Guest guest Posted June 6, 2001 Report Share Posted June 6, 2001 The HU of Sultan BaHU James Sant Mat Fellowship: santmatfellowship Lately I've really been enjoying the mystical poetry of Sultan Bahu, 1628 -- 1691, a Sufi Master of the Light and Sound of God (Qadriya Order) who lived in northern India. I just produced a radio show featuring readings of Bahu poems accompanied with various middle eastern instruments like the nay flute, the oud, and kanun. It was a blast! When the show airs on the Wisdom Radio Network and other stations I'll post an announcement so anyone with real audio, a sound card and speakers can hear it. The following ecstatic poems, translated from Punjabi, sometimes contain the word "HU," pronounced "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO," a name of God which symbolizes and even mimics to some extent, the Kalma or Word, also known as the Sound Current -- the Music of the Spheres. In most all of his poems, in the original language every other line ends with a HOO, for example: akkheen surkh te mooheen zardee, har wallon dil aaheen HOO Muhaa muhaar khushboi waalaa, pahuntaa vanj kadaaeen HOO Ishq mushk na chhuppe raihnde, zaahir theen uthaaeen HOO Naam faqeer tinhaan daa Baahoo, jin laamakaanee jaaeen HOO The name "Bahu" means, "with God." ___ Then, in an ecstasy of love, you will repeat the Name of HU constantly, devoting every breath of your life in contemplation of Him. Only when your soul merges in the Essence of the Lord, will you deserve the name 'Bahu.' ___ HU is within, HU is without, HU pervades everything; where then is Bahu to find HU [God]? He has wounded his own heart, he has tortured his own soul with austerities of all manner, with worship of all kinds. Having read millions of books, he has also come to be called 'wise.' But the name 'faqir' befits only him, O Bahu, whose very grave breathes life! ___ Mystics live in this world as HU personified; they practice the Name that is the essence of God. They live in HU -- beyond religion, beyond belief and unbelief, beyond life and death. If you explore the Path within yourself, you will find God nearby, through the Royal Vein. He now lives in me and I in Him, O Bahu: not only distance from Him but even nearness to Him have become irrelevant! ___ HU is within, HU is without, HU always reverberates in my heart. The wound in my heart aches constantly with the unabating pain of HU's love. The darkness of ignorance departs from the heart lit by HU [God, Allah]. I sacrifice myself to the one, O Bahu, who has realized the significance of HU. ___ _________________ To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2001 Report Share Posted June 6, 2001 Hi James, Thanks for the poems! >If you explore the Path within yourself, >you will find God nearby, through the Royal Vein. Do you know what the "Royal Vein" is? Thanks, Dharma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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