Ang 328

GAUREE, KABEER JEE: One who has the Lord as his Master, O Siblings of Destiny — countless liberations knock at his door. ||1|| If I say now that my trust is in You alone, Lord, then what obligation do I have to anyone else? ||1|| Pause|| He bears the burden of the three worlds; why should He not cherish you also? ||2|| Says Kabeer, through contemplation, I have obtained this one understanding. If the mother poisons her own child, what can anyone do? ||3||22||

GAUREE, KABEER JEE: Without Truth, how can the woman be a true satee — a widow who burns herself on her husband’s funeral pyre? O Pandit, O religious scholar, see this and contemplate it within your heart. ||1|| Without love, how can one’s affection increase? As long as there is attachment to pleasure, there can be no spiritual love. ||1|| Pause|| One who, in his own soul, believes the Queen Maya to be true, does not meet the Lord, even in dreams. ||2|| One who surrenders her body, mind, wealth, home and self — she is the true soul-bride, says Kabeer. ||3||23||

GAUREE, KABEER JEE: The whole world is engrossed in corruption. This corruption has drowned entire families. ||1|| O man, why have you wrecked your boat and sunk it? You have broken with the Lord, and joined hands with corruption. ||1|| Pause|| Angels and human beings alike are burning in the raging fire. The water is near at hand, but the beast does not drink it in. ||2|| By constant contemplation and awareness, the water is brought forth. That water is immaculate and pure, says Kabeer. ||3||24||

GAUREE, KABEER JEE: That family, whose son has no spiritual wisdom or contemplation — why didn’t his mother just become a widow? ||1|| That man who has not practiced devotional worship of the Lord — why didn’t such a sinful man die at birth? ||1|| Pause|| So many pregnancies end in miscarriage — why was this one spared? He lives his life in this world like a deformed amputee. ||2|| Says Kabeer, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord, beautiful and handsome people are just ugly hunch-backs. ||3||25||

GAUREE, KABEER JEE: I am forever a sacrifice to those humble beings who take the Name of their Lord and Master. ||1|| Those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Pure Lord are pure. They are my Siblings of Destiny, so dear to my heart. ||1|| Pause|| I am the dust of the lotus feet of those whose hearts are filled with the All-pervading Lord. ||2|| I am a weaver by birth, and patient of mind. Slowly, steadily, Kabeer chants the Glories of God. ||3||26||

GAUREE, KABEER JEE: From the Sky of the Tenth Gate, the nectar trickles down, distilled from my furnace. I have gathered in this most sublime essence, making my body into firewood. ||1|| He alone is called intoxicated with intuitive peace and poise, who drinks in the juice of the Lord’s essence, contemplating spiritual wisdom. ||1|| Pause|| Intuitive poise is the bar-maid who comes to serve it. I pass my nights and days in ecstasy. ||2|| Through conscious meditation, I linked my consciousness with the Immaculate Lord. Says Kabeer, then I obtained the Fearless Lord. ||3||27||

GAUREE, KABEER JEE: The natural tendency of the mind is to chase the mind. Who has established himself as a Siddha, a being of miraculous spiritual powers, by killing his mind? ||1|| Who is that silent sage, who has killed his mind? By killing the mind, tell me, who is saved? ||1|| Pause|| Everyone speaks through the mind. Without killing the mind, devotional worship is not performed. ||2|| Says Kabeer, one who knows the secret of this mystery, beholds within his own mind the Lord of the three worlds. ||3||28||