This song was composed by Yogananda.
He explains the meaning of this Cosmic Chant in his Praecepta Lessons: “When we shall be able to free our souls from all the physical entanglements, then we shall be able to be like a Divine Gypsy. All these ties of civilization which seem to be exacting attention have brought us nothing but sorrow, but when we shall become free like the gypsy – being a Divine Gypsy – free from the body and flesh, wherein no disease or poverty will ever dare to break our peace, then we shall live in the eternal kingdom of wisdom, wherein all our questions shall be answered. That divine freedom we are all seeking. Our feet bleed with the thorns of worries and desires and yet we again walk on the path. It is time that we trace our footsteps home and reach that divine kingdom wherein we shall be free from all suffering and heartaches.”
Expanded lyrics, the poem “Thy Divine Gypsy” can be found in Whispers of Eternity, and in the Praecepta Lessons.
LYRICS:
I will be a gypsy
I will be a gypsy
Roam, roam and roam
I’ll sing a song that none has sung
I’ll sing to the skies I’ll sing to the wind
I’ll sing to my read cloud
I’ll roam, roam with Om
I’ll be the kind of the land through which I roam.
WHEN TO USE THIS SONG:
Chant when feeling enslaved by any habit or person.
SING ALONG:
SRF monks sing this Cosmic Chant on the album I Will Sing Thy Name.
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