MEERA: DEVOTION HAD TAKEN THE FORM OF MEERA; MEERA WAS MATCHLESS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO. MANY HAVE ATTAINED FREEDOM FROM THIS LIFE, MANY SOULS HAVE BEEN SET FREE FROM THE CONTINUOUS CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH, YET MEERA IS DIFFERENT. WHAT MAKES HER SO DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS? OSHO SAYS THAT IT IS THE TRANSPARENCY THAT MEERA POSSESSES WHICH MAKES HER SO DIFFERENT, IT IS THE PURITY AND CRYSTAL CLARITY OF HER SOUL THAT MAKES HER SO DIFFERENT. MEERA IS COMPLETELY DEVOTED TO KRISHNA. MEERA HAS NO SEPARATE IDENTITY FOR HERSELF. MEERA IS KRISHNA. AND WHEN WE FEEL HER DEVOTION, UNDERSTAND HER DEDICATION, WE BOW DOWN BEFORE HER, WE LOSE OURSELVES, WE BREATHE THE AIR THAT SHE BREATHES IN, WE GET MERGED WITH MEERA. WHILE TRUDGING ALONG ANY OTHER PATH, WE AT LEAST HAVE SOMETHING CONCRETE BEFORE OUR EYES. BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH DEVOTION. IT IS INDEED THE TOUGHEST ROUTE OF ALL. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING CONCRETE TO CONCENTRATE UPON. THE SOUL OF SOUL, THE MASTER SOUL, HIM… NOT SEEN BY HUMAN EYE, BUT ONLY FELT OR SENSED. TO LOVE SUCH SUPREME SPIRIT UNSEEN EVER, TO FORGET OURSELVES COMPLETELY, TO OFFER OURSELVES TO HIM, TO SUBMIT EVERYTHING, EVEN OUR EGO… INDEED IT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK, ONLY A FEW CAN ACHIEVE IT. MEERA DID THIS AND THAT TOO WITH AN EASE, WITH A SIMPLICITY… SHE WROTE BHAJANS, GEET AND MANY OTHER POETIC FORMS FOR HIM, HER MIND DID NOT LINGER TO FIND RHYMES, HER PEN DID NOT STOP FOR PERFECTION, HER WORDS DID NOT TRIED TO FOLLOW EACH OTHER, YET, SHE SIMPLY POURED HER FEELINGS FOR KRISHNA. SHE WAS HIS FOLLOWER, SHE WAS NOT OBSESSED BY KRISHNA YET SHE WAS ALL FOR KRISHNA. HER DEVOTION INSPIRES US, MESMERIZES US…
मीरा मीरा म्हणजे भक्ती. भक्तीने परमात्मा साध्य करणारे अनेक आहेत आणि तरीही मीरा वेगळी आहे. का? ओशो सांगतात की भक्तिसाराची इतकी पारदर्शकता मीरामध्ये आहे, की ही पारदर्शकताच तिचं वेगळेपण सिद्ध करते. मीरा कृष्णमय आहे हे कुणी नव्याने सांगायला नको. पण आपण तिची भक्ती बघून मीरामय होऊन जातो हे निश्चित. भक्तिमार्ग हा सर्वांत कठीण मार्ग. न दिसणाया परमात्म्यावर तन, मन, भान विसरून प्रेम करणं, स्वत:ला त्याच्यावर सोपवून देणं हे कठीणच. आणि म्हणूनच मीराचं कृष्णासाठी केलेलं समर्पण अनमोल आहे. यमक जुळतंय की नाही याची विवंचना न करता जे हृदयातून उमटत गेलं असं ते काव्य, गीत, भजन आजही आपल्या हृदयाला भिडतात आणि मीरा म्हणते ‘मैं तो प्रेम दीवानी’. हा तिचा भाव, ही तिची भावदशा आपल्यालाही भारावून टाकते.