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Shvetasvatara Upanishads world is the river of God, flowing from Him and flowing back to Him ( Speaking Tree 01/08/2012)

What is the cause of the cosmos? Is it Brahman? From where do we come? By what live? Where shall we find peace at last? What power governs the duality Of pleasure and pain by which we are driven?

Time, nature, necessity, accident, Elements, energy, intelligence – None of these can be the first Cause. They are effects, whose only purpose is To help the self to rise above pleasure and pain.

In the depths of meditation, sages Saw within themselves the Lord of Love, Who dwells in the heart of every creature. Deep in the hearts of all he dwells, hidden Behind the gunas of law, energy, And inertia. He is One. He it is Who rules over time, space, and causality.

The world is the wheel of God, turning round And round with all living creatures upon The wheel. The world is the river of God, Flowing from him and flowing back to him.

On this ever-revolving wheel of life The individual self goes round and round Through life after life, believing itself To be a separate creature, until It sees its identity with the Lord Of Love and attains immortality In the indivisible Whole.

He is the eternal reality, sing The scriptures, and the ground of existence. They who perceive him in every creature Merge in him and are released from the wheel Of birth and death.

The Lord of Love holds in his hand the world, Composed of the changing and the changeless, The manifest and the unmanifest. The individual self, not yet aware Of the Lord, goes after pleasure, to become Bound more and more. When it sees the Lord, There comes the end of its bondage.

Conscious spirit and unconscious matter Both have existed since the dawn of time, With maya appearing to connect them, Misrepresenting joy as eternal. When all these three are seen as one, the Self Reveals its universal form and serves As an instrument of the divine will.

All is change in the world of the senses, But changeless is the supreme Lord of Love. Meditate on him, be absorbed in him, Wake up from this dream of separateness.

Know God and all fetters will fall away. No longer identifying yourself With the body, go beyond birth and death. All your desires will be fulfilled in him Who is One without a second.

Know him to be enshrined within your heart Always. Truly there is nothing more To know in life. Meditate and realize The world is filled with the presence of God.

Fire is not seen until one firestick rubs Against another, though the fire remains Hidden in the firestick. So does the Lord Remain hidden in the body until He is revealed through the mystic mantram.

Let your body be the lower firestick; Let the mantram be the upper. Rub them Against each other in meditation And realize the Lord.

Like oil in sesame seeds, like butter In cream, like water in springs, like fire In a firestick, so dwells the Lord of Love, The Self, in the very depths of consciousness. Realize him through truth and meditation.

The Self is hidden in the hearts of all, As butter lies hidden in cream. Realize The Self in the depths of meditation, The Lord of Love, supreme reality, Who is the goal of all knowledge.

This is the highest mystical teaching; This is the highest mystical teaching.

--- God Makes the Rivers to Flow: An Anthology of the World's Sacred Poetry and Prose Author:	Eknath Easwaran

This latest edition of Easwaran’s classic anthology, with a beautiful new cover, contains his selection of life-affirming, lyrical writings from the sacred literature of the world. It includes passages from the Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, and Native American traditions.

These passages can be read for daily inspiration, for their insights into other spiritual traditions, for the light they throw on how to live, for the sustenance they offer when we feel sad or tired, and above all for the deep transformation they can bring in Easwaran's method of passage meditation (see also Passage Meditation: Bringing the Deep Wisdom of the Heart into Daily Life).

This edition includes a new section called Recommended Passages for Specific Uses,with passages for particular stages in life, such as caregiving, families with small children, death and dying, grief and loss. There is also a new list of passages for building positive qualities such as patience, courage, devotion to God, and putting others first.

For anyone seeking to establish or sustain a regular meditation practice, this is a deeply inspiring collection of spiritual texts that will keep your practice fresh and nourishing.

“I have read these passages countless times, yet I have never tired of them. With every encounter I find deeper meaning. May you, too, find in them a river of inspiration without end.” – Eknath Easwaran

"This book is incandescent with insight and inspiration. It reveals a common wisdom uniting the great spiritual traditions of the world, which is a much-needed realization in our troubled times. – Larry Dossey, MD, author of Healing Beyond the Body

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. – Saint Francis of Assisi

"Slow, sustained concentration on these passages," says Easwaran, "drives them deep into our minds. And whatever we drive deep into consciousness, that we become."