Don't Make the Creator Far Away; He is Within You

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James

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Don't Make the Creator Far Away; He is Within You

 

Kabir says: "O Sadhu! hear

my deathless words. If you

want your own good, examine and

consider them well.

You have estranged yourself from the

Creator, of whom you have sprung:

you have lost your reason, you

have bought death.

All doctrines and all teachings are

sprung from Him, from Him they

grow: know this for certain, and

have no fear.

Hear from me the tidings of this great

truth!

Whose name do you sing, and on whom

do you meditate? O, come forth

from this entanglement!

He dwells at the heart of all things, so

why take refuge in empty desolation?

If you place the Guru at a distance

from you, then it is but the distance

that you honor:

If indeed the Master be far away, then

who is it else that is creating this

world?

When you think that He is not here,

then you wander further and

further away, and seek Him in

vain with tears.

Where He is far off, there He is

unattainable: where He is near, He

is very bliss."

Kabir says: "Lest His servant should

suffer pain He pervades him

through and through."

Know yourself then, O Kabir; for He

is in you from head to foot.

Sing with gladness, and keep your seat

unmoved within your heart.

 

-- Sant Kabir, "Songs of Kabir,"

Rabindranath Tagore, Samuel Weiser Books

ISBN 0-87728-695-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

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