They Look Everywhere Except Within -- Mystic Poetry of Sant Namdev

 

They Look Everywhere Except Within -- Mystic Poetry of Sant Namdev

"What shall I do? The world sees yet is blind -- 

It has forsaken bliss and runs after earthly pursuits.

It idolizes stones and slaughters divine beings,

Adores and worships that which has no life!

The living are sacrificed at the altar of the lifeless -- 

The world sees yet continues to waste precious life.

"The Beloved is within the courtyard

But they worship him outside!

They worship stone

And get caught in duality.

Says Namdev, wake up, you fools -- 

Worship the Lord in spirit, not these stones!"

(Hindi Padavali of Sant Namdev, poem 47)

Finding God Within

Finding God Within

"A prince becomes anxious searching for his necklace, forgetting the reality that it's already hanging around his neck. He says he's lost his necklace, but when a wise person points out to him that the necklace he is looking for is already around his neck, then the suffering of his delusion comes to an end.

"Likewise, human beings forgetting that God is within themselves, search in vain for the Divine in the outer world. When the wise teacher of higher knowledge makes them acquainted with their lack of true perception, informing them that God is within, then they go within themselves [in meditation] and find relief from the suffering of useless wanderings."

-- Maharshi Mehi Paramhans, Shri Gita-Yoga-Prakash (Essence of of the Bhagavad Gita, Commentary on the Spirituality of the Gita by a Sant Mat Master)