No me, No Thee, No He (Swami Rama Tirtha)

Swami Rama Tirtha was a 19th century Indian teacher of the philosophy of Vedanta. Here’s a spiritual passage on divine Oneness.

Passage

O happy, happy, happy, Ram!
Serene and peaceful, tranquil and calm.
My can nothing, nothing mar,
My course can nothing, nothing bar.
My livery wear gods, men, and birds,
My bless supreme transcendeth words,
Here, there and everywhere,
There, where no more a “Where?”
Now, ever, anon and then;
Then, when’s no more a “When?”
This, that and which and what;
That, that’s above a “What?”
First, last and mid and high,
The One beyond a “Why?”
One, five and hundred, All
Transcending number, one and all
The subject, object, knowledge, sight;
Even that description is not right,
Was, is and ever shall be,
Confounder of the verb “to be”
The sweetest Self, the truest Me,
No Me, no Thee, no He.