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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 />

When the individual is distraught by cares or<br />

pleasantry, or tortured by the violence of his<br />

wishes and desires, the genius m him is enchained<br />

and cannot move. It is only when cares and desires<br />

are silent that the air is free enough for genius to<br />

live in it. It is then that the bonds of matter are cast<br />

aside and pure spirit, the pure knowing subject,<br />

remains.<br />

—Schopenhauer<br />

He who gathers his desires into himself as the sea<br />

gathers rivers, he alone gets peace.<br />

—Upanishads<br />

Do any hearts beat faster<br />

Do any faces brighten<br />

To hear your footsteps on the stairs,<br />

To meet you, greet you, anywhere?<br />

Are any happier today,<br />

Through words they have heard you say?<br />

Life were not worth living<br />

If no one were the better<br />

For having met you on the way,<br />

And known the sunshine of your stay.<br />

He is the supreme spirit which informs<br />

All subtle essences! He flames in fire,<br />

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