“BirOluş”

A Journey from Stories to the Truth

Without stories it won’t cut it, right?
All right, who lives in all these stories?
The one being “Bir” (“One“)? Or, the one who is on a journey?
You know better and still seemed to forget for a looong time.
Let’s start…


You will tell me stories, i will listen. I will call you “you” but inside you will be “me”. I will love.

I will tell you stories. Somewhere sometime teller and listener will get lost. Right at that moment we will be “One”. You will love.

I will give you this as a present. But how am i going to do it?  Then i will not be there. You will not be either. The “One” will be.


You will miss. Like an addict. Stories will draw you back. I will say stop. Just to make you aware of the storyteller. From thousands of “you” i will show you some. All are fake, so as to follow the situation. I will bother to say it directly. You will get angry at me. You will imagine i am hindering you being the “One”.

You will remember to look inside. In a blink of an eye you will attain once again. You will get dazzled. You will love. I will love. At what distance are we from the Truth? You will not be able to tell if you and i are different.

You will give yourself this as a present. But how are you going to do it? Then you will not be there. The “One” will be.


You will forget. You will read this again. Maybe a song, maybe a story. A moment of silence will visit and you will be the “One”.

You will understand the Truth is the “One”. You will laugh at the storyteller. You will laugh at yourself the most.

You will get born again. You will know your essence. You will realize yourself dreaming, not the “One” but as many “you”.

In accord with worldly affairs you will still produce many “you”s. No longer you will forget the “One”. You will marinate in it.

You will understand you are the “One”.

You will love the Truth because You are It.


So, is there any thing other than “You”?

Let’s leave it to Meher Baba.

Stories can wait for some time…



You Alone Exist – Meher Baba

Oh priceless treasure of Knowledge!
You are within and without,
and You are the Ocean of Mercy.

You are in all the worlds;
You are the Ocean of attributes!
Oh Meher, God-Incarnate, You alone exist!

You are Yezdan. You are Ezad.
You are Allah and Ishwar.

You are Ram and You are Buddha.
You are Beloved Lord Krishna
Who with one finger lifted the mountain;
You alone exist!

You are the Beyond God
and the Beyond-Beyond God also.
Oh Ocean of Kindness, You alone exist.

You are Mohammed, You are Perfection Personified.
You are knowledge itself,
and you alone exist.

You are with attributes
and without attributes!
You are the sole player
in the divine game. You alone exist.

You are matchless, the Only One!
You reside in every heart,
and you alone exist.

You are eternally motionless,
and immovable is your abode.
You are the Highest, for You alone exist.

You are the Doer,
the deed, and the cause of doing!
The sustainer You are,
and the Master of Masters.
You alone exist.

You are the seeker, the worship
and the Sadhana.
Oh Meher, God-Incarnate, You alone exist!

You are beyond Beyond,
yet You remain within everyone.
You are All-Pervading, and You alone exist.

You are in each neighborhood.
You are the Sustainer.
You Yourself are all worlds,
and You alone exist.

Everywhere, whether above or below,
You are complete;
and You alone exist.

You are unseen, yet seen also.
You live in everyone
forgiving each his sins.
You alone exist.

There is no one without you!
You are manifest and unmanifest
as You alone exist.

You are man. You are birds.
You are fish and animals,
for You alone exist.

You are bugs and gnats,
You are snakes and scorpions,
You are ants and mosquitoes,
for You alone exist.

You are insects. You are lice.
You are dogs, asses and pigs.
You alone exist.

You are the moon and the stars,
the dawn and the night,
and the sun and also the light.
You alone exist.

You are tea and coffee,
and the sugar also;
You alone exist.

You are pen and ink
and you are the gifted writer.
You alone exist.

You are the door and the window.
You are the marble floor;
You alone exist.

You are the medicine and the disease
and the doctor also;
You alone exist.

You are the game and the player,
and the spectator also;
You alone exist.

You are the flower and the thorn,
and You are the fragrance.
You alone exist.

You are the singer.
You are the musical instrument.
You are the sweet tunes,
for You alone exist.

You are the soldier, the army,
and the Supreme General.
You alone exist.

You are the sailor and the ship,
and the wide Ocean;
You alone exist!

You are the storm’s turbulence
and the tranquil waters.
You are the Pearl
and You are the shell.
You alone exist.

You are the shore, the ferryman,
and the sea also,
for You alone exit.

You are the beggar, the giver,
and the charity;
You alone exist.

You are the slave and the Lord;
You are the Beyond God.
You are God. You alone exist.

You are Mother and Father;
You are Master, brother and friend.
You are family and relatives;
You alone exist.

There is no one besides You!
Eternally You are,
for You alone exist!

You are Pran and You are heart.
You are also the Beloved of the heart;
You alone exist.

You are the Beloved and the lover,
and You are the nectar of Love
as You alone exist!

You are breath and life itself.
Our minds are enthralled
by Your beauty!
For You alone exist!

You are the worshipper,
his worship,
and the One worshipped,
as you alone exist.

You are Consciousness
and the Way to Consciousness!
Oh Meher, God-incarnate. You alone exist!

You are Khwaja, You are Qutub!
You are Pir and Qalander!
You alone exist.

You are Hafiz, You are Sanai!
You are Dara and Alexander!
You alone exist.

You are Jesus Christ! You are Elahi!
You are the Ocean,
infinite and pure;
You alone exist.

You are the Koran
and the One who prays!
You are Vali,
and You are the Messenger,
You alone exist.

You are the Beginning,
and You are the End.
You are also beyond the Beginning
and beyond the End. You alone exist.

You are infinitely beautiful
and infinitely close!
Oh Meher, God-incarnate, You alone exist!

You are Brahma and You are Vishnu;
You are the guileless Shankar.
You alone exist!

Bhau says, “O Beloved Meher, You are the Word
and You are The Letter!
You alone exist!”