek is not somewhere far away from us, but is ever dwelling within us and that we are the very embodiment of the Lord! It is because of Him that our hearts experience Love, our minds are illumined through Knowledge and it is His Power that actuates our bodies to move. He is all-pervading. Therefore, we and the entire manifestation are His embodiment. Saints often explain the all-pervading nature of