Separation
The sun is the primary factor sustaining life throughout the universe with its all-pervasive heat and light. Life cannot exist without the sun. The moon nourishes the vegetation on earth, and so also sustains life. Therefore as sustainers of life, how could these two planets not host life on their surfaces?
Similarly the spiritual master, although not physically present, sustains the life of the faithful disciple, and thus the two are never separated. Their relationship is completely spiritual and not based on the condition of the material body.
“He lives forever by his divine instructions and the follower lives with him.” (His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda)
Giving life to all the worlds controlling destiny,
expansive rays of heat and light embrace infinity.
Blood and bones could not survive upon its scorching shell.
Does this mean the blazing sun can be compared to hell?
In the night the moon shines light to nourish land and fields,
fruits of the earth, the harvest blooms, abundantly it yields.
Is this source of sustenance merely made of dust,
flaunting as its surface a barren lifeless crust?
As it is only foolishness to think that no one lives,
upon the sun the source of life who generously gives.
Or on the moon whose nectar bathes us all and we survive,
we are never disconnected, your words are how I thrive.
You showed us eternity, of which we are all part,
and my eternal master is always in my heart.
How can it be that you are gone when you are in my mind?
Without the vision of your words, to everything I’m blind.
For this moment it may seem that we are not together,
but I have made a sacred vow no mundane thing can sever.
If bound to you eternally, can there be separation?
I place my head upon your feet in tearful meditation.
Excerpt from “The Divine Love Trip” by Samapriya devi dasi