##16 (Vivekananda) In The Company Of Master Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

In the company of Master
Narendra enjoyed for six years.
In the Guru’s very presence,
He gained more experience.

Ramakrishna was too liberal,
And in simple living, an example,
Without imposing his ideas
On anyone of his disciples.

In that, Narendra was special,
And was Guru’s close disciple,
The one, who was chosen,
By God for a specific mission.

One day, he couldn’t mediate
As a whistling sound came out
Continuously from a nearby mill,
And the noise was terribly shrill.

By Guru, he was advised
To concentrate on this sound,
And when he did the same,
The desired results came.

Another time, when his mind
Could not be controlled,
Guru pressed the space
Between his two eyebrows.

On this sensation, he meditated.
Then effective it was, he found.
In a simple manner like this,
Guru trained his disciples.

To get help financially,
For his distressed family,
Guru asked a devotee
Who was fairly wealthy.

When Narendra felt bad,
Guru, with tears, told,
“Oh Naren, I can beg for you,
And do anything for you.”

The depth of Guru’s love,
Narendra understood now.
More than disciple or Master,
Like close friends, they were.

With this kind of relationship
Narendra faced all hardship
More calmly and quite easily,
And his life went on smoothly.