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melodies and heařs'; everywhere the sweet notes of unstsuck Music. Thus, the liberated individual enjoys the unique unspeakable joy in the state of his ecstasy and in his complete union with God. Just as the river enters into ocean so does the heart of the devotee touch the feet of the Lord. The body and mind cannot contain themselves when they are touched by His great joy. One then begins to experience the infinite joy of the Lord in the whole of his creation and transgresses alļ distinctions as the joy of the Lord expresses itself through the whole of his creation. Kabir seeks. to realise God everywhere, the beautiful smile of God everywhere by overcoming the sense of duality by keeping eyes and ears open instead of closing them. Kshitimohan Şen says "Kabir was not for the mortification of the flesh. He believed that by living a natural life, in a pure manner, one can carry on one's sādhanā. "The universe", he says “is within one's own Self”. So, giving up pursuit after external things one should realise the universal principle within one's own self; for, the Lord of the universe exists there. There will then be no difference between in and out; for these two have met in the Lord. And the perfect truth and fulfilment are to be gained only by uniting with all in spirit."5 Rāma of Kabir is not one God among
1 Tagore R. (Tr.): Kabir's Poems, Poem 28, p. 39.
Ibid. Poem 34, p. 41. 3 Ibid. Poem 82, pp. 88–89. 4 Dvivedi Hajariprasad : Kabir (Hindi), Poem 41, p. 262. 5 Sen Kshitimohan : Medieval Mysticism of India, pp. 100-101.
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