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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 />

OM!<br />

15th September, 1903<br />

DEAREST BABY KAMALA 19 ,<br />

You are pure, faultless, and Holy of holies. No<br />

blame, no spot, no taint of worldliness, no fear, no<br />

sin.<br />

If you never mind, you might put into verse the<br />

following thoughts. <strong>The</strong> attempt to do so will keep<br />

you on blessed heights.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se are translated from a Persian poem that<br />

<strong>Rama</strong> wrote this morning. You might versify them<br />

while in Portland or Denver. Just suit yourself.<br />

You have every right to modify the ideas.<br />

1. Rage wild and surge and storm, O ocean of<br />

Ecstasy, and level down the Earth and heavens.<br />

Drown deep and shatter and scatter all thought<br />

and care. O! What have I to do with these?<br />

2. Come let us drink deep and deeper still O! Dead<br />

drunk, let us weed out the sense of division, pull<br />

down the walls of limited existence, and set at<br />

19<br />

Kamalananda—Mrs. Pauline Whitman<br />

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