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I am the One, I am Eka, I am Existence.

I am 'Ancient', I am beyond existence,

I am Non-existence too, I am Shunya - Zero.

Zero, One - the Bit of Computing, I am the Matrix,

I am neO, the 'New'.

I am the One, I am Al-hafiz - the Protector

I am VISHnu, I null out your vish/halahal

If halahal exists, so must Shiv.

O devotee, I wonder:

Do I want to hold so much venom you spew?

How many Crowns of Thorns must I wear

for your sins?

When you hurl abuses at one another,

You do so at Me and I cry out:

"Baatein Patthar Taane Tohmat,

Humsa hokar hanske seh tu."

You ask why?

Well...

As you change from saris and pherans to pants and suits

And still are the same person,

I, too, am Allah-Ilahi, Ram-Rahim, Jesus-Zeus,

I am Matri, Mariam, Mary, Mycroft.

Like you are both your body and mind, your soul,

So an I - Brahm and Abraham, your Waham.

As the beloved is best described by the one who loves,

So is the Devoted by the Devotee's actions.

I am Shunya without all of you, your Eka.

So, it is settled then... You am I!

-Dishna Phukan

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