Pray, Sir, how can you bring yourself to dance?
See, the riches you are amassing here,
nothing of them will go with you.
Pray, Sir, how can you relish your food and drink?
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O infinite Consciousness,
You live within my body,and I worship only You.I do not careif I die, take birth,or pass into some other state.These things are so ordinary now.[Taken from Lalleshwari: Spiritual Poems by a Great Siddha Yogini, Translated by Swami Muktananda]
When Siddhanath applied lotion to my eyes,
I saw an astonishing sight.Wherever I looked and whatever I beheld,I saw my own Self, I saw God.Wherever I looked, I saw my own Self!O Lalli! This is the true seeing.
I have to suffer the consequence
even if I work for others’ gain.But if, with mind from attachment free,I dedicate all works to God,It will be well for me wherever I be,here and hereafter.
Patience to endure lightning and thunder,
Patience to go through a grinding-mill –Be patient whatever befalls, doubting notthat He will surely come to you.
The joys of palate and fine apparel
They who give up false hopes and don’tput trust in the things of the world,Ascend, unafraid of Death’s terrorsby scriptures told;For having lived contented lives,they are not debtors of Desire
I will weep and weep for you, O Mind;
Though you cling to them with the anchor of steel,Not even the shadow of the things you love Will go with you when you are dead.Why then have you forgot your own true Self ?