Song of my life by Jeannette Caruth. Chapter 3

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Light and Love

"Song of my life" continues.

 

Chapter III Hearing Your Song Divine makes mute the noise of the

world, o Lord Watching Your Dance renders motionless the whirling of

the universes In the first shimmering light of understanding I realize

that being in prayer is actually living in the presence of Truth For the

heart that dwells in Truth sings only Your Name ... The mind, aware of Your

Reality, looks nowhere else but to You ... The soul conscious of Your

Presence is filled with awe and draws onto itself the most deep-felt

humility ... O Lord I have sung many songs now I long to sing ONLY ONE

SONG My Lord answers: " In this Stillness I visit with you I gaze

upon your longing heart and fill it with My Assurance of Love Little by

little this Holy Stream shall cleanse your vessel The murky remainders

of relative existence will be washed away by the pure Current of My

Nectar Divine The Sweetness of your repetition of My Name creates a

Blanket of Rose Petals in front of My Altar You are stringing flowers

into the Garland of Love embracing your heart, mind, soul and body

Gradually you will inhale the sweetness of its fragrance inebriating

your being steadily until you can survive the intoxication of Divine

Drunkenness By reciting My Holy Name I lead you to one of My most

wondrous aspects: My Omnipresence Suffused with the Nectar of My sweet Name

you will find Me by your side at all times Omnipotence flows forth from

My Omnipresence and ultimately this will lead you effortlessly into My

Omniscience for at this point you as an "entity" no longer perceive and

I alone shall be conscious in you Know that - once you have passed the

point of being attached to the perceiver you should not stand still at

Revelations of Light It induces the danger of satisfaction, according

to the standards of the old perceiver You no longer live by these standards

You now live by My Standard and I take you to Flight and drench you

more and more with My Light As the perceiver you had to learn contentment

in order to become still ... so I could catch you Do not mistake

satisfaction for contentment Satisfaction will make you limp and you

will stray away from My Path You have ever to remain eager to behold

Me in the Fullness of My Glory First I allow you to think that it is by

your effort that you are able to think of Me and love Me, that it is the

result of your "free will" It is all part of My Game because after your

heart melts by your loving thoughts I become the Stealer of your Heart

and snatch away your imagined dominion Be prepared - for I am a jealous

husband No longer shall secular thoughts be tolerated I have taken

possession of your heart and no one shall share My Throne ..! Sweet is

the process of this Playful Path At first - you seek with effort that

chamber in your heart where you place Me on the adorned seat But ... as

you spend more and more time with Me in your heart, you will widen its space

and no more shall you need the effort of visualization Soon - the

picture will change and you will feel that you are abiding in My Heart

and the world will become the cavity of My Heart and distinctions fade away

.... In the beginning you are to see Me facing you As time goes by - My

Image will merge with your perceptions and I will be at the Center of your

heart - facing out I lead you along this Path of Praising the Holy Names

since I am eager to reveal My Fullness to you I urge you to pray

unceasingly until you can withstand the intensity of My Light Divine

Then I shall reveal to you that there simply is no relationship for I Am

You Meanwhile ... watch for the pitfalls along the road Be Always

alert about the motives of your Prayer Ask yourself if you seek a result in

the outer world, in that case you will find yourself tense while in prayer

I might even give you the desired result in the outer but ... for your

inner life it will remain fruitless and time has been wasted Do not

concern yourself with results in outer life for in your haste you create

Time

and you prolong the process unnecessarily! Also: defer from

speaking to "yourself" It only strengthens your "phantom existence" and

those whom you regard as "personalities" around you You do them as well a

disservice if you mentally hold conversations with them You add energy

to their "imagined entities" Remember: it is not wise to over-exert

yourself in the effort to visualize My Form Rather rest in the

assurance that I shall come of My own accord Fill yourself with joy

while entertaining this expectation and soon My Form shall emerge and

consume your horizon Contemplate this thought: you have heard My Call

My Plea to you for unceasing prayer is My Call When you repeat My Name

you confirm that Call Your very utterance is the affirmative response

First you hear My Voice and with your acknowledgement I come nearer and

nearer After My Voice comes My Form ... it is a logical consequence!

Watch carefully as you seem to discover that you understand better ...

Here lies the Mighty Serpent of Pride Be well aware that it is not you

who understands better, but that I allow you to let Me become more

aware of Myself through you It is My Desire that it is so! I do not

choose you to become aware of Me instead I choose that you shall no longer

exist so I can be more aware of Myself Remember this always when the

dark veil of shameless pride attempts to cover your awakening soul

Enlightenment in Any degree is Not a feat on your part It is but the

conclusion of My imparted Will It has nothing to do with you It is

solely the Manifestation of My Feast In this delightful Void, your

"nothingness", you do not have to carry the Burden of Acquired Wisdom

only breathe the Sweetness of Love You look at Me and try to see Me but

let Me tell you - you cannot see Me I Alone can see Me and in My looking

at Me you disappear Do not resist - you shall not succeed you only

prolong the Game of Shadows I desire for you to be My Flute This is My

Wish My Will My Accomplishment."

 

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.

 

PS.

Dear friends in Sai

 

At first I thought there is no need to indicate the source after any

chapter, but reconsidered. There may be the new members who have not read the

beginning....

Every chapter of this epic poem is as one entity, story telling from the

seeker of the DivineTruth. The author's divine spark has fused into Divine Love

expressed through inner contemplation with Swami.

What a wonderful duty have performed by Jeannette! Her thoughts as call to

contemplate with oneself about eternal values of being, worth of humans' life

and the role of Swami in this world. When human beings more properly

acknowledge the significance Swami and His Work what He does for the benefit of

humanity, maybe they will become more compassionate, more quiet, more friendly,

more just, more honorable ....

All social, political, economical, environmental, etc. laws made by humans

have a tendency to develop to the higher degrees of 'creation' when they have

done through inner impulses, conscience. These inner impulses are as a unity

of the Divine Will and humans' free will that fuses in It. Jeannette's verses

are as call the reader to follow her thoughts and to turn their insights to

Swami through His Form in body and His Teaching towards His Cosmic Omnipresent

(Atmic) Form.

 

To be continued (when such is a Divine Will) on Monday.

 

Namaste - Reet