Merged into the One

The devotee, the true lover, should keep only the Beloved in his heart, enjoy inner rapport with Him and keep his eyes closed towards all other objects in the world. But, says Kabir, if the lover has attained that inner spiritual state in which he realizes the Lord and becomes one with Him, he need not try to avoid others for he sees the One Lord present in every being and in each particle of the creation. In the last stanza Kabir describes that lofty state of love in which the lover and the Beloved become one.

 

Keep your eyes downcast,
Hold the Beloved
Captive in your heart;
Revel with Him in all bliss,
But let no one see
Your ecstasy.

Eight watches, sixty-four beats
My entire being looks only at Thee;
Why need I lower my eyes
When in every vessel
My beloved alone I see.

Listen, friend, I dwell in my Beloved
And my Beloved dwells in me;
I cannot distinguish between
My Beloved and myself:
I know not whether
The soul dwells in me
Or dwells my Beloved.

 

A.G., p. 1377:234-236

 

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