Some Radhaswami Verses of Shiv Brat Lal from His Book of Hymns/Poetry/Bhajans: Shiv Shabd Sagar
Verses of Awakening
Refrain: My awareness, now wise, awaken!
My awareness has become wise, a devotee, forgetting its conscious form.
Trapped in the noose of time and illusion, it fails to see the essence or support.
Awaken now! My awareness, a traveler, has gone mad, lost in the delusion of the world.
This world is nothing but the expansion of the mind's desires.
Awaken now! My clever awareness, entangled in worldly illusions, cannot discern the mystery of delusion.
Those who swing in the cradle of doubt, how can they taste the essence of truth?
Awaken now! My wise awareness, intoxicated with pride, trapped in ego and arrogance.
Bound by the chains of "mine" and "yours," it is tied in the bonds of bondage.
Awaken now! My wise awareness, filled with remorse, has come to the company of the truth.
Radhasoami, the form of compassion, has spoken, taking refuge in the true Guru.
Awaken now!
Where Shall I Seek Happiness?
Refrain: Where am I, searching for happiness?
All that exists is within me—truth, consciousness, and bliss.
Without opening my eyes, how can I be amazed by the moon in my heart?
Where am I? I am a drop, my movement is in the ocean, like waves and bubbles.
I speak openly, but none believe; the restless mind remains unsteady.
In me are the soul, nature, and God; in me is the infinite, the indivisible.
I am present in every fragment, my form is the cosmic egg.
In me, the creation of the universe unfolds; I am the child, the father, the mother.
Birth and death are my play; I come and go nowhere.
Through service to the Guru and the company of saints, a being may realize this.
Radhasoami, I surrender at your feet, recognizing my true form.
Note: "Radhaswami" means "Lord of the Soul". Shiv Brat Lal was a disciple and spiritual successor of Huzur Maharaj Rai Saligram of the Radhasoami Faith, a prolific writer. It's quite valuable to be able to access his writings from the early days of the Radhasoami movement.
मेरी सुरत सियानी चेत अब ॥टेक॥ सुरत सियानी भई भज्ञानी, चेतन रूप बिसारा। पंड़ी काल माया के फन््दे, लखे न सार असारा ॥ चेत अब सुरत सियात्री हुई दिवानी; भरम रही संसारा। यह संसार और कुछ नाहीं; मन संकल्प पसारा ॥ चेत अब सुरत सियाली भव भरमाती, भरम का भेद न बूके। भ्रम ईिंडोले जो कोई झूले, कैसे तत्व की छके ॥ चेत अब सुरत सियान्री मद लपटानी, मान गुमान फसानी | मोर तोर की बंधी जेवरी, वन्धन वन्ध बंधानी ॥ चेत अब सुरत सियानी उपजी गलानी, सत संगत में आई। राधास्रामी दया रूप निज .बाना, ली सतगुरु शरनाई ॥ चेत अब
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सुख को किसमें कहां हूँ हूँ ॥टेक॥ जो कुछ हैं सब मेरे भीतर, सच चित्त आनन्दा। आंख खुले बिन छक्के कैसे, घट के छरज चन्दा।॥ कहां हूँदँ मैं हूं बुन्द॒ सिंधु गति मेरी, लहर बुलबुले पुभमें। खोल कहूँ माने कोई नाहीं, धीर चुलबुले म॒कमें॥ ? मुझमें जीव प्रकृति ईखर, मुभमें अक्न अक्ांडा। मैं हूं खंड खंड में व्यापा, रूप है मेरा अंडा ॥ ! मुभमें सृष्टि की रचना फैली, मैं बालक पितु माता। जनम मरन मेरी है लीला, आता कहीं नजाता॥ ?# गुरु की सेवा साध की संगत, करे तो जाने प्रानी । राधास्रामी चरन शरन बलिहारी, अपना रूप पिछानी॥ ”
