Two Poems by His Holiness Guruji Swami Vishnudevanand Saraswati of Prayagraj~Allahabad (1904-1997), read by Rev. Dr. Swami Bhajanananda Saraswati. Guruji wrote these poems in 1978 sitting on a bench in Central Park in response to a devotee&#39;s question: &quot;What is vairagya?&quot; 
 
ADMONITION I 
Oh Son of Immortality! 
You are the Divine Dweller 
You have come here as a stranger and a traveler 
 
It is a domain of diversity and endless dilemma 
Life is perpetually puzzling in its phenomena and panorama 
 
Here there is always attractive and repulsive illusion 
You may play or struggle but be detached from delusion 
 
The life of sensuality is confused, deviated, and fallacious slavery 
The habit of mundane greediness is temptation and bad beggary 
 
Be free from this changing farce and absurdity of duality 
Don&#39;t be blindly absorbed in this transitory sensuality 
 
This mysterious dramatic stage is not your final goal 
Play dispassionately and finish your ordained role 
 
Go to the background of plurality, quality, and quantity 
Know that Unity, Self-identity, and Inconceivable Divinity 
 
There is neither darkness or light or nothingness 
But Plenum, Superconsciousness, and Full Awareness 
 
It is not a mental conception, imagination or hallucination 
But Supersensuous Perception and Self-Realization 
 
It is the culmination of culture and the consummation of wisdom 
It is the life of emancipation and the Divine Freedom 
 
ADMONITION II 
Oh Dearest Soul, 
Rise from animality; cross the realm of humanity 
Taste the Immortality and realize the Eternal Divinity 
 
Refrain from ignorant sensuality; know your Self-Identity 
Dance in ecstasy in the the innermost field of felicity 
 
Go beyond the changing pleasure and pain, timidity, and knavery 
Control the stubborn mind and be free from empirical slavery 
 
Through the inner senses enjoy the innermost Light and Sound 
Transcend this profane world; recognize the Provident Profound 
 
Internal Existence is the embodiment of Peach, Bliss, and Wisdom 
External perception is hallucination, delusion, and bad boredom 
 
The external force is the field of mysterious phantasmagoria 
It is a tantalizing puzzle spreading like infectious bacteria 
 
How wonderful is the Perennial Peace of Celestial Scenery 
Is the fruit of Yogic Meditation and Spiritual Discovery 
 
Be heedful and free from the live of corruption and pollution 
Realize the Self and attain Everlasting Joy of Blissful Liberation 
 
Go beyond good and evil, mind and speech, and the sensual bound 
Dive deep into the River of Rapture; reach the Divine Ground 
 
If you be desireless, in the nothingness you may find 
The Ubiquitous, All-knowing, the Superconscious mind 
 
The Self knows no anger, hate, nor enmity 
Self remains unchanged from infancy to maturity 
 
He is beyond space and time; He has no form or hue 
He is you whom you seek; He seeks all of you 
 
He is the Creator, Destroyer, and Inner Ruler 
He is the

Short Reading: ”Dance in Ecstasy” by Swami Vishnudevanand Saraswati

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