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Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Inner Lotus Will Wither Without the Water of Love


The Inner Lotus Will Wither
Without the Water of Love






From the Dariya Sagar ("Ocean of Dariya") by Sant Dariya Sahib of Bihar:


Carry on the repetition of the True Names,

taking it to be your very life-breath.

Obtain thereby the True Sound.


Sat Naam is the essence of all.

Recognizing it within yourself,

Cross the ocean of this world.


The Boundless Supreme Lord who

is in the beginning and the end,

Has descended to this earth.



Aeon after aeon
He has been coming
to impart wisdom to you.


Understand His teachings

And be immersed in His wisdom.

When one looks within ones heart,

being awakened,

One is pulled up by a magnet-like Divine Sound.


Without that Sound, a living being

is comprised of mere bones and blood,

Covered with skin on the outside.

In a moment life comes to an end,

And all our kith and kin are left behind.


But if the disciple follows

the instructions imparted by the Guru,

And takes to heart the words from the Satgurus tongue,

Then ones inner eye is illumined

And one finds the Source,

Laden with blooming flowers of immortality.

One then attains the pure-swan state,

And is rid of the vices of the wicked crow.

Such a one joins the family of the pure swans,

And is never lost in the ocean of the world, says Dariya.


Hold fast to the Sound Current,

And offer your body and mind to it.

Have love and endearment for Naam,

And you will not be lost in the ocean of the world.


There can be no devotion without love.

The inner lotus will wither without the water of love.

So long as the technique of love is not gained,

Whatever one talks of knowledge is in vain.

But when one is merged

into the Satgurus tranquil Sound Current,

One automatically obtains the taste of the nectar of love.

Just as the bee is allured by the lotus flower,

And being unable to bear the agony of separation unites with the flower;

Or just as the moon-birds heart is absorbed in the moon;

So should one be in love with the Sound Current

without ever being forgetful.



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Saturday, December 04, 2010

December 2010 Sant Mat Satsang PODcast


December 2010 Sant Mat Satsang PODcast

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(Program Length: 1:18:47)

Program Contents: The spirit of Sant Mat "ecumenism" and dialogue of the recent Spircon conference held at Dayal Bagh in Agra; also some Sant Mat history speculation on the origins of the Radhasoami Faith: the ashram of the Tulsi Sahib group in Hathras, "the People of the Anurag Sagar" or the "Esoteric Santism" of Sant Dariya Sahib and the Dharamdasi Branch of Kabir Panth.

Am back for a new season and series of Sant Mat Satsang PODCasts. My guest today is Mark Juergensmeyer, director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, professor of sociology, and affiliate professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is an expert on religious violence, conflict resolution and South Asian religion and politics, and has published more than two hundred articles and twenty books, including, "Radhasoami Reality - The Logic of A Modern Faith", Princeton University Press; "Songs of the Saints of India" (Mystic Poetry of Guru Kabir, Guru Nanak, Ravidas, Mirabai, Sur Das, and Tulsi Das), Oxford University Press; contributed chapters to, "The Sants - Studies in A Devotional Tradition of India", Motilal Banarsidas Books of Delhi; also: "Gandhi's Way", University of California Press, and many more:
 
We discuss the recent "Spircon 2010 International Seminar on the Religion of Sants - Radhasoami Faith - Spiritual Consciousness Studies", held recently at Dayalbagh, which is associated with the Radhasoami Satsang Dayal Bagh, Agra. Other branches of Sant Mat/Radhasoami that participated in this historic event include: Huzuri Bhawan/Pipal Mandi (Agam Prasad Mathur), Radhasoami Satsang Tarn Taran (Baba Kehar Singh), and Radhaswami Satsang Dinod (Sant Kanwar Singh).

If you are seeking initiation into this form of meditation practice (Inner Light and Sound), are looking for books, are searching for information, a local satsang or meditation group to attend in your part of the world, email me at this address:
James@SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com

Jai Guru,
James











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