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| Guru Samarpana |
ANTAR DARSHAN
In the dark woods of my mind, a directionless journey was on
Endless were the questions that pierced my heart
Fear of not knowing was burning my soul
World appeared as though meaningless
My life boat caught in a tsunami of deep dark ocean waters!!!
Life when I knew not…
A casual encounter only for brief moments
With someone whom I never met before but who knew me “through”
Face reminded me of an ancient sage
Tejas being an aura for the divine child
Expressions revealed burning sincerity and words of wisdom
In touch with the eternal source of bliss ever uninterrupted
Eyes filled with infinite grace and compassion
Divine concern that eclipsed mother’s love
Unwavering determination to transform the world
When I knew not even the meaning of the word “Guru”
An encounter that shook my bosom!!!
I lay defenseless in front of the eyes that see through my soul
Brief be the encounter, revived a connection of several lives
Source of Sun that dispels darkness
Light house that shows path to the shore
Pole star guiding me in the journey through the web of Karma
Could someone love me more than I?
Awed at the dimensions of Guru
As though sun light rushes through when windows open
Mind permeated with Guru’s grace
Founded on Sraddha, began a new leaf in my life story!!!
Numerous were his avatars - mother, father, brother, friend and teacher
Every place being teaching ground – home, ashram, temples, lecture halls, sidewalks and shopping malls…
Uncultured rogue was I filled with anger, desire, ego, greed and what not
Seated on a fearful mind ever restless never content
Infinite is his grace to see a sculpture through this raw rock
Unconventional are his tools – love, compassion and patience
Began the ascetic life of a Guru to bring about transformation in me!!!
Lessons on nurturing the temple called Body
Pranayama techniques to catch the twin called Mind
Gayatri mantra upadesa to go back to the source
Art of greasing the practice with love, devotion and surrender
Revolutionary thoughts – “Freedom from the Known”
Novel ideas – “24x7 Yoga”
Guru’s sankalpa for my “Antar Darshan”
Sutras for blossoming of mind
Human out of uncultured rogue
Divine out of Human
Eternal are the efforts of Guru ever flowing
Guru’s infinite love, my life source
Guru’s leela, subdue of my ego and evolution of surrender
Guru’s krupa, anchoring discrimination in the muddy soil of my mind
Guru’s grace, answers to my asked and unasked questions
Guru’s sadhana, expression of my blossoming mind in life moments
Guru’s will, projects executed through me as instrument
Guru’s sankalpa, his journey with me, for me to gain my grace
Guru, the divine force that filled my life with auspiciousness
“I” am not alone
This “I” represents thousands of families “Touched by the Grace”
Guru’s tapasya, Harmony, Health and Happiness in our families
Divine will, having written the last chapter, Guru leaving the physical plane
Have I been robbed off my life source?
Have I been thrown into darkness by the loss of all permeating light?
Whom shall I run to share my joys?
Where will I find the bosom of infinite compassion to shed my tears?
Have I lost of my source of discrimination?
Am I lost in the ocean of life and death as an orphan?
In depths of sorrow and grief with a heavy heart, I am…
Strange is my state of mind, counter to his lifelong teachings
Mind deceives itself at the speed of light
Mind engulfs in ignorance with intensity
Guru is beyond time, space and causation and is Satchidananda
Guru is never dead nay can death touch eternity
Guru is a link through several lives
Guru is bound until the moment of absolute freedom
Connect with that eternal source Oh Mind!
Guru’s tapasya, for everyone’s Antar Darshan
Guru’s path, for our absolute freedom
Guru’s teachings, essence of Vedas
Gone is the search for new knowledge
Begins the courageous journey of Sadhana to practice what has been taught
Let us Arise, Awake and stop not until the goal is reached
Offer as oblation our life, wealth and soul into the fire of Sadhana
Smash away thoughts of lethargy and inertia
Burn in the fire of “Vairagya”, all restless thoughts of imbalanced actions
Embrace noble and balanced thoughts as “Abhyasa Yagna”
Unwavering determination and prayers to be the purest instruments of Guru
Discharge duty with sense of freedom
Nurturing health, protecting harmony in relations
Reducing speed of the mind, loosening the grip of emotions,
Rejoicing in peace and happiness
Sharing fruits of Sadhana
Let us live as Role Models that our Guru aspired us to be
With unbroken sankalpa to surrender at thy lotus feet
Accept reminder of our mortal lives in thy service
Guruve Saranam
Guruve Saranam
Guruve Saranam
- Guruji's message to a Sadhaka
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