Excerpt from Miracle of Love compiled by Ram Dass

The Language of the Heart


Maharaj-ji loved to have the Sunderakand chapter from the Ramayana read aloud…

At one point in the story, a message is brought to Sita (wife and devotee) from Ram (husband and God), from whom she had been separated. Ram is telling of his torment in being separated from such a pure devotee: “One’s agony is assuaged to some extent even by speaking of it; but to whom shall I speak about it? For there is no one who will understand. The reality about the chord of love that binds you and me, dear, is known to my soul alone; and my soul ever abides with you. Know this to be the essence of my love.” When this section was read, tears would roll down Maharaj-ji’s cheeks, and often he would become immersed in a state of bliss.

It was just this quality of love that bound us to Maharaj-ji. Within and beyond the apples, the kindness, the kidding, the comings and goings, the abuses, was the love. Now and then he spoke of love, but always, he is love.



– Excerpt from Miracle of Love compiled by Ram Dass