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The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Story</strong> <strong>Of</strong> <strong>Swami</strong> <strong>Rama</strong><br />

alone?<br />

No! Not I! My maid the rain shower just came and<br />

gave me a bath! My slave-maid the wind is<br />

running everywhere. Which is that servant of mine<br />

who just answered my call—by a loud "Yes sir!" It<br />

must be a tiger or an elephant. Thousands of my<br />

servants are encamped with me in these bushes.<br />

And there they are in the little caves. Why and<br />

how can I be alone?<br />

But no! I am alone I <strong>The</strong>re is no slave, servant, no<br />

friend. It is not the wind, it is I; it is not the<br />

Ganges, it is I. It is not the Moon, it is I. It is not<br />

God, it is I, It is not the Beloved, it is I. I am. What<br />

means Union? I am! <strong>The</strong> world alone flies!<br />

* * * * *<br />

Am I idle?<br />

<strong>The</strong> Mansarowar of my mind is full of peace. And<br />

the stream of joy is flowing out of my heart, Every<br />

pore of mine is bathed in bliss. Vishnu was filled<br />

with such an infinity of peace that He would not<br />

hold it within, so the fountain of peace flowed out<br />

from His Feet in the form of the sacred Ganges.<br />

Just like Vishnu, Tirath <strong>Rama</strong> Narayan is being<br />

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