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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 />

I flame in Fire,<br />

I shine in sun and moon, planets and stars.<br />

I blow with the winds, roll with the waves,<br />

I am the man and woman, youth and maid!<br />

<strong>The</strong> babe new born, the withered ancient propped upon<br />

his staff!<br />

I am whatever is,<br />

<strong>The</strong> black bee, the tiger and the fish,<br />

<strong>The</strong> green bird with red eyes, the tree and the grass,<br />

<strong>The</strong> cloud that hath lightning in it,<br />

<strong>The</strong> seasons and the seas!<br />

In me they are, in me begin and end.<br />

—From Sir Edwin Arnold's translation of the Gita<br />

O people of America and the whole world! <strong>The</strong> Truth is<br />

that you cannot serve God and Mammon. You cannot<br />

serve two masters. You cannot enjoy this world and<br />

also realise Truth.<br />

You cannot enjoy the world, you cannot enter into petty<br />

low, worldly, carnal, sensuous desires and at the same<br />

time lay claim to Divine Realisation.<br />

O dear people! You can never love anything so long as<br />

you perceive ugliness. Love means perception of beauty.<br />

Fighting with darkness will not remove it. Bring the<br />

light in and the darkness is over.<br />

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