For many days, I sat to contemplate
and reflect on what the yogi had written,
only to fall into a deep, sleepless meditation.
Moved to record my humble thoughts,
suitably inspired by spiritual love,
it was as though the Great Goddess said to me,
"With Joy go forth and be led in Peace
to the Paradise of Now.
Forget the Past, which cannot be undone.
Dwell not on Tomorrow,
but be content with Today's blessings."
To which a sweet angel of love added,
his cherubic smile reflecting loving-kindness:
"For thine is His Kingdom,
thy heart reflecting His Will,
until thou doth rest in eternal Slumber.
For thus Death doth claim thee --
His Voice brings thee Home,
Forever at one with God."
Yet, at the close of my meditation,
I heard these two voices as one,
and recorded them ad verbatim.
With Joy go forth and be led in Peace
to the Paradise of Now.
Forget the Past, which cannot be undone.
Dwell not on Tomorrow,
but be content with Today's blessings.
For thine is His Kingdom,
thy heart reflecting His Will,
until thou doth rest in eternal Slumber.
For thus Death doth claim thee --
His Voice brings thee Home,
Forever at one with God.
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This poem is my first spiritual offering to the Premavatar Paramhansa Yogananda (Mukunda Lal Gosh 1893-1952), as inspired by his book, "Autobiography of a Yogi". Premavatar means "incarnation of love." (page 331n, Autobiography of a Yogi).
It is because Yoganandaji is premavatar and that I identify him with Avalokiteshvara.
For the Buddha of Love and Compassion, Avalokiteshvara, is obviously an incarnation of love, just as Jesus is the embodiment of God's love for all humanity.
In the golden chain of love begins with Sakyamuni Buddha's story of Dharmakara, the king who renounced his kingdom to become a Buddhist monk, making 48 vows that led to his spiritual liberation from the endless cycle of birth-life-death. It is said that Dharmakara eventually was reborn as the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, and is known to the Chinese Buddhist goddess called Kwannon. Furthermore, Amida, the bodhisattva of Infinite Light of Wisdom (Amitabha) and Infinite Life of Compassion (Amitayus) is regarded as a latter-day avatar of Dharmakara.
Thus the incarnation of love is equally male and female in its spiritual form, with neither aspect dominating. Hopefully I have illustrated that in my poem.
Disclaimer: I am in no way affliated with the Self-Realization Fellowship, and write the following words out of spiritual inspiration. Nor am I affliated with ISKON. These words are written as an independent free-thinker and as a open-minded Buddhist.
Because Yoganandaji is premavatar, I see him as an avatar of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of mercy and compassion, the embodiment of true love.
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