The Great King Janaka

in this life you are to make efforts 

if you are in true love 

with yourself 

for when you love yourself 

there is nothing that can

stop you from being as a light 

as a sage like the one 

named King Janaka who

lived in the world 

surrounded by wealth

and all types of mentalities 

yet he did not get soiled by any of it 

he was taught by Ashtavakra

who led him to the waters of the SELF

where he drank as a man 

that finally found the purest source 

and indeed it quenched him well

for when he came forward to be a king 

after this truth was in him burning bright 

he ruled as a detached saintly being 

with no sides that were favored
and no self interest

with a still mind
cleared of obstructions
he gave the best possible
to those under his care
he had great responsibilites, yet did not 

let them *rule* him

how very unbalanced this would be 

he was a king of himself 

which means his consciousness was 

within God always 

he was a swami (lord of himself)

yet he did not wear the ochre robes 

he wore kingly attire which did 

not subtract or add to his purity within

this would be very absurd indeed 

for truth has nothing to do with outer 

trappings 

it has to do with that which is beyond all of it
as a metal refined and restored
to it's natural beauty
which lay eternally under the dross
such is the way of a man
within truth

King Janaka said words like this 

now i have found the thieves that have 

been stealing the treasure within

i have put them to rest 

and they (thoughts) will not destroy

my kingdom of heaven

which is life pure 

how glorious and majestic

a king was this one 

like no other that is written 

he was not a saint that went about 

feeding the hungry or living on alms 

as the wandering sadhus 

he was a man of stature that lived 

in a palace 

yet he was abiding in stillness

and if a man be a sadhu

with the wrong intention and focus

he is not a sadhu at all

and if a king be still inside
and lit up with God essence  

this man is indeed a true sadhu

this was King Janaka