Conversations with God

Conversations with God

A feeling of lightness
Of bonds breaking free
I look down at my body below
And people that stand around it

Tears on their faces
Anguish in their hearts
They mourn the carrion of flesh and bone
While unshackled, flies my soul

Mourn me not my loved ones.
My words unheard by those below
My mortal body is Maya, mere illusion
Brahman, transcendent reality, is my soul

I will always be with you, dear ones
Grief at start will fade to distant memory
Your dreams and your memories
Are conversations with God really

I travel with angels all around me
Apsaras dance to heaven’s melody
Gloria in excelsis deo
Glory to God in the Highest

O Resplendent Light, Phos Hilaron
I see the face of God before me
Down there at His divine feet
I settle myself down in ecstasy

The Cosmic Director smiles down on me
Are you ready for the next act, asks He.
You may tarry a while in My company
Before I assign you, your next role

Kaala tithaya am I, beyond space and time
Siddha Sankalpaya, My will is instantaneous
I protect and nourish earthkind at all times
For I am verily the Embodiment of Love

Human existence involves, He explains
Births, deaths and rebirths
A karmic cycle of cause and effect
Free will of man plays a mighty role

Free Will I give to man, for I love you most
Use it well in the roles you lead
With spiritual evolution you will reach
Your ultimate destiny, mergence with Me

God recounts the roles of past played by me
Movie clip images, scenes flash before me
Countless colors, countries and lifestyles do I see
In the multitudes of lifetimes I have led.

Ignorant was I, now understanding dawns
Human life is transient at best
Death, a mere comma in the cosmic scheme
So why waste trifles over mortal emotions

To experience Happiness
One must know sorrow
Tests of the morrow
Are but a path to the end


Translations
Maya [Sanskrit]: Illusion
Brahman [Sanskrit]: Absolute Reality
Gloria in excelsis Deo [Latin]: Glory to God in the Highest
Phos Hilaron [Greek]: O Resplendent Light
Kaalatithaya [Sanskrit]: one who is beyond space and time
Siddha Sankalpaya [Sanskrit]: one who’s will is instantaneous and successful