WHEN I TAKE THE VOW OF SILENCE. Paramahansa Yogananda ”Songs of the Soul”

🌹WHEN I TAKE THE VOW OF SILENCE🌹

When I take the vow of silence

To remain enlocked with my Beloved

In the arms of His everywhereness,

I shall be busy listening to His symphony

Of creation’s bliss songs, and beholding hidden

wondrous visions.

Yet I shall not be oblivious of you all.

I shall mutely watch you

Walking o’er me in the fresh grass- blades

And seeing me in my living leafy presences.

I shall behold you with mothering tenderness

Through every crimson blossom

That wears a blush of love to bring you delight.

I shall caress you with the enfolding breeze

To relieve your worries and fears;

And enwrap you in sun warmth

When the chill of delusive loneliness strays in your heart.

When you gaze at the ocean

You will be looking right at me,

United with my Beloved on the altar of the horizon,

Sky- canopied with silver rays o’er the azure

wavy hazy sanctuary.

I shall not speak except through your conscience.

I shall persuade only through your love

And in your heart’s longing to seek the Beloved only.

I shall tempt you —- but with the sole temptation

To enjoy the Beloved’s love alone.

Forget me if you will, but not my Beloved!

Remembering Him, you cannot forget me.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

”Songs of the Soul”

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