As one is drawn
towards spirituality slowly but steadily, the attribute of reconciliation with what
is ordained from time to time flowers into the highest niche of ‘Witness Role’ –
a ‘silent spectator’ to the strange chance occurrences.
Throughout my active career I never dreamt of
holding a painting brush – lo, the initial attempts of Ravivarma themes now
embellish the walls of my humble abode. Please remember I am not at all a professional
painter: I was not at all courageous enough to sing a poem let alone a melodious song. But the Almighty within caused generation of
melodious tunes for the plain reading verses. To be specific, the devotional
verses in the 'Gospel of Ramakrishna' became live with instant tuning and singing
by me rapturously. But I am not at all a
music composer: As if blessed by the Almighty, all of a sudden my voice attained
high to low modulations encouraged by which I sang up to, among others, more than
one thousand seven hundred songs of Annamacharya. But I am not at all a
professional singer: I narrate with all humility, the divinity within was such
that even when a hard to digest prose explanation of 'Kattha Upanishad' slokas was under my perusal, instantly the prose converted into a beautiful poetry with
seven stanzas of four lines each. And
instant tuning and singing by me.
Colleagues called it creativity blossoming at late age, but I believe it is
only 'divinity manifesting' at the appropriate time.
Soham
actually means ‘I am He/That’ and has proximity in meaning with the mahavakya, ‘Tat
Tvam Asi’ (Thou are That). Please bear my
limited capacity for genuine translation from telugu.
THOU ARE
THAT…….
Soham Soham
Soham Soham,
Know that 'thou are that',
Know that
thou are Soul,
know that thou are Supreme Soul ||
Body, Life
force and Essence all three,
Join to
form mortal essence (Jiva),
Unless
karmic bondages are emancipated,
Jiva can’t reach Supreme Consciousness ||
The
soul doesn’t have death,
Who knows this is Enlightened,
Ending of
birth-death cycle,
Happens with Supreme Knowledge ||
Five sense organs and mind,
When come to relax,
Intellect
too becomes action less,
That state is Salvation ||
Om mantra is
utmost Supreme,
In truth it is the very Almighty,
Whatever
desired is obtained,
By those who know this mantra ||
As per the
fruits of actions (karma),
Rebirths accrue to the Jiva,
Supreme consciousness of all Jivas is One,
Who knows this is emancipated from
births ||
You are not
the body, you are not the life force,
That
you are Soul above all,
Knowing that
yourself are the Supreme Consciousness,
The wisdom in you shall thrive || . . . .
Some thing about the latest divine revelation.......
Last evening my son left for Chennai by train. When enquired if reached station in time, he told of being stuck up in traffic jam. Since I left out egoistic exhortations for I (me) and My (kin) already, what could I do? I closed my eyes, visualised "Consciousness" of the locomotive driver and suggested at least ten minutes gap to reach the boarding station - to help "a person", held up in traffic jam, to catch the train. And "It" obliged!
( Ravivarma's Themes, 2009)
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