Longing to Sing a Song. {155.}

Radhasoami Dayal Ki Daya

Radhasoami Sahai

May Compassionate Radhasoami Shower His Grace

May Radhasoami Help

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Radhasoami!

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I’m longing to sing a song

to your ineffable glory

the like of which

no human may have penned before.

A song that revels in your sheer glory.

A song laced with love,

stemming from faith,

and fueled by mystical yearnings.

A melodious ode that seems like

a celebratory dance captured in words.

A hymn that traces the origin of creation,

encompasses all your existence,

and culminates with the apocalyptic dissolution.

Insights, visions and emotions within me

seek an expression in human language

that it is ill-equipped for.

So, help me, my Supreme Lord,

write the unique song

to your eternal glory

that I wish to live

in my fleeting timespan here.

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Radhasoami!

Praying for Instant Salvation, Lord. {107.}

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Radhasoami!

The following Paath {or hymn} lines,
from the holy Sar Bachan {Nazm}
Mercifully Penned by our August Founder,
have always meant immensely to me:

“Ab tho man kar chuka pukaar /
Radhasoami, Karo udhhaar.”

That is,
“The heart has now cried out,
Radhasoami, Redeem me.”

I find the use of the word
‘ab’ {or ‘now’} to be especially significant.

It appears to hide within it
untold striving, agonies, realizations.

So that finally, the heart
beseeches the Lord for salvation.

Well, much as this might seem
to be denying or escaping life,
that’s what the essence and import
of Radhasoami religion is all about.

This perishable world is to be quit,
life is to come to an end,
and the soul is to merrily
retrace its path to its
original, blissful and eternal Paradise.

Radhasoami!
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O Lord, Fulfill Everyone’s Tasks. {100.}

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Radhasoami!

“Soami Tum kaaj Banaye saban ke.”

That is,
“O Lord, Fulfill everyone’s tasks.”

This is the opening line
of a favorite Paath {hymn} of mine.

The line stresses that it is God
Who finally consummates all matters.

It is a humble plea for Grace.

It is a simple expression of gratitude.

The prayer wants everyone’s tasks --
not desires -- to be realized.

Most importantly, the prayer is
not selfish in its focus;
one seeks that the Lord
realize the tasks of all.

I may add that the word “tasks”
only inadequately conveys the import
that the word “kaaj” contains.

Indeed, the tasks are not worldly goals,
but basically denote the goal of salvation.

So, the hymn is a collective prayer
thanking the Lord for ensuring everyone's redemption.

Radhasoami!
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