INFINITE MY HOME

I am the spark away from the fire,
I am the drop strayed from the sea,
I am the leaf estranged from the tree,
I long for the fire, I stretch for the sea,
I aim to rejoin the tree.
I come from the Infinite;
Infinite is my home,
I go back there
And become the infinite.
— Swami Ramdas

How I understand it:

This poem — INFINITE MY HOME — is from the section called REALISATIONS in the book POEMS by Beloved Papa Swami Ramdas.

The first half of the poem, through picturesque metaphors of the spark, the drop and the leaf, portrays the insignificance of the sense of individuality when is it distanced from the Source — the Infinite — God.

 Beloved Papa vividly describes the keenly felt separation of the soul for its Home Eternal, and its deep yearning to realise its oneness with the Infinite. This deep yearning — a feeling of emptiness — gnaws within and is experienced in varying degrees by all aspirants at one time or another.

 This poem reminds me of the last portion of the lyrics of the song SWEET CHILD ‘O MINE written by Axl Rose of Guns ‘N Roses, where he writes: “Where do we go? Oh where do we go now?” It shows the yearning but there is no direction there… However, Beloved Papa has given this longing — Virahaha — a direction, it is to become one with the Source, to return Home and not feel lost any more!

 It is by His grace that we have been made aware that we have come from the Infinite and are on our way back to It! When we are back Home, merged in the Source — the Infinite — we “become the Infinite”!


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