Kabir -Sahaj

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My mind has returnedTo its own primal state;I realized the LordWhen I

died while living.Says Kabir: I am mergedIn the bliss of Sahaj;I no

longer know fear,Nor inspire it in others.

"This word “sahaj” is in many of Kabir’s poems. He describes that

state of perfect balance where one is closest to God:"Where there is

neither sea nor rains,Nor sun nor shade;Where there is neither

creationNor dissolution;Where prevails neither life nor death,Nor

pain nor pleasure;Beyond the states of Sunn and trance;Beyond words,

O friend,Is that unique state of Sahaj.It can be neither weighedNor

exhausted,Is neither heavy nor light;It has no upper regionsNor lower

ones;It knows not the dawn of dayNor the gloom of night;Where there is

neither windNor water nor fire, There abides the perfect Master.It is

inaccessible,It is, and it will ever be;Attain it through the

Master’s grace.Sayeth Kabir: I surrender myselfAt the feet of my

Master,I remain absorbedIn his true company.

"This state of oneness with the Divine is Kabir’s state of sahaj, his

“verdure of bliss” where there is no separation. He writes:"I am in

allAll that is, is IThe different forms in existenceAre my myriad

manifestations,Yet I am apart from all.Call me Kabir,Call me Ramrai

[God the Emperor],It is one and the same.I am not a child,I am not

old,And the glow of youthNever can touch me.I go not at anyone’s

biddingNor come at anyone’s command.In my state of SahajI am in the

verdure of blissCall me Kabir,Call me Ramrai,It is one and the

same.My covering is a single sheetAnd people sneer at me:My weaver’s

calling inspires no respect;My dress is tattered,Patched at ten

places —Yet beyond the three attributesBeyond the region of the

‘fruit’ [the law of karma]I dwell in the realm of bliss;Thus have I

acquired the name Ramrai.I see the entire world, The world cannot see

me;Such is the unique statethat Kabir has attained.Call me Kabir,Call

me Ramrai,It is one and the same.

"Kabir described the details of the subtle system. He uses an analogy

familiar to a weaver:"O Servant of God, where do the Ida, Pingala and

Sushumna nadis go when the thread of life breaks?One who holds the

thread is beyond time, but where does he live?The thread is neither

tied nor breaks.Who is the master and who is the servant?Only He

knows his secret as He is the Eternal.What is the warp [lengthwise

threads] and what is the weft [cross threads]?What are the threads

from which the chadar [cloth] is woven?Ida and Pingala are the warp

and weft.Sushumna are the threads from which the chadar is

woven.Eight are the Lotuses and ten are the spinning wheels.Five are

the elements and three the qualities of the chadar.Kabir is

Sahaj:Self-realization is my saddle;In the stirrup of SahajI place my

foot and ride,Astride the steed of my mind.Come, my steed, I’ll take

youOn a trip to heaven;If you balkI’ll urge you onWith the whip of

divine love.Says Kabir: The adept ridersRemain aloof from bothThe

Vedas and the Koran.

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