Ashtavakra Gita Verse 11-6

“I am not the body, nor is the body my possession— I am Awareness itself.” One who realizes this for certain has no memory of things done or left undone. There is only the Absolute.” We now enter still waters deep Rejecting all knowledge we so far chose to keep The reason we invariably tend to self destruct Is owing to sole dependence upon the mind body construct Whilst we are endowed with the power of discrimination We choose to be blind to reality being caught up in stagnation Though knowing that in this world of duality everything has polarity Only the few detached rotate images viewing their sphericality Simply stated to exit the evident confinement We need to bring about inner alignment In thought & word & deed Employing the mind-body as our steed First we must recognise the coordinates of reference Before plotting path of preference Let us then begin by taking the opposing view That the mind body is the all with thought senses & sinews We immediately see that it is a cage bound in narrowness and limitation Our divine connection through conscience promising boundless bliss & elation Seeing this polarity we have on one hand the external ephemeral And on the other the unknown but seemingly limitless internal eternal We know we are awareness independent of senses and thought But we are now swamped by fears & desires all ego begot Our dilemma then akin to a drug addict In denial of truth even if succinct Awareness survives death of bodily form As does Divine Love felt within as magnetism warm The truth then clear yet the realisation elusive For as long as we dwell in symbols and illusions allusive No sooner we choose to internalise our consciousness We reclaim our freedom as formless awareness All we need to do is to use our free will To exit delusion by keeping our attention still Allowing our cup of joy to overspill 11-December-2020