The Divine Melody

God is dwelling everywhere

God is dwelling everywhere. Kabir: 'He is the real master who reveals the form of the formless, who teaches the simple way—other than rites or ceremonies.' God is dwelling everywhere: not in temples, not in scriptures, but everywhere. The real master doesn't add rituals—he removes barriers. The formless is seen when forms are no longer clung to.

Become a flame

Become a flame. 'I'm resisting the word God.' The priest refused the dying man who cursed him—since then, resistance to the word 'God.' The priest represented a dead God. Become a flame: don't accept borrowed concepts of God—burn through them and find your own. The resistance is to the false God; the real one is within.

The bee has received it's invitation

The bee has received its invitation. Kabir: 'The yogi dyes his garments instead of dyeing his mind in the colors of love. He sits within the temple of the Lord, leaving Brahma to worship a stone.' The bee has received its invitation: the mystic is drawn to the flower of existence naturally. External rituals are dead—the inner coloring of love is alive.

The greatest love affair on earth

The greatest love affair on earth. 'How can I be myself?' You already are yourself—the society corrupts you, puts foreign images on you. The greatest love affair on earth: being yourself. Don't be like Christ or Buddha—be yourself. The society says 'be someone else'—the master says 'be yourself.' This is the hardest and the simplest.

: Your lake reflects the moon of god

Your lake reflects the moon of God. Kabir: 'He who is meek and contented, who has an equal vision, whose mind is filled with the fullness of acceptance and rest.' Your lake reflects the moon of God: when the lake of your mind is still, the moon reflects. Ripples distort the reflection. Stillness is not effort but acceptance.

: You will awake praying

You will awake praying. 'Is there a sleep chakra too?' Each chakra has a sleep part except sahasrar—the seventh, pure awareness. Krishna: 'The yogi never sleeps.' You will awake praying: prayer is not an activity but a state. When sahasrar opens, you are always in prayer—even in sleep. The body sleeps; consciousness remains awake.

: It is heard without ears

It is heard without ears. Kabir: 'I am neither pious nor ungodly. I live neither by law nor by sense. I am neither speaker nor hearer, neither servant nor master.' It is heard without ears: the divine melody is not heard through the senses. When all categories collapse—pious/ungodly, master/servant—the sound of silence is heard. Kabir transcends all duality.

: Trust is a touchstone

Trust is a touchstone. 'I want to become a sannyasin but what will happen?' Nothing—exactly nothing. Sannyas is dropping the burden of being yourself. You disappear and God appears. Trust is a touchstone: trust transforms everything it touches. The moment you disappear, vision becomes transparent—things were ugly because of you.

: The pause between two notes

The pause between two notes. Kabir: 'To whom shall I go to learn about my beloved? As you never find the forest if you ignore the tree, so he may never be found in abstractions.' The pause between two notes: the divine is not in the notes but in the silence between them. Don't seek in abstractions—find the tree, find the present moment. The Beloved is in the concrete, not the conceptual.

: Married for eternity

Married for eternity. 'Why does man continue to live in misery?' Man lives under deep hypnosis—society, priest, politician have conditioned him. Only a miserable humanity can be exploited. Married for eternity: the mystic is married to existence—not to a person, not to a belief. When you wake up from the hypnosis, misery disappears. Exploitation ends.