A Cosmic Conspiracy in the Matrix of the Demiurge (Kal Niranjan) - Also, Being A Spiritual Warrior In A World Of Illusion, Studies in the Anurag Sagar (India's Most Gnostic Scripture)

A Cosmic Conspiracy in the Matrix of the Demiurge (Kal Niranjan) - Also, Being A Spiritual Warrior In A World Of Illusion, Studies in the Anurag Sagar (India's Most Gnostic Scripture)

In a sacred text from India known as Kabir's Ocean of Love (Anurag Sagar) Kal Niranjan, the Gnostic Demiurge, the Negative Power or God of Illusion once said to Guru Kabir:

"I will do something there so that nobody will believe in Your Shabda [Word]. There I will create such karmas and illusions that nobody will find the way out. In every single home I will create the ghost of illusion, and deceiving the souls, I will make them forget. All humans will eat flesh and drink wine, and all kinds of flesh will be their favorites. 0 brother, Your Devotion is difficult -- Nobody will believe it, I'm telling You! That is why I say: 'Don't go into the world now!'"

Says Kabir: "At that time I told Kal, 'I know your deceptions and tricks. Making the souls firm in the true Shabda, I will enable them to remove your illusions. I will make them recognize all your tricks, and by the strength of Naam I will liberate the souls. Those who remember me in thought, word and deed, focusing their attention on the Elementless, such souls will go to the Immortal World, putting their feet on your head. Any brave and wise soul will finish your ego. And very happily that soul will be convinced of the true Shabda [True Word].'

"Hearing this Kal felt defeated and started to think of deceptions." (Anurag Sagar)

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On today's Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast, The Cosmic Conspiracy described by the Anurag Sagar and the way to spiritual freedom and liberation according to The Path of the Masters, The Way of the Saints.

In Divine Love (Bhakti), Light, and Sound, At the Feet of the Masters, Radhaswami,

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Repeat God’s Name and Cross the Ocean of Existance -- Mystic Poetry of Sant Tulsi Das

 

The Classic Refrain of the Sants is "Repeat God’s Name and Cross the Ocean of Existance" -- Mystic Poetry of Sant Tulsi Das -- Light and Sound on The Path

"Repeat God's Name, repeat God's Name, repeat God's Name, O deluded one. The Name alone is the true ship for crossing the dreadful ocean of the world." (Goswami Tulsi Das)

"Your [God's] Name is the fruit of all spiritual endeavors, the essence of the Vedas [scriptures], and the boat for crossing the river of mundane existence." (Goswami Tulsi Das)

"Your Name my Lord, is the bridge by means of which souls cross over the ocean of mundane existence [samsara]." (Goswami Tulsi Das) 

Jai Sat Naam. Satya Raam. Radhaswami.

"Fallen into the mid-stream, you are drowning, O blind and deluded one. Board the ship of the Lord's Name, and go safely to the other shore." (Goswami Tulsi Das)

The human body is a veritable boat to cross the ocean of the world [samsara]. With God's grace for a favorable wind, and a Satguru for a helmsman to steer this sturdy boat -- a combination has become easily available." (Goswami Tulsi Das)

"Carry on the repetition of God's Name, remaining in the service [seva] of a Saint. This is the way to cross the ocean of the world declares Tulsidas." (Goswami Tulsi Das)

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One of My Favorite Mystics: Joseph the Visionary - Light and Sound on The Path

 

One of My Favorite Mystics: Joseph the Visionary

The Sants have said the Light and Sound are within everyone and that over the centuries there have been mystics within the various world religions acquainted with Inner Light and Sound Meditation. This includes Christianity. For instance, this example from the writings of Joseph the Visionary of the Syriac tradition: 

"We say that we see Light in the sphere of spirituality; but this is not like material light. We also say that we have spiritual food there; but that food is not like what we have here. We further say that our mind perceives there the Sound of the spiritual hosts and that it there has speech and conversation; but that speech is not like the speech that we have with one another. The Sound heard there by our mind is so ethereal that our senses are not able to receive it, and a fleshly tongue is unable to speak or tell that which is revealed there to the understanding."

-- Joseph the Visionary, Syriac Mystic, The Wisdom of the Pearlers: Anthology

How To Associate With God and Truth: The 3 Levels of Satsang - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts

 

How To Associate With God and Truth: The 3 Levels of Satsang - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts

"'Satsang' comprises two words, 'Sat' and 'Sang.' What is 'Sat'? 'Sat' is that which can never be destroyed, and it is the essential element that is indestructible and beyond the limitations of time. And it is the Truth. 'Sang' means association or contact, and this association or coming in contact with Sat or Truth is Satsang. In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says: 'Whatever is Truth always exists and is never non-existent. That which is non-Truth has no existence whatsoever.' By association with a pure soul the mind becomes pure and the darkness of attachment is dispelled. In attending to these quotes from different saints it becomes clear that satsang is vital and very necessary for any serious spiritual seeker." (Swami SantSevi Ji Maharaj)

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"Without a Master all scriptures are like the whispering of ghosts." (Sant Tukarama)

Guru Nanak says the True Master (Satguru) unites us with God, gives us a Godward Focus: “That preceptor is worthy who unites the aspirant with God."

THE THREE LEVELS OF SATSANG (Association with the Eternal Truth or God):

* The Third Level of Satsang (Association with the Writings of Sages and Saints);

* The Second Level of Satsang (Association with the Saints/Masters);

* The First Level of Satsang (Association with God);

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We Need That Love And Affection To Sit In Meditation Attentively - Light and Sound on The Path

SANT MAT IS THE PATH OF LOVE AND AFFECTION. 

"By carrying on the holy repetition of God's Name 

With love and faith, O Tulsi,

God showers His grace

And grants fortune even to the unfortunate.

Those who are free from all worldly desires,

And are absorbed in the joy of devotion to God

Have thrown their heart as fish

Into the ambrosial lake of the love of the Name."

(Goswami Tulsi Das) 

Mahatmas say, “The love and affection that is manifested in the world outside, if that love is focused within in Naam, then our work will be done.”

Mahatmas say, “The mind, which is now flowing out to Maya and all the different manifestations of Maya, if that is focused towards God Almighty, then our salvation is not far away.”

But our mind is not outwardly focused only in this life. Ever since this creation has come into place — and the mind — ever since it has been here, it has been outwardly focused. Even for doing our things outside, we need love and affection.

Like that, for progressing on the spiritual Path also, we need love and affection. But because that love and affection is scattered all over, out in the outward pursuits, we are not able to focus it within.

We should try to follow the Teachings given in the Satsang and try to reduce the love and affection that is flowing out. And, if we do so, we will get our salvation in this life itself. All the Mahatmas, all the Saints, have been successful by doing this. They have been able to turn away Their love and affection in this world to the love and affection towards Their Masters and Naam. And that is the only way They have got Their salvation.

-- Baba Ram Singh, Mind Will Listen To Us When There Is Love And Affection—We Need That Love And Affection To Sit In Meditation Attentively (excerpted from a Meditation Talk on the Afternoon of August 12th, 2019)

The Mystery Guru of Sant Mat History: Maharaj Girdhari Sahib - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts

 

The Mystery Guru of Sant Mat History: Maharaj Girdhari Sahib - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts

On the Origins of Modern-day Sant Mat: In the beginning there was one Sant Mat Path founded by Sant Tulsi Sahib of Hathras with Satsang centers in Hathras, Agra, and Lucknow. Sant Tulsi Sahib sent Girdhari Sahib to the city of Lucknow a few years prior to his passing in 1843.  During the period of time between the passing of Sant Tulsi Sahib in 1843 and the passing of Maharaj Girdhari Sahib of Lucknow in August of 1860 -- that seventeen year period -- in addition to doing much meditation, Soamiji Maharaj also was affiliated with, attended and supported the Satsang of Sant Girdhari Sahib in the city of Lucknow.

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Girdhari earlier had spent some time in Agra and gave Satsang talks at Soamiji's home. According to Seth Pratap's Biography of Soamiji Maharaj, after the passing of Tulsi Sahib, Soamiji Maharaj had Girdhari move into his (Swamiji's) other house, located in the city of Lucknow. This became a new base of operations, a headquarters for the Lucknow Satsang, very much like the family home at Panni Gali, Agra had served as the place of Satsang for the Tulsi Sahib Sangat there since Soamiji was a small child and even earlier. Another reason for Swami Ji to have a house in Lucknow was that sometimes Swami Ji traveled to Lucknow to attend the Satsangs of Girdhari Sahib.

Soamiji Maharaj, Sar Bachan Radhasoami Poetry, Hidayat Namah section: "The details of this sphere are known only to the faqirs. ['Full particulars of these regions are known only to Sants' -- Maheshwari translation.] To unfold more about it is not proper and advisable. For a long time the spirit of this faqir (i.e. Soamiji Maharaj Himself) sauntered and stayed there [Maha-Sunn, Great Dark Void] and then under instructions from the Teachers and Guides, moved ahead.

"Moving on and on, the spirit soared up about 5 arab (1 arab = 1 billion) and 75 crores (1 crore = 10 million) jojans (really incalculable height) and broke into the realm of Hahoot or Mahasunn and sauntered around it. How shall I describe it? For ten billion miles (again, incalculable distance) there is utter darkness. How shall I describe its depth, except to say that for one kharab (1 kharab = 100 billion, i.e. incalculable extent) jojans, the soul descended and yet its bottom could not be discovered; then again it reversed and turned upward, and following the track pointed by the sages, the spirit treaded that path and then it was deemed improper to determine and find out the depth of this dark region.

"The surat then moved on…"

Sant Garib Das of the Delhi Sarai Rohilla Radhasoami Satsang commenting on the above verse: "Soamiji in his Discourses has said that his surat descended into the dark regions of Maha-Sunn but could neither locate the bottom or the end of it nor did it feel it worthwhile to go down any further. Thereafter, his surat adhering to the signs as revealed to him by his Gurus ascended upwards. Here Soamiji says that it was the inner Mercy of his Satguru Tulsi Saheb and that of Maharaj Girdhari Das Ji whose Satsang he attended for a very long period of time." (Book of Anmol Vachan)

Soamiji viewed Girdhari Sahib as Tulsi Sahib's successor, supported him, and attended his Satsang. Soami Ji Maharaj treated Girdhari Das as his Guru, as well as donated and "gave substantial material support" to his spiritual mission for "a number of years" according to, The Biography of Soamiji Maharaj, and according to Daniel Gold in, The Lord As Guru: Hindi Sants in the North Indian Tradition.

Professor Mark Juergensmeyer in, Radhasoami Reality observed: "Girdhari Das is described as being the 'chief disciple' of Tulsi Sahib, a term that would usually imply he was understood as his designated successor (Pratap Singh Seth, Biography of Soami Ji Maharaj, p. 108). After Tulsi Sahib’s death, Swami Shiv Dayal brought Girdhari Das into his house, treated him with love, and accorded him respect due to a pious Mahatma.'" (Pratap Singh Seth, Biography of Soami Ji Maharaj, p. 37).

RUMI's Ode to the Unknown Mursheeds, Sages and Guides

"In every age, God’s mercy and pleasure graces their (Saints') pure spirit and breath. The names of lakhs of (cloistered, secluded, hidden) majestic spiritual personages (Saints) whose heads are adorned and distinguished by His grace have remained unknown and unsung because they were the cynosure of God who (must have) felt envious of their spiritual grandeur (and chose to keep them obscure and unhonoured as obscure heroes are unsung)." (Jalaluddin Rumi, The Mathnawi)

Radhasoami,

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Hathras Tulsi Sahibi Satsang Discourses: Sant Mat Spirituality

 

Hathras Tulsi Sahibi Satsang Discourses: Sant Mat Spirituality

Complete Mahatmas, Genuine Saints came to the world in their respective times and kept on emancipating the living beings who were connected with them.  On completion of their time, they left the body as per the will of the Lord and went to the Lord and left their work [their spiritual mission] to the other saints when departing.

** Actually God appears through the medium of the Master, the Guru, so we have to search for a living Master.**

"Complete and imperishable (permanent) benefit is available only through the living Guru. In him is the magnetic power of the Great Consciousness or the dynamic Consciousness, the touch of which creates power in us and connects our soul to the Current of the Word (ātmā ko Shabda) that rises to the spiritual plane." She (the Sound Current) helps us by being with our organs. [The Shabd/Sound Current is the vital life force of the body.] Very fortunate is that soul who takes shelter of such a supreme saint (param santa kī sharaṇ)."

INITIATION Into Surat Shabd Yoga: ** The Jivatma (soul) being given Shabda is the first step of Guru devotion (guru bhakti). **

"Mercy of Satguru Sahib

"Only with the grace of the master, the knowledge of the path of Naam is obtained. The Complete Satguru, the true Saint, is the real form of Naam or Word. That's why the Sound is revealed within them. Only by breaking the bonds of mind, illusion and time is one free from the cycle of transmigration. The Naam is only something the soul experiences, which is possible only through the Master (the guidance, teachings and mentoring of the living master).

"Sahib ji teaches the meditation of Surat-Shabd or Sound yoga.

1) Surat is called soul, the attention faculty of the soul.

2) The Sound creates and permeates the whole universe.

3) The Surat, the soul, carefully focuses upon that musical Naam (the Word), listening and merging into the Sound.

4) By holding the stream of that Sound, the surat-soul returns to it's core, it's essence.

5) This practice can be learnt through training by a complete saint, a Satguru. Only a present teacher, a living teacher, can teach this sadhana, this spiritual practice.

6) This practice is simple so it is also called Sahaja Yoga, easy or natural yoga, the yoga of Sound.

7) There is no boundary or barrier of country, caste, sect, etc..., for this practice. All are welcome.

There is no need to sacrifice the world or give up your worldly duties for successful meditation.

This path is the way to die while living, the body of the seeker starts to numb. Due to full concentration in Simran, the soul is concentrated in the third eye behind the eyes and one merges into the Sound. That's why the soul tastes the nectar, the bliss, and shines in the light of the Sound. In this situation, the the seeker becomes unaware of the outside world. This is the situation of dying while alive [death before dying].  Sahib ji says: 

"The stream of Sound is the Word of the Lord in the whole universe or cosmos. This Word is the consciousness stream that reaches everything in the cosmos from the creator (the Supreme Being). This is the stream he created to connect the whole, the All. This is what he is nurturing in all. The Word or Sound is our foundation. By holding the notes of the same tune, the Divine Sound, you can get back to your core, your essence, and merge into It."

In our scriptures, there are many types of yogas like Hatha yoga, Mantra Yoga, Laya yoga, Raja yoga, etc…, but all of these remain confined to the limits of body and mind, have not been said to free the soul from the trap of mind and illusion.

The true master practices the spiritual Sound and Light that comes from beyond. By these methods of meditation, the soul becomes introverted through regular practice and hears the Melodious Sound within, and the soul reaches where the Sound is emanating from. This is the goal of the practice of Surat-Shabd-Yoga.

Satnam

Jai Sat Naam

Satnam-Satguru 

Mercy of Satguru Sahib Ji

Satnam - Satguru  

-- Satsang Discourses from the Hathras Satsang Associated With Sant Tulsi Sahib

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The Goal of Sant Mat Spirituality, by Swami SantSevi Ji Maharaj

 

The Goal of Sant Mat Spirituality and Meditation: Our Path Back to the Source -- The Inward Journey Back to God, by Swami SantSevi Ji Maharaj

"Sant Mat (the path and teachings as taught and practiced by Saints [Sant Satgurus]) delineates the path of union of the soul with God. The instructions of the saints explain the reuniting as follows:

"The individual soul has descended from the higher worlds [the Realm of the Divine] to this city of illusion, bodily existence. It has descended from the Soundless State to the essence of Sound, from that Sound to Light, and finally from the realm of Light to the kingdom of Darkness. The sense organs' qualities (dharmas, natural tendencies) draw us downward and away from our true nature.

"The nature of the soul (atman) draws us upwards and inwards and establishes us in our true nature. Returning to our origins involves turning inward: withdrawal of consciousness from the senses and the sense objects to go upward from the Darkness to the realms of Light and Sound. [We experience this phenomenon of withdrawal as we pass from waking consciousness to deep sleep.] Another way to express this is to go inward from the external sense organs to the depth of the inner self. (Both of these expressions are metaphors that signify the same movement). The natural tendencies of the soul (atman) are to move from outward to inward. The current of consciousness, which is dispersed in the nine gates of the body and the senses, must be collected at the tenth gate.

"The tenth gate is the gathering point of consciousness. Therein lies the path for our return. The tenth gate is also known as the sixth chakra, the third eye, Bindu, the center located between the two eyebrows. This is the gateway through which we leave the sense organs' gates, enter the divine realms, and finally become established in the soul. We travel back from the Realm of Darkness to the Realm of Light, the Light to the Divine Sound, and the Realm of Sound to the Soundless State. This is called turning back to the Source.

"This is what dharma or religion intends to teach us. This is the essence of dharma." 

-- Swami SantSevi Ji Maharaj

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Caught Up To The Heavens - The Esoteric Santism of the Tulsi Sahib Satsang - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts

 

 

Caught Up To The Heavens - The Esoteric Santism of the Tulsi Sahib Satsang - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts

Mystic Poem of Sant Tulsi Sahib of Hathras:  Within This Body: 

"Within this body breathes the secret essence.

Within this body beats the heart of the Vedas.

Within this body shines the entire Universe, so the saints reveal.

Hermits, ascetics, celibates all are lost, seeking Him in endless guises.

Seers and sages perfectly parrot the scriptures and holy books, blinded by knowledge.

Their pilgrimage, and fasting, and striving but delude.

Despite their perfect practice, they discover no Destination.

Only the Saints who know the body's heart have attained the Ultimate, O Tulsi.

Realize this, and you've found your freedom

(while teachers trapped in tradition know only the mirage in the mirror)."

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Today during this Satsang Without Walls some rare passages from the world of esoteric Santism translated from Hindi, the writings of Sant Tulsi Sahib of Hathras, India and a few of his spiritual successors on this Path of the Masters, Inner Light and Sound Meditation, the Way of the Soul Merging into the Heart of the Beloved, the Ocean of Love in the Nameless Plane (the Anurag Sagar of Sat Purush Anami Radhasoami).

"Only by breaking the bonds of mind, illusion and time is one free from the cycle of transmigration." (Sant Prakash Das)

"Complete Mahatmas, Genuine Saints came to the world in their respective times and kept on emancipating the living beings who were connected with them.  On completion of their time, they left the body as per the will of the Lord and went to the Lord and left their work [their spiritual mission] to the other saints when departing." (Sant Prakash Das)

"The true master practices the spiritual Sound and Light that comes from beyond. By these methods of meditation, the soul becomes introverted through regular practice and hears the melodious Sound within, and the soul reaches where the Sound is emanating from. This is the goal of the practice of Surat-Shabd-Yoga." (Sant Prakash Das)

Like Galileo discovering new worlds through the lens of his telescope, mystics of the East and West (Jewish mystics, Christian Gnostics, Sufis, and in modern times, the Sants and Radhaswamis of India: Path of Sant Mat) have been trying to tell humanity for eons of something quite similar... about another kind of space... Inner Space. The reason why the contemplative state of being is still hidden from most of us is that, unlike Galileo’s telescope, in order to look through this particular lens, we mustn’t focus on the outward sensory impressions, but go in the opposite direction: into Inner Space. Look through the lens of the third eye to access the world of within. But one has to be willing to take the cap off the lens and have a look, to actually do the meditation. If we do follow the methods of meditation practice revealed by the Masters, with the third eye we will behold the Inner Light, Inner Visions, hear the Sound of Silence, the Holy Stream of Sound -- Music of the Spheres, traverse the heavens for ourselves, and return home to the Beloved Lord of Love, the Lord of the Soul.

In Divine Love (Bhakti), Light, and Sound, At the Feet of the Masters, Radhaswami,

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The Unknown Guru of Radhasoami History: Maharaj Girdhari Sahib, Part ONE - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts

 

The Unknown Guru of Radhasoami History: Maharaj Girdhari Sahib, Part ONE - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts

For many years some scholars and others curious about Sant Mat history have been puzzled by references in Radhasoami literature to a living master that Soami Ji Maharaj associated with and apparently was very devoted to. His name was Girdhari Sahib. However, little was known about this particular Guru, or his actual status in either Tulsi Sahib or the earliest Radhasoami communities... UNTIL NOW. During Part One of this two-part series we'll explore the evidence about Maharaj Girdhari Sahib of the Sant Tulsi Sahib Satsang and his association with Soamiji Maharaj (Seth Shiv Dayal Singh, Sant Radhasoami Saheb).

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In Divine Love (Bhakti), Light, and Sound, At the Feet of the Masters, Radhaswami,

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Seeing the Divine For Oneself According to Sant Tulsi Sahib and Maharshi Mehi - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts

 

 

Seeing the Divine For Oneself According to Sant Tulsi Sahib and Maharshi Mehi - Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcasts

Sant Tulsi Sahib's Mystic Poetry, Maharshi Mehi's Mystic Poetry and Hymns (Padavali), Plus Swami Vyasanand on the Five Levels of Love (Bhakti).

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Selections from the Mystic Poetry of Lalla of Kashmir - Light and Sound on The Path

 

 

Selections from the Mystic Poetry of Lalla of Kashmir 

Light and Sound on The Path

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Restless mind, don’t infect the heart with fear.

That virus is not for you.

The Infinite knows what you hunger for.

Ask Him to carry you across.

Some, who have closed their eyes, are wide awake.

Some, who look out at the world, are fast asleep.

Some who bathe in sacred pools remain dirty.

Some are at home in the world but keep their hands clean.

Good or bad, I’m happy to welcome both.

I don’t hear with my ears, I don’t see with my eyes.

A voice speaks inside my heart,

my jewel-lamp burns bright even in a rampaging wind.

Lord! I’ve never known who I really am, or You.

I threw my love away on this lousy carcass

and never figured it out: You’re me, I’m You.

All I ever did was doubt: Who am I? Who are You?

Wrapped up in Yourself, You hid from me.

All day I looked for You

and when I found You hiding inside me,

I ran wild, playing now me, now You.

Don’t flail about like a man wearing a blindfold.

Believe me, He’s in here.

Come in and see for yourself.

You’ll stop hunting for Him all over.

A thousand times at least I asked my Guru

to give Nothingness a name.

Then I gave up. What name can you give

to the source from which all names have sprung?

Who trusts his Master’s word

and controls the mind-horse

with the reins of wisdom,

he shall not die, he shall not be killed.

Those who glow with the light of the Self

are freed from life even while they live.

But fools add knots by the hundred

to the tangled net of the world.

When the dirt was wiped away from my mind’s mirror,

people knew me for a lover of God.

When I saw Him there, so close to me,

He was All, I was nothing.

I trapped my breath in the bellows of my throat:

a lamp blazed up inside, showed me who I really was.

I crossed the darkness holding fast to that lamp,

scattering its light-seeds around me as I went.

Alone, I crossed the Field of Emptiness,

dropping my reason and my senses.

I stumbled on my own secret there

and flowered, a lotus rising from a marsh.

My mind boomed with the sound of Om,

my body was a burning coal.

Six roads brought me to a seventh,

that’s how Lalla reached the Field of Light.

You rule the earth, breathe life

into the five elements.

All creation throbs with the Unstruck Sound.

Immeasurable, who can take Your measure?

He who strikes the Unstruck Sound,

calls space his body and emptiness his home,

who has neither name nor colour nor family nor form,

who, meditating on Himself, is both Source and Sound,

is the god who shall mount and ride this horse.

He knows the crown is the temple of Self.

His breath is deepened by the Unstruck Sound.

He has freed himself from the prison of delusion.

He knows he is God, who shall He worship?

Master, leave these palm leaves and birch barks

to parrots who recite the name of God in a cage.

Good luck, I say, to those who think they’ve read the scriptures.

The greatest scripture is the one that’s playing in my head.

What the books taught me, I’ve practiced.

What they didn’t teach me, I’ve taught myself.

I’ve gone into the forest and wrestled with the lion.

I didn’t get this far by teaching one thing and

doing another.

I gave myself to Him, body and soul,

became a bell that the clear note of Him rang through.

Thoughts fixed on Him, I flew through the sky

and unlocked the mysteries of heaven and hell.

Wear the robe of wisdom,

brand Lalla’s words on your heart,

lose yourself in the soul’s light,

you too shall be free.

-- I, LALLA

The Poems of Lal Ded

Translated from the Kashmiri

by Ranjit Hoskote