M OOJI Dedicated to My Master
Sri HWL Poonja
Papaji
the Divine Lion
whose grace swallowed me and to my mother
Euphemia Hamilton
who in life was a Lion of Christ he Mala of God is more than a book. It is a celebration of the living God, a blessing made tangible to be absorbed inside the Heart. The power of true prayer is to be in direct communion with the One. It is to discover, experience and imbibe the Truth of the unchanging God, to rise above our lowliness and mere fleshly nature, to be confirmed in the joy of unity with the One beyond the concept of unity and oneness, to be completely merged in the Supreme. We intuitively experience God as the core of our innermost being. God is life itself and more than this.
He is the totality of all that is, ever was and ever will bewhat is potential, what is revealed, what is realised beyond separation. All is the Awareness God-Self. To some, it may sound like a contradiction that one who has realised the Truth, the God-Self, would utter any such thing as a prayer, or speak of God as his Father when he is the very essence himself. But it is not a contradiction; the prayer of an awakened being is a true prayer, for it never leaves the One. It is out of his very Oneness, out of the love and joy that emanates from the awakened heart, that these prayers come as a gift to this world. The Mala of God is offered to all seekers and devotees of Truth.
For the devotee must develop wisdom and discernment, just as the philosopher must develop trust, openness, love and surrender to the Divine. One who has realised the Truth finds no conflict in its myriad expressions but sees the same presence of the One in all. When the sage prays, draw near to him, for it is pure sentient expression bowing to its Source. Be absorbed in his Oneness. He will introduce you to God directly, for his presence radiates divinity and is the very embodiment of Truth. When the heart-mind encounters this presence, it is instantly struck and becomes naturally baptised in the Unborn Awareness Self.
Drink from his chalice of love and wisdom stirred by the finger of God. Even one prayer fully swallowed is enough to set your heart free in the infinity of Being. Be so drunk that you will find your way home without a map. Enter this temple of emptiness. LISTEN L ET NO MAN SAY
WHAT G OD IS
OR WHAT G OD IS NOT R ATHER
LET HIM KEEP QUIET
INSIDE HIS BEING
UNTIL HE FINDS HIS
L ORD HERE W HO CAN SEPARATE FROM
THE ALL-ENCOMPASSING O NE? I N H IM
JUST BE
COMPLETELY DROWNED
COMPLETELY IMMERSED
SATURATED
EMPTIED
BURNT
CRUCIFIED
AND BEAUTIFIED
BY H IS HOLY PRESENCE JUST SAY Y ES
INSIDE YOUR HEART
AND BE EMPTY
BE EXCHANGED
FOR H IM L ET THIS LIFE BE
FOR NOTHING ELSE F ATHER
LET THIS DAY
NOT BE A DAY SPENT IN THE MIND
BUT A DAY ABSORBED IN UNITY WITH Y OU
INSIDE THE H EART FOR
ALL ETERNITY OM B ELOVED FATHER
WITHOUT YOU I AM NOT
I AMTHUS I KNOW Y OU ARE
THIS KNOWLEDGE THIS KNOWING
IS THE SWEETEST THING H OW AMAZING IS YOUR PLAYFULNESS
H OW SUBTLE ARE YOUR CLUES O B ELOVED
YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME NOT TO FEAR
THINGS OF THE MIND OR THE WORLD
BUT TO TURN MY FACE
AND FIX MY EYES
UPON Y OU
ALONE NOW
ACCORDING TO T HY WORD
ABSORB MY MIND COMPLETELY
IN T HEE O L IGHT OF L IFE
LET ME CEASE BEING ME
RID ME OF THIS BURDEN URGENTLY L ET ME EXIST BY THE LIGHT
OF YOUR EYES ONLY D IVINE L ION OF B EING
LET ME END UP IN YOUR INESCAPABLE JAWS
BECAUSE ONE BITE FROM Y OU
WILL PRODUCE NO SCREAMING
BUT ONLY PERFECT SILENCE
NOW AND FOREVER L ET ME REMAIN ETERNALLY
IN THE BELLY OF G OD HALLELUJAH AMEN O P ERFECT O NE
R EMOVE THE SENSE OF
I AND OTHER
R EMOVE ALL DESIRES
CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS
M AKE HEALTHY BODY AND MIND
FOR T HY SERVICE ALONE L ET ME BE EVER ESTABLISHED IN Y OU
U NGRASPABLE O NE D IVINE F ATHER
Y OU ALONE PERMIT ME
TO COMMUNE WITH Y OU DIRECTLY
FROM THE HEART OF THE I AM W HO ELSE BUT Y OU COULD RAISE
A MERE PERSON INTO
THE STATE OF HOLY PRESENCE H ALLELUJAH! B ELOVED F ATHER
YOU STRIKE ME
SO AS TO INSTIL HUMILITY
INSIDE MY BEING P LEASE KEEP MY HEAD
ALWAYS AT YOUR FEET
UNTIL I MERGE WITH Y OU
HERE O G RACIOUS S ELF
I CAN DO NOTHING BY MYSELF
Y OU ALONE ARE LIFE AND EXISTENCE
AND THE ONE APPEARING TO LIVE THEM Y OU ARE THE ONE S ELF IN ALL H ALLELUJAHOVAH
J AH RASTAFARI B ELOVED F ATHER
ERASE THE MEMORY OF ME
C LOSE MY ACCOUNT
OF PERSONAL IDENTITY
AND ITS SEEMING TREASURES R ID ME OF EGO
AND ABSORB ME IN Y OU
O U NBORN A WARENESS M Y L OVE
MY HEART WAS TWO FULL
SO I HAD TO LEAVE
N OW WITH Y OU
THE O NE
ALONE HERE
ALL PAIN IS GONE
AND PERFECT JOY REMAINS S UCH SWEET DEPARTURE O
L ORD OF H EARTS
THANK YOU
FOR ALLOWING ME
TO BE
NOTHING
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