Forgetting Separation

Deciphering Rumi has kept me glued to writing. I feel that Rumi is a Time Traveler due to his writings by guiding the seekers .There are phases when you are transported to complete silence yet words of love for Him and answers to your quests flow. The two deciphers from Rumi's Sufi Gems combine to make my today's post after a long gap. 

You think because you understand 'one' 

you must also understand 'two', 

because one and one make two. 

But you must also understand 'and'. 

.....~ Rumi 

I understand that I am "the one" creation that 

can understand "The One".

I also understand that

though I am in a position to understand yet I can not

fathom "The One".

I also understand that I have to remain

distinct from "The One" to keep on trying to understand Him.

This understanding is of the synergy kind which cannot be perceived without me and my 'the one" being obliterated into non-existence when I fathom Him.

Till I try to understand "The One" , I have to remain distinct and retain the duality. It is the "And" that makes me different and separate from Him. Understand that "And" is the separation tag for all its creations. He is in and exclusive at the same time but His Creations are wearing the veils of distinctness and feel exclusive and not inclusive of Him due to forgetfulness.

The Water always flows towards the source and even rain falls down from the sky since Mother Earth is the womb for water - always longing to be there in Her Lap.

Fire goes up always and free from all sorts of gravity. Fire always rises towards the Father Sun since it longs to get united with the source.

The Dust particles of earth always attracted by the the source again become a storm and fall back to the source -Mother Earth.

The Air is more flexible yet it is again providing the breathing space up to a certain range around the earth and is drawn by the earth's centre despite rotating around its axis and spinning around the sun.

What happens to His Creations when they are separated from the source -
Water stagnates ,
Fire extinguishes ,
Air disappears beyond ozone layer.
We are having all the elements in combo and we are separated from the Source "The One" remaining distinct and living our own stagnated lives.
Once the one "us" wake up to the truth that we are separate from "The One" - the longing to be United with Him appears. The Synergy of "the one" and "The One" is of not of being "two" kind !
The One Infinite remains and the other one is lost into it to become the Infinite.

If God said, Rumi, pay homage to everything 

that has helped you enter my arms, 

there would not be one experience of my life, 

not one thought, not one feeling, not any act, 

I would not bow to.

.....~Rumi 

 

Out of nth experiences , let me highlight the turning moments
which I feel have helped me to enter your arms , My Beloved !

I entered this world in my Parent's arms - 

that was the first feeling of being with you ! 

I entered the school and learn obedience and discipline from teachers -
that was the second lesson to develop myself and be near you!

I entered the college and learnt independence , self-sufficiency and confidence - that was the third lesson to get away from you as ego reached new heights as I grew up !

I entered the library and learnt from books that Library of the Universe is yet to be tapped and entered !

I entered the office to work and it became my Karmic Field to sow the seeds of action but remained aloof to you as one by one new responsibilities I have to shoulder as an employee !

I entered into matrimony and my focus from my self divided into halves and shifted to my better half and I forgot to be with The One Beloved !

I entered your World , My Lord as you had planned, designed and timed the moment - the moment The Arms of My Mother were no longer there to hold me !

Like a lost son in the World Fair I roamed here and there till Mother's Soul held my hand again and let go of it so that I can hold your Hand My Lord !

I bow to My Mother and Father ;

I bow to My Teachers and friends ;

I bow to Walls of the Alma Mater , College and Library ;

I bow to Works of the Spiritual Gurus ( Paramahansa Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda , Paramahansa Yogananda and Rumi and other Sufi saints )who who removed my ignorance ;

I bow to Temples ,Churches and Gurudwaras I visited ;  

I bow to every experience that my memory erased along the path ;

I bow to every person and experience 

that I have not highlighted , My Lord 

but brought Light into my Life and 

Awakened me to your Presence , My Beloved ! 

 .....~ashok "anubhav"