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and would not part from him any day whatever (34:1). He exclaims that God has eternally established Himself in his heart and stands transformed into him (34:9). He is extremely delighted at this supreme spiritual state of ecstasy and is overwhelmed with Bliss. He adores Him, “Oh our Aran! Shall I call You as sweet Honey or Ambrosia? I am unable to bear this!” (34:8). He sings, “Oh our Lord! Our heads will rest eternally and blossom at the flowery roseate Feet which abolishes the unreality of this worm filled body” (42:8), as a prelude for a subsequent experience. He has disclosed a great secret of his experience of how God showed His Feet: “Our heads will rest eternally and flourish at the large flowery roseate feet of Him who bestowed on me His grace that I may not regard the delusive life as true and of Him who showed me those resplendent Feet saying “Behold these in your body as ambrosia wells up and wells up in your frame” (42:5). Even though the saint has been blessed to visualise His Feet, he is not satisfied with this supernatural experience. Should he leave a body in which he could see His sacred Feet? No; he would like to savour indefinitely the Bliss of the Lord with his mortal frame! He sings, “Oh Lord with an eye on the fore-head! I to the delight of my eyes, saw Your jewelled twin Feet! Henceforth, instead of contemplating on them only day and night to the exclusion of other thoughts, shall I, Oh my Father, brood on shedding this body on earth and entering beneath Your Feet in Bliss? Fine indeed is my serfdom to You”; (33:9). 9. (b). The Metamorphosis As the sacred Feet of the Lord arise in him, the transformation of the body of the saint has begun. God has 78