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Jage jatha sapan bhram jai
Who is this Ram? Without knowing him this illusionary world seems real. After knowing him everything there is lost. The pure Indian philosophy is being spoken by Lord Shiva. But how does this element of knowledge descend when Lord Shankar says he is formless?
Vandoun baal roop soi Ramu sab siddhi sulabh japat jisunaaun. "The cheese balls of knowledge and the syrup of sugar are the two ingredients which are mixed into the manas of Goswami Baba. Only then can the juicy balls be prepared. Here there is knowledge, devotion and renunciation. These three make the triveni flow. Then Babaji says to let go once. Completely surrender just once. No bargaining. Absolutely. Completely. Just once put up your hands and say that you cannot make it. Surrender all the auspicious and non auspicious, all the real and unreal into the hands of the Lord. And, just now brother Niranjan was saying that it is very important, absolutely necessary to empty yourself. Without emptying nothing can be done and no surrender can be. complete. You cannot save even a little bit for yourself.
Thakur Ramakrishna Paramahamsa used to say that a small knot in the thread would hinder its passage though the eye of the needle. So unknot completely and empty yourself. Be just like the flute, absolutely hollow. The gopis of Braj asked the flute, "What is it O flute, what good deeds have you done that Kanhaiya (Lord Krishna) loves you so much?" Nandanandan had great reverence for the flute. How considerate and loving he was to it.
Braj jivan othan ko takiya nit pholan sej sajaavati hai.
Using Shyam Sunder's lips as a pillow the flute lies on them and the beloved's dark curly hairs fan it,
Suchi sheetal mand sugandh bhari
Alkaavaali pawan dulaavati hai Ki pag chaapat shyam dou karte.
Beloved Shyam Sunder massages the body of this flute with both his hands. How many comforts have been provided for the flute! When the gopis asked her why she is so adored the flute replied, "Only because I am hollow. I never sing myself. I sing when he sings and when he is tacit so am I. I do not know how to sing myself." That was the reason why the flute was so much loved by Kanhaiya. She was so very dear to
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