Song of My Life by Jeannette Caruth. Chapter XXII. Cosmic Person by Swami

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Light and Love

"Song of my life" continues with author's painstaking attempts to reach to

the essence of Unity, Oneness the what is illuminates through the veil of Maya.

 

 

CHAPTER XXII

 

The Marvel of Maya is the Oneness of Existence Multiple forms born of a

single Source Many noises emanating from one Sound Countless steps

performing only one Dance A display of various feelings expressing Love

alone O Fire of Oneness blind my roving eyes!

 

"Yes! It is time to take a leap", my Lord responds "On the road to

Unity you have to leave behind the unnecessary gatherings of partitions

Once you discover the deep yearning for the Light of One-ness within your

heart know that this calls for a radical awakening of the mind, an

applying of uncompromising logic Whenever the mind seeks your distraction

by her so-called righteous distinctions promptly abandon her and search

with all your might for that golden place in your heart, where the

Clear Waters of Truth submerge you in the longing for the Divine, the

Presence of the One alone For how can one claim to wish to find the One

yet carefully hold on to labeled separations

thereby consciously distancing himself from the One

Too afraid to abandon his reasonings he falls prey to false piety

trying desperately to justify his fears Waste no time Take a deep breath

and stand up straight Let your intense yearning burn away all hypocrisy

and find the all-consuming Fire of Love Enter without fear the Cooling Heat

of Non-dual Awareness, where the poison of the snake as well as the

fragrance of the flower are found to be expressions of the same Divine

Source empowered by the same Primal Energy A touch of this

non-judgmental state we find in the receiver of a gift like the parent

who is delighted by the gift of its child if the child produced a beautiful

painting or a poor drawing it differs not for the parent, if it created

a sweet delicacy or a bitter tasting food the mother's tongue is equally

pleased Or ... the present of your loved one,

the thoughtfulness of his gesture is what melts the heart whether the

gift is made of gold or brass is of no interest to you The sweet

attention of the mother eases the child's pain

if she brings actual medication or just the concerned caress of her

soothing hand

 

In True Love One-ness remains forever untouched it allows no

separations, it finds no distinctions, it fails to reason It only

sees Divine Innocence The Brightness of Its Golden Effulgence

overshadows the panorama of colors It eagerly relishes the Richness of

Unity Drunk with delight the mind ceases to reach out and surrenders

her views to the Vision of the Heart where the Holiness of Consciousness

is sublimely enshrined Consciousness alone exists The pure of heart

do not dabble in fragmented awareness They feel at one with the

all-pervasive air

They do not limit themselves to that small portion of air which their

breath carries into their minute frames Air is their Home they travel

unrestricted and perceive no imprisoned portions of this Breath Divine

Its Holiness they leave intact Its Auspiciousness they revere Travel

with these Great Ones Join their unlimited companionship

 

Here you find the true nourishment for your soul where the Magic of

Maya fades into the blinding Light of the Exposure of the One"

 

Continued...

 

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

(new members, read please the note at the end of Chapter XVI).

 

A Cosmic Person by Swami

 

The poem's Chapter directed me to Swami's explanation as an epic poem

dedicated to the Cosmic Person. To fuse into illumination of Jyothi is an

experience for human being what he/she tries to express by words. However, it

is a relative explanation... anyone of human beings cannot explain by words

what is beyond horizon

"where the Magic of Maya fades intothe blinding Light of the Exposure of the

One" (Jeannette Caruth).

"The word Jyothi (Light) does not connote the physical light of the

material world. When material limits or qualifications like charana or feet are

ascribed to light, how can the immanent, all-pervasive Entity be indicated? Such

a limited or qualified phenomenon cannot become the object of adoration and

meditation. When this word Jyothi is understood to mean the light embodied and

having certain natural characteristics, it cannot signify Brahman, the

Universal Absolute.

The Purusha Suktha, the Hymn in praise of the Cosmic Person, declares:

"Paadoasya viswa bhoothaani": "The entire Cosmos with all Its Component

Elements is but one quarter of His Glory." Therefore, It is beyond bounds,

measures or degrees. The Jyothi illumines Heaven and beyond, It reveals even

Brahman. That which makes known, by its splendour, the era preceding the origin

of living beings, and the regions beyond even the farthest and the highest,

"That" is indicated by the word Jyothi. It shines in that supremest among

supreme Loka (region).

Note also that the same Jyothi shines everywhere, at all times, in all

beings. It comprises Asthi (Sath; Existence), Bhaathi (Chith; Illumination;

Knowledge), and Priya (Ananda; Joy; Bliss). All things seen in the Universe

have the unseen as its base. All things that move have the unmoving as its

base. So, too, for every living being, why, for the very Cosmos itself, the

invisible Brahman, the Supra-Truth, Para-Brahman is the Basis. It is this

Para-Brahman, the Omni-Self, that causes the Cosmos to shine. Jyothi is the

word appropriate only for this Light and not the limited, inferior, physical

light. Jyothi has neither beginning, nor end. It is the Param Jyothi (Supreme

Light), the Adwaitha Jyothi (the Jyothi without a second), the Akhanda Jyothi

(the Eternal Light). In other words, It is the Para-Brahman Itself, for all

this is revealed only in and through It. The Jyothi referred to here cannot be

interpreted otherwise." (Sathya Sai Baba. Sutra Vahini. Page 46).

 

Namaste - Reet