Blessed is the Eye Which is Permeated With Love

     Sant Dariya Sahib is one of my all-time favorite mystics of the Sant tradition of India. He was connected with a branch of the Kabir lineage of Masters, a line of Masters that used a text called the Anurag Sagar, a kind of Sant Mat "Epic", "Genesis" and "Gnostic Gospel" which sums up the teachings of Kabir and the Sants on: the creation of the multiverse, the origins of evil, the awakening of souls and their eventual return to the Spiritual Domain.

     The Mat or Teaching of Sant Dariya reveals that simran and meditation techniques alone will not be sufficient, that the devotee must have a burning ***love*** for the Beloved. Meditation permeated with this kind of intense yearning opens a portal to the other side like nothing else can. Beyond all planes of consciousness is an Infinite Ocean of Love, and THIS is the Ultimate Reality of the mystics.

Sant Dariya:

Without love there can be no devotion and wisdom.
With love arisen, they can be experienced
    with the Satguru's grace.
With intensification of love, one comes in contact
    with the True Sound,
And like a lotus in water, abides in its peace and bliss.

When love and endearment are firmly engrained,
One attains the elixir of Nam, and enjoys its bliss.
Being firmly entrenched in love and endearment,
And being well-steeped in devotion,
    one obtains the true love.

Have love for the lotus feet of the Satguru, 0 wise men.
This life is short.
Give up needlessly extended discussions.

With love and wisdom arisen,
One moves with detachment in the world.
He who finds a Satguru,
Has the true recognition of the path, says Dariya.

So long as the lover is not immersed in love,
His sins and evil thoughts are not washed off.
If one's attention is not absorbed in the inner sky,
How can he see the wondrous inner sights?

So long as the intense longing for the Beloved
    does not arise,
And the heart is not filled with love;
The spiritual goal cannot be attained
By mere observance of religious practices,
    vows and rituals.

Whatever be the bulk of one's charity and virtuous deeds,
One can find no foothold anywhere without devotion.

Have firm faith in love and devotion.
Love is the essence of spiritual truth.
Reflect on this saying of the Saints,
By this alone, one is saved from the ocean of the world.

Without love, one goes to the abode of Yama,
But being endowed with love, one attains the immortal fruit.

Blessed is the eye which is permeated with love.
Without love it is like a pebble or stone.
Like a gardener without a garden,
    the eye remains empty without love.
What is the state of a human being without love?
He is like one who is denied all delicacies,
    and whose mouth is filled only with dust.
Without love one does not find the flow
    of the Sound Current.
But when the flower of love blossoms,
    its fragrance is praised by all.

Many are the paths prevalent in this world
Knowing the proper wisdom, work out your own salvation.
He who obtains a wise and discriminating Saint,
Recognizes the path of salvation.
The technique of love is truly the root of spirituality.
Follow this technique as imparted by the Master.
When with his grace the inner lamp is lighted,
The true Nam, the support of all, comes to sight.

Just as the lotus resides in water,
It does not come to bloom by water.
Only when the light of the sun appears,
Does the lotus open its petals,
As the contemplative (inner) eye opens to see.

The spiritual lotus likewise resides in the human body
    which is like a pond.
Its sustaining water is close to the lotus.
But only when love for the Satguru arises,
Does the inner lotus bloom,
And one becomes a devotee of the Lord's holy feet.

Without love, there is no spiritual path.
The path lives in love.
With intensification of love, one comes in contact
    with the True Sound,
And like a lotus in water, abides in its peace and bliss.

When love and endearment are firmly engrained,
One attains the elixir of Nam, and enjoys its bliss.
Being firmly entrenched in love and endearment,
And being well-steeped in devotion,
    one obtains the true love.

Without love one does not find the flow
    of the Sound Current.
But when the flower of love blossoms,
    its fragrance is praised by all.

(Sant Dariya Sahib, Dariya Sahib - Saint of Bihar, translated by K.N. Upadhyaya, RS Books, Punjab, India)