Composed by: Amir Khusrow
Sung by: Bahauddin Khan
Link to Song
https://youtu.be/NB6ZS6US-hc
अगर अम हयात बख्शी
व अगर अम हयात ख़्वाही
सर-ए-बंदगी-बा-खिदमत
बने हमके बादशाही
Either grant me life
or if you wish take it away
I bow my head at Thy service
and You are my king
– Saadi
न शबद नसीब-ए-दुश्मन
के शबद हलक़-ए-तैगत
सर-ए-दोस्तों-सलामत
के तू ख़ंजरात आज़माय
Your enemies are not so fortunate
to killed by Thine hands
But the head of Your friends are ready(safe),
to be cut by Your sword only.
– Araqi (Fakhr al-Din Ibrahim)
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Guftam Ke Roshan Az Qamar by Amir Khushrow
गुफ्तम के रोशन अज़ कमर
गुफ्ता के रुखसार-ए-मन अस्त
गुफ्तम के शीरीन अज़ शकर
गुफ्ता के गुफ़्तार-ए-मन अस्त
I asked what is brighter than moon
Beloved replied countenance(face) of mine
I asked what is sweeter than sugar
Beloved replied words of mine
गुफ्तम के मर्ग-ए-आशिकान
गुफ्ता के दर्द-ए-हिज्र-ए-मन
गुफ्तम इलाज-ए-ज़िन्दगी
गुफ्ता के दीदार-ए-मन अस्त
Asked, about death of lovers
Replied, pain of separation from Me
Asked the cure of life
Replied seeing Me
गुफ्तम तरीक़-ए-आशिकां
गुफ्ता वफादारी बुवद
गुफ्तम मकुन जोर ओ जफ़ा
गुफ्ता के इन कर-ए-मन अस्त
Asked about the way(fashion) of lovers;
Replied, Fidelity (loyalty forever)
I said, dont be cruel and unfair
Replied, That is my job
गुफ्तम के हूर या परी
गुफ्ता के मन शाह-ए-बुताँ
गुफ्तम के खुसरौ न-तवां
गुफ्ता परस्तर-ए-मन अस्त
Asked ‘Are you a houri or a fairy?’
Replied: ‘I am King of idols.’
Said ‘Khusrau is helpless.’
Replied, he is My worshipper (adorer, devotee)
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October 1959,
… Meher Baba seemed in a mood to give discourses on Sunday, 18 October 1959. Hoshang asked about the difference between seeing God physically and seeing God on the sixth plane. Baba explained, but ended by stating: “To see God is not the final aim. The aim is to be One with Him.”
Baba called Kaikobad and asked him to narrate his visions and experiences. Kaikobad said: “First, I saw God, and when I compared it to Baba, Baba did not look like Him. Then I saw the Father of all Fathers — Ahuramazda — and Baba simultaneously. I became convinced that Baba is God. Thereafter, I started seeing Baba in an aura of light. To see Baba in a beam of light comes from within me, and I can do it at any time.”
Baba explained that Kaikobad was an example of one who sees God physically. Baba then began speaking about Noor — Divine Effulgence:
The Noor of God is infinite. It is different from your electric power. All types of powers like electric, atomic, heat, light, et cetera, are only small branches of God’s Noor. Noor is not light; it is far more than that. To explain it, we will use a simile. If ten million suns are put together, the coolness of these would only be a fraction of the coolness of Noor. From Noor the sun, stars, moons, planets derive their light. Noor is infinite; it cannot be divided. And so suns, stars, moons, planets, et cetera must be contained in it.
It is difficult to explain this since you have had no experience of it. For example, suppose Cowas has had wine, and you [Hoshang] have not. However much he may explain what intoxication is, you will not be able to grasp it; [in other words] without experience you cannot know what intoxication is.
If Pukar tells the doctor that he is having pain in the chest, the doctor may only get an idea of the pain from his knowledge of medicine, but he cannot experience the pain. When these physical things are difficult to express, how much more difficult it will be to understand spirituality, which is subtle.
After explaining this, Baba stated: “Kaikobad, after leaving this body, will be released from the cycle of births. Therefore, he will not require another form. Now, suppose Kaikobad is not a member of my circle and Baidul is. Kaikobad has experiences, while Baidul does not. [Nevertheless], Baidul, being a member of my circle, enjoys the higher position.”
Continuing, Baba explained: “The men and women of my mandali will have union with God. They will get the experience of eternal bliss, eternal knowledge and eternal power, while Kaikobad shall only be released from the cycle of births; that is, if he were not a member of my mandali.”
The phonograph was brought into the hall and a few qawaali records were played. Baba commented on some of the songs:
Those who are afraid of the difficulties on the Path are not brave; those afraid to be slaughtered by the sword of the Beloved’s love will remain far from the Goal.
Those low-minded men who talk against the Master and doubt him will never attain the Goal. The Master is not under any obligation to the lover, and so he does not apparently care about the lover’s difficulties and sufferings. In fact, he remains as if unaware of them.
The lover says to his Master: “I pine so much for union, but why do you not respond?”
The Master says: “Do you oblige me with your love?” In other words, the lover should not complain about his difficulties to his Master, nor expect anything from him.
The lover says to his Beloved: “Which night of my suffering should I relate to you? As in my life of love there is only one everlasting night of suffering!”
In the afternoon Baba played card games as usual. Afterwards, he went for a walk with Hoshang and Cowas on the Meherazad road and pointed out Ratanshah Gyara’s cabin in the fields, where he used to sleep at night in the 1940s.
Returning to mandali hall, Baba distributed toffees and custard apples to all. When he retired to his house, Hoshang accompanied him with the umbrella. On the way, Hoshang said, “Baba, four days of our stay are already over …” Baba looked at him with love and gave him a kiss.
In the hall the next morning, Monday, 19 October 1959, Baba asked Eruch to read out a few passages from different books. One was a passage by the Perfect Master Sankaracharya on nirvikalp samadhi. At the end of it, Baba stated, “All this has been explained in God Speaks.” Then a passage was read from The Imitation of Christ, by the Christian mystic Thomas à Kempis.
In the afternoon, during a game of La Risque, Baba remarked, “I am weighed down by the burden of my work, and so I come here to play cards with you in order to get some relief.”
On one occasion, Harry Kenmore was sitting outside the hall talking to Padri. He did not know Baba had come back. Baba walked up to where the two were sitting. Kenmore was telling Padri, “It seems the Old Man [his affectionate phrase for Baba] has not been for a walk in ages.”
Just then, Baba patted him and motioned, “Come for a walk.” Kenmore was startled to find Baba standing next to him. During the walk, Baba remarked, “I am infinitely restless today.”
Baba had instructed Kenmore to fast that day without water until 8:00 P.M. At 7:00 P.M., Baba composed this poem and sent it to him:
One hour more
Then open your tummy’s door,
And with eatables galore,
Your energy restore.
With God’s name in your heart
With maya wage a war,
And taking Baba’s name
Make maya lick the floor!
Baba came to mandali hall at 8:00 A.M., on the 20th, and the above poem was read aloud. Baba also spoke about bliss that day:
A man on the sixth plane of consciousness sees God face to face and experiences bliss.
A man who has realized God and is not a Perfect Master experiences bliss, knowledge and power.
A man who has realized God and who is also a Perfect Master experiences and uses bliss, knowledge and power.
A man on the gross plane can also see God everywhere by the grace of the Avatar of the Age or by the grace of a Perfect Master. Such a man also experiences bliss. But there is a world of difference between his experience and the sublime bliss of the one on the sixth plane. The man on the gross plane has other desires because he still has his mind to worry him. The man on the sixth plane has [only] longing to become one with Beloved God.
Baba complained, “I am much pressed by the work and will leave after a short walk for my usual crucifixion.” (By “crucifixion,” Baba was, at this time, referring to his work with Kaikobad).
After being with Kaikobad, Baba went for a walk, and in the afternoon, he played La Risque. At 3:00 P.M., he distributed tea and snacks to all. Hoshang did not normally drink tea, but Baba gave him a cup, gesturing, “Take it today, but never drink it again in your lifetime!” Baba then retired to his room.
Baba composed another poem for Harry Kenmore that afternoon at 1:45 P.M.:
Harry you are very dear.
That’s why I kept you near.
Now let this be clear,
As long as you are here,
Remain happy and full of cheer.
About my promise, do not fear.
I will speak and you will hear.
Whether you are there or here.
(Lord Meher, page 4605)
https://www.lordmeher.org/rev/index.jsp?pageBase=page.jsp&nextPage=4605
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