Poem- From The Burning Bush

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Dear friends,

 

I see from the site that the attachment does not open- so here it is.

 

Love to all,

 

Alan

 

 

FROM THE BURNING BUSH

 

Sage Moses, desert wandering, saw a fearsome fire,

A bush of prickly gorse crackled and hissed with ire,

It was being devoured by sheets of white hot flame,

When out of that effulgence, there spoke the Holy Name!

 

Fearless Moses enquired, as it was his right to do,

“Mystic voice speaking from the fire, tell me, who are you?â€

A loud reply thundered, hearken son, â€I AM THAT I AM!â€*

Such was the revelation, uttered by the Holy Name.

 

King David composed a psalm for his lyric harp to play,

On one inspired and most auspicious summer day;

He raised his voice and sang “Commune with your own heart

Upon your bed and be still.†Such wisdom he did impart,

Which when conjoined with the sacred words, ‘I AM THAT I AM’,

Is the great truth that Bhagavan Ramana did once explain.*

 

“You duty is to be, and not be this or that.

‘I AM THAT I AM’ sums up the truth;

The method is summarised in ‘BE STILL’.

 

So the Sages of the Bible and Advaita meet,

Let us pause and pay reverence to their holy feet.

 

 

*Padamalia 26 P. 193 and Day by Day with Bhagavan 11th Jan 1946 and Psalm 4 v

5, and Exodus III v14.

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Dear Alan

 

again and again

 

am grateful for your ongoing work for our Sangha

 

my lifelong search for the TRUTH behind what "is going on" in "the world" led me to the same conclusione which is radiated through your wonderful poem

 

no words can express my inner feeling

 

am sure you do understand

 

 

in gratefulness

 

 

yours always

 

 

michael

 

 

 

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Alan Jacobs

Sunday, June 22, 2008 7:53 AM

Poem- From The Burning Bush

 

 

Dear friends,I see from the site that the attachment does not open- so here it is.Love to all,Alan FROM THE BURNING BUSHSage Moses, desert wandering, saw a fearsome fire,A bush of prickly gorse crackled and hissed with ire,It was being devoured by sheets of white hot flame,When out of that effulgence, there spoke the Holy Name!Fearless Moses enquired, as it was his right to do,“Mystic voice speaking from the fire, tell me, who are you?â€A loud reply thundered, hearken son, â€I AM THAT I AM!â€*Such was the revelation, uttered by the Holy Name.King David composed a psalm for his lyric harp to play,On one inspired and most auspicious summer day;He raised his voice and sang “Commune with your own heartUpon your bed and be still.†Such wisdom he did impart,Which when conjoined with the sacred words, ‘I AM THAT I AM’,Is the great truth that Bhagavan Ramana did once explain.*“You duty is to be, and not be this or that.‘I AM THAT I AM’ sums up the truth;The method is summarised in ‘BE STILL’.So the Sages of the Bible and Advaita meet,Let us pause and pay reverence to their holy feet.*Padamalia 26 P. 193 and Day by Day with Bhagavan 11th Jan 1946 and Psalm 4 v 5, and Exodus III v14.

 

 

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Dear Michael,

 

I am so glad you enjoyed this poem. I feel this connection means a great deal to

those Devotees brought up in the Jewish Tradition , it strengthens our faith. I

was reading Philo of Alexandria the third century Jewish Gnostic,and commentator

on the Torah recently. He says quite clearly that Moses, to use his own words

'worshiped the Self Existent'. This statement along with David's three mentions

of 'Stillness' in the Psalms strengthens my view that there was a Knowledge in

Biblical times akin to Advaita. Bhagavan used to quote the sentence in

Ecclesiastes 'that the fool's heart is on the left, the wise man's heart on the

right' as evidence of his own assertion that the spiritual heart was on the

right side of the chest, and 'there is one alone there is no second. See Talks

Page 79 No.77.

 

All love,

 

In His Grace,

 

Alan

 

--- On Sun, 22/6/08, Michael Bindel <michael.bindel wrote:

 

Michael Bindel <michael.bindel

Re: Poem- From The Burning Bush

 

Sunday, 22 June, 2008, 12:35 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 



Dear Alan

 

again and again

 

am grateful for your ongoing work for our Sangha

 

my lifelong search for the TRUTH behind what " is going on " in " the world " led me

to the same conclusione which is radiated through your wonderful poem

 

no words can express my inner feeling

 

am sure you do understand

 

 

in gratefulness

 

 

yours always

 

 

michael

 

 

 

-

Alan Jacobs

 

Sunday, June 22, 2008 7:53 AM

Poem- From The Burning Bush

 

 

 

Dear friends,

 

I see from the site that the attachment does not open- so here it is.

 

Love to all,

 

Alan

 

FROM THE BURNING BUSH

 

Sage Moses, desert wandering, saw a fearsome fire,

A bush of prickly gorse crackled and hissed with ire,

It was being devoured by sheets of white hot flame,

When out of that effulgence, there spoke the Holy Name!

 

Fearless Moses enquired, as it was his right to do,

“Mystic voice speaking from the fire, tell me, who are you?â€

A loud reply thundered, hearken son, â€I AM THAT I AM!â€*

Such was the revelation, uttered by the Holy Name.

 

King David composed a psalm for his lyric harp to play,

On one inspired and most auspicious summer day;

He raised his voice and sang “Commune with your own heart

Upon your bed and be still.†Such wisdom he did impart,

Which when conjoined with the sacred words, ‘I AM THAT I AM’,

Is the great truth that Bhagavan Ramana did once explain.*

 

“You duty is to be, and not be this or that.

‘I AM THAT I AM’ sums up the truth;

The method is summarised in ‘BE STILL’.

 

So the Sages of the Bible and Advaita meet,

Let us pause and pay reverence to their holy feet.

 

*Padamalia 26 P. 193 and Day by Day with Bhagavan 11th Jan 1946 and Psalm 4 v 5,

and Exodus III v14.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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