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—Brahma eva idam visvam(1)— A life neither has beginning because beginning is Brahma or end because end is Brahma, it rides on a wagon named Karma(2) and goes as a wheel whirls. I came to this very spot becoming a sun, a moon and the stars following the stream which carries anguish, and one day I must cross; since it’s impossible to see the past because there is no beginning or end, I wonder how to manage a day when everything changes without beginning or end; I came this far becoming a sun, a moon and the stars and wandering in a wasteland looking at the bridge beyond eternity. In this barren soil: though flowers bloom, they smell of death that tempts to ruin me; though there is a spring, it’s bubbling sand seen in a mirage to intensify my thirst; though there are fruit bearing trees, the taste of fruit is more bitter than Eden’s forbidden fruit; though there are snows, they come as a blizzard and pierce the skin to tear it to pieces. Since Brahma is on the other side of Elysium no matter how much you wander in this boundless barren land, though it may seems within hand’s reach, you would never be able to touch; because your anguish, the reality of life is nothing more than pursuing a pain, a spinning of a wheel of Karma. Although my body is worn out I have no place to lay my body down; although my wounded soul is wailing no place to bury my soul to rest, and if this is my Karma to be accepted, how do I untie these entangled knots of anxiety. I exist, therefore my six(3) senses feel and perceive reasons, then, how do I denounce this Sabba,(4) or deliver from suffering, for that is the reason I exist. All phenomena, however, to undergo everyone as Atman(5) carrying their own Karma, because Brahma is everything and Karma is the footmarks of ever changing mundane world. 1. Brahma eva idam visvam: Brahman, indeed, is this world-all. 2. Karma: destiny. 3. Six Senses: five basic physical senses plus soul or intellect. 4. Sabba: this world. 5. Atman: soul, ego, or I.
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