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I am the Soul
291 The trouble of birth that had been bothering from several births has been tided over. That's it! No more bother! Just one merciful look from the Gurudev has dried up the vast ocean of this material world. Aha! How unparalleled and unearthly is the might of the Gurudev! And Meera's eyes are shedding tears in memory of the limitless grace of the Gurudev. The heart is striving to reach out through the tears. In the end Meera says, the ultimate resting place for this jiva is at the Gurudev's feet. Now there is no need to go anywhere or do anything. That worldly ocean, to swim across which we went through all this struggle, has itself gone up in vapour. Now there is no worry. I shall remain at the feet of the Guru.
Brothers! This is how the Atmarthi feels within. When the sadhaka pining for the refuge of the Guru's feet, attains it, then how long will it be before he offers his complete self at the feet? Gurudev has awakened the soul! Gurudev has helped to recognise the soul! Gurudev has helped to experience the soul! Gurudev has lit the lamp with a lamp! Gurudev, all this is yours! My body, mind and wealth all stand dedicated at your command. What an achievement the sadhaka has to make!
The own mind, speech or thought, or the own ego are of absolutely no consequence. Not even the eyelids move without the desire of the Gurudev. Such a supreme dedication awakens in the heart of the Atmarthi. He doesn't have to do. The very attitude of his self becomes naturally so that all activities begin to happen as if at the command of the Guru. The Atmarthi even says, “I have handed over all that was mine. Now there is nothing that is mine. Not even my command over myself. Hasn't Kabir said -
मेरा मुझमें कछु नहीं, जो कछु है सो तेरा ater Eicht aliud, Fat GMA T ....
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