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Although the term "Master" is an accurate description of God's governing role, it shades into the metaphorical in these poems by virtue of the fact that it is linked with the image of God as the Supreme Musician.
In other poems, especially where the poet wishes to express a consciousness of God's power and grandeur while still retaining a personal vision of Him, he looks to this word as possessing the greatest capacity to evoke a wide spread of emotions-affection, admiration and gratitude:
Again, when the poet wishes to acknowledge a debt to God, or where the accent is on surrender, the word Master can act as a matrix for his inner movement of the soul:
Like most words for God, Master is one whose meaning cannot be stabilised in any diagrammatic fashion. At times it edges towards the Infinite while at other times the poet transforms it into the most endearing expression possible.
In other poems, especially where the poet wishes to express a consciousness of God's power and grandeur while still retaining a personal vision of Him, he looks to this word as possessing the greatest capacity to evoke a wide spread of emotions-affection, admiration and gratitude:
WHEN I TAKE SHELTER
When I take shelter
In my Master's eye
I see star-twinkling sky.
When I take shelter
In my Master's heart,
I devour death-dart.
When I take shelter
At my Master's feet
Ignorance-dream I quit.[25]
Again, when the poet wishes to acknowledge a debt to God, or where the accent is on surrender, the word Master can act as a matrix for his inner movement of the soul:
MY HEART'S SORE NEED
My heart's sore need:
Delight, only delight,
Inside purity-height
To feed my Master, feed.[26]
Like most words for God, Master is one whose meaning cannot be stabilised in any diagrammatic fashion. At times it edges towards the Infinite while at other times the poet transforms it into the most endearing expression possible.
