Song of My Life by Jeannette Caruth. Chapters VI, VII. Thoughts inspired by Swami and poem.

09-09-2004, 05:43 AM

Light and Love

The poem is continued on Jeannette's inner contemplation fully inspired by
Swami's personality and His Teaching. It seems, the author as fused into
Swami's eternal infinite Form and created this poem. The verses serves not to
make concrete decisions, but rather to learn through example. They insists a
position where a reader is free to change his/her mind.

CHAPTER VI

Thoroughly uplifting are Your Words, my Beloved They carry me high
above the snares of relative existence. Still - stormy weather can
suddenly cloud my sunlit skies The Wheel of Illusion can unexpectedly bring
me
naughty nights with wicked whims lashing out on me harshly and
tossed by Your baffling game of mischief. You sometimes have me turning
right and left Now I look forward, now I look back The restless motion
of the seesaw
makes my mind jump in leaps and bounces as You pull playfully on the
cords of unexpected uncertainties.
The roller-coaster takes me hither and thither and all carefull
thought-out plans wither. The ego panics in her time-bound haste and
turns Your Flow in moments of waste. O Lord, what else can I do at a
time like this than to smile and wait a while until the turbulent Waves
of Your Ocean Divine have cleansed once again the collected dirt on the
shores of my mindless mind ... and I will find the Pearl of my heart
newly polished on the golden sands, beckoning me to treasure her fresh
shiny glow at the sunrise of a brand new day of this chapter in Your
playful Play ... "My little one, do not entertain darkening thoughts
for the zigzag ways of your doubtful mind cloud the innocence of your
sparkling heart. The invisible frown lays a veil over the lustre of your
eyes and reveals your gnawing questions at dark moments like these.
The forceful Flow of Divine Friendship
is halted by your hindering hesitations And in your hurry to find
answers you trip over the gems I have placed before you ... and you cry
over your fall! Be still, My friend and dare to trust Do not ask Be
at peace for I bring you all the answers since I have chosen to carry you
Home Rejoice - there is Nothing left to Know there is Nothing left to
Do! In the world of polarities you will always encounter the waves of
change It invites you to exercise your flexibility The flexibility of
the movement of the limbs of your spirituality Change is alright its
confusion is alright! Energy is shifting breaking down old formations
of atoms and the commotion of their seeking a new balance. It makes you
ride the wave of change and its current scrapes away the residue of old
phases of life. The courage to simply endure her torment, builds a boat
of indelible strength for it accepts the Essence of Nature and in its
acceptance lies the grandeur of mastership. This boat carries you safely to
the other shore It cannot escape the motion of the waves but it keeps
you from drowning and with the oars of endurance and perseverance you
gradually become Master of the Sea of Illusive Change." CHAPTER VII
When You give me a taste of Truth Divine, o Lord I feel engulfed by an
unbroken Flow of moments and fully content I rock to her motion. Then
suddenly a call is heard ... On the still horizon of free moments the
sweet chain of Time offers the spell of Divine Anticipation and beckons
me to answer Your Call to imbibe in Your Presence Concrete Instantly
Time has cast its captivating net over me and the counting of days, hours
and minutes now parades through my mental frame. So - in my loving
haste to behold Your Form I also have to endure the slow motion of
time-eating events. And in my joy I suffer yet ... through my suffering
my joy deepens and taps the source of an ever-increasing Love The
discovery so sweet ... it justifies the marking of Time "Miraculous is
the Magic of Love Hold on to Its spell, My child, for soon it will
transform your worlds and transport you to My Land of Truth Cherish
your feelings of blissful anticipations but do not let this gem lie idle
while you can bring it to use at any given time I urge you to think often
of what I am telling you: Imagine that I am the One hiding in the
impatient customer you try to help. I am in him, playing his role watching
you hoping that you will remember Me longing for you to recognize Me
and if I find you doing so ... the customer would suddenly disappear
and My actual Form would be standing in front of you! O - imagine the
overwhelming joy you would experience! Find Me - eavesdropping on you
during your many worldly conversations Expect Me to suddenly appear by your
side Your breathlessness caused by this thought
will silence useless talk How much more intent would you care for
the ones in need realizing that I am behind the tearful eye and the
trembling hand watching you ... gauging the depth of your humbleness,
the purity of your actions so I could burst forth at Any time and
shower your soul with My Darshan My disguises are many! You see - you
do not have to limit your joys of expectations to your pilgrimage to My
Form Concrete Seeds of Love you sow in this way and rich will be your
harvest Along this Path you will unmistakably reach the mature
state of Love Supreme No longer shall helpful hints be necessary or
thoughtful reminders required for the Ultimate Vision of Love embraces
all In this Vision all that you perceive loses its distinctions.
The intensity of your Love flings open the Door to My Reality and ...
laughingly you now behold your entire world as the Manifestation of My
Divinity Clearly - you now understand that no individual substance is
present anywhere. Nothing can exist without the Breath of My Will
Lifeless corpses would cover a dead Earth All that lives All that moves
All that breathes is the direct expression of My Being. Nothing is
marked as bad Nothing is glorified as good Nothing separates My
Existence is like the Tree, can you say that one limb belongs more to
the Tree than another limb because it differs in size or shape? Is one
leaf fed by a different source than the next leaf? It is sheer
foolishness to busy yourself with analyzing the Tree in this way. I am
the root of this Tree and so its manifestation as a whole is My
Expression Alone It is simply exhausting the mind when one judges
others cherishes opinions and speculates endlessly. In the Vision
of Love Absolute
one breathes only Me one enjoys only Me one's awareness is only Me
All your humble prayers lead you to this Victory Your simple
anticipations of the seeing of the Form Divine clear the road
Therefore - expect Me ... wherever you go, ... wherever you look
Put aside any discussions Stop diverting your attention Behold the Tree
of My Existence and suffuse your being with Its Fragrance"

Source: Jeannette Caruth. "Song of My Life: A Journey to the Feet of Sathya
Sai Baba." Published by Leela Press, 1996, 118 pages. ISBN: 0962983586.

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A thought, inspired impromptu...

The tree of existence is one and the same... However scientists discovered
that there is a some kind inner mechanism that hide this truth from humans.

Scient. Am. com 6. Sept. 2004 published information by Michael Schirber
"Brain Scans Reveal That Revenge Is Sweet."
Dominique J.-F. de Quervain of the University of Zurich and his colleagues
set up an experiment to study how a group of male participants responded to
acts of selfishness.
In Dante's Inferno, the inner circle of hell was reserved for betrayers
like Judas and Brutus. Scientists have uncovered evidence for an innate
satisfaction in human beings for giving people their comeuppance. The
scientists tested different scenarios. By them the implication was that real
punishment feels good. The anticipation of pleasure apparently affected a test
group member's eagerness to punish. By Brian Knutson of Stanford
University this sort of causal relationship may explain why people are willing
to discipline a stranger even when there is no immediate gain in it for them.
Emotions play a proactive as well as reactive role.
What caused such human's behaviour? Instinct to survive, to avoid own's
punishment or instinct blindly to follow the emotions of mind?

Nothing is changed until a human being is far from ancient spiritual
philosophy and Divine advises from Swami. His Teaching is spread far and wide
by His devotees. Jeanette's verses as calls to understand the unity of the
world instead of mind's outlook to the world as a huge collection of separate
autonomous diverse pieces. By understanding the unity one as become free from
the painful cycle of guilt and accusation and demonic feelings formed in
delusive mind (in brain). He/she will have then the inner freedom and
independence to find the lasting contentment which only comes by the feeling of
Oneness with the inner Self, Atma.
Namaste - Reet