Lead us from the unreal to the real,
From darkness to light,
From death to immortality.
Bless us that we may realize thee within us,
And thy presence in each and every object and being of the universe:
That we may realize thou art sleeping in minerals,
Dreaming in plants, awake in animals, conscious in human souls;
That we may love all as part of our own soul in the cosmic Soul.
Awaken us to the realization that this manifested universe
Is but an infinitesimal part of thy stupendous whole.
Let us realize that thou art the Brahman of the Hindus,
Jehovah of the Jews, Christ of the Christians, Allah of the Muslims:
One God, variously called by thy devotees.
Thou art Consciousness-Existence-Bliss Absolute.
We are one with thee. We are immortal, blissful, perfect.
From Prayers of Self-Realization
By Swami Premananda
Based on a Vedic Prayer