~Swamiji Vivekananda's Fourth of July~ :)

[Guest guest]

Beloved Family of Light and Love! Jai Maa!

May we soar with golden wings of wonder and light past the

dusky illusion of the "Temporary Passing Show". The Fourth of July,

1902 is the day that Swamiji Vivekananda chose to take His Final

exit...

 

May we all understand the True and Sacred meaning of "Independence

Day!" i leave you with a poem the beloved Swami wrote called " To The

Fourth of July."

 

Your sister dissolving in Maa's Love,

muktimaa

 

"To The Fourth Of July" by Swami Vivekananda

(The 4th of July is the day of American Independence and also the day

Swamiji chose for his Mahasamadhi, or the final freedom from this

body)

 

Behold, the dark clouds melt away,

That gathered thick at night, and hung

So like a gloomy pall above the earth!

Before thy magic touch, the world

Awakes. The birds in chorus sing.

The flowers raise their star-like crowns-

Dew-set, and wave thee welcome fair.

The lakes are opening wide in love

Their hundred thousand lotus-eyes

To welcome thee, with all their depth.

All hail to thee, thou Lord of Light!

A welcome new to thee, today,

O sun! today thou sheddest LIBERTY!

Bethink thee how the world did wait,

And search for thee, through time and clime.

Some gave up home and love of friends,

And went in quest of thee, self banished,

Through dreary oceans, through primeval forests,

Each step a struggle for their life or death;

Then came the day when work bore fruit,

And worship, love, and sacrifice,

Fulfilled, accepted, and complete.

Then thou, propitious, rose to shed

The light of FREEDOM on mankind.

Move on, O Lord, on thy resistless path!

Till thy high noon o'erspreads the world.

Till every land reflects thy light,

Till men and women, with uplifted head,

Behold their shackles broken, and

Know, in springing joy, their life renewed. OM Shanti