Garden: It is but an empty dream...

It is but an empty dream that the soul shall have union with Him because it has passed from the body: if He is found now, He is found then; if not, we do but go to dwell in the City of Death. If you have union now, you shall have it hereafter.

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Next: This is the end of a path, but not the end of the garden. Return to the beginning: would you like to follow the FLUTE, or answer the call of the VEENA?

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[Source: RT 3 (partial); 1.57. sâdho bhâî, jîval hî karo âs'â]

Here is the full poem:

III

I. 57. sâdho bhâî, jîval hî karo âs'â

  O friend! hope for Him whilst you live, know whilst you live,
    understand whilst you live: for in life deliverance abides.
  If your bonds be not broken whilst living, what hope of
    deliverance in death?
  It is but an empty dream, that the soul shall have union with Him
    because it has passed from the body:
  If He is found now, He is found then,
  If not, we do but go to dwell in the City of Death.
  If you have union now, you shall have it hereafter.
  Bathe in the truth, know the true Guru, have faith in the true
    Name!
  Kabîr says: "It is the Spirit of the quest which helps; I am the
  slave of this Spirit of the quest."