Who may be called a paramahamsa? He who,
like a swan, can take the milk from a mixture of
milk and water, leaving aside the water. He who,
like an ant, can take the sugar from a mixture of
sugar and sand, leaving aside the sand.
Again, the world is a mixture of milk and water, the bliss of God-Consciousness and the pleasure of sense-enjoyment. Be a swan and drink the milk, leaving the water aside.
Again, the world is a mixture of milk and water, the bliss of God-Consciousness and the pleasure of sense-enjoyment. Be a swan and drink the milk, leaving the water aside.
If you put a mixture of milk and water before the swan, it
will leave the water and drink only the milk.
Haven’t you noticed the gait of a swan? It goes straight
ahead in one direction. So it is with genuine devotees: they go toward God alone.
They seek nothing else; they enjoy nothing else.
A Paramahamsa is always conscious that God alone is real and
all else illusory. Only the swan has the power to separate milk from a mixture
of milk and water. The swan’s tongue secretes an acid that separates the milk
from the mixture. The Paramahamsa also possesses such a juice; it is his
ecstatic love for God. That separates the Real from the mixture of the Real and
the unreal. Through it one becomes aware of God and sees Him.
Source - The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Source - The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa