Ashtavakra Gita Verse 19:7

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19.7
“Where is life and death?
Where is the world and worldly relations? 
Where is distraction and stillness?
I abide in the glory of Self”

Verse revisited on 06-July-2022

As a shape shifting soul
Breath and heartbeat stilled
To feel contrast, we assume a role
Hoping that bliss in our heart be instilled

The life we assume in decaying organic form
Has no identity save what ego assumes
Soul’s light’s veiled in duality’s storm
Darkness reigns till bliss resumes

Bodies casual, astral and physical
Separated merely by choice of vibration
Entwine with each breath, if ego urges we cull
Love integrates each pulse by magnetic resonation

Thus, when void-centric be our unbroken awareness
Boundaries between form and space then blur
In-form consciousness melds with oneness
Pranic pathways in body begin to stir

We recognise that we are but dust
Seeming aliveness is but the breath of God 
We’re soul eternal, not elements of earth’s crust
Yet here we are and this fact thus leaves us overawed

Seeming separation from God is a magnificent illusion
Ego’s but a thought bubble passing through time
Baptised by Holy Spirit ends our confusion
Back to heaven, we begin our climb

The play of polarities is a cosmic dance
Pangs of separation shift to delight in union 
Within the play, if head and heart be in balance
We celebrate in our heart thunderous bliss ignition

There then being no this or that or here or there
Each life coordinate at all times is perfect
The truth’s known when we are aware
Poised in the void, our stance erect

Within this reflected universe
There then is none we may call ‘other’
Yet in as ordained, we sing our unique verse
Whilst recognising each life form as our soul brother

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