Ashtavakra Gita Verse 8:4
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8.4
“When there is no “I”
there is only liberation
When “I” appears
bondage appears with it
Knowing this, it is effortless to refrain
from accepting and rejecting”
’I’ as in i-dentity
Not the ‘I’ as in i-infinity
The doer
Not the mover
With this knowing
Let our contemplation keep flowing
Bondage however is not in the doing
Rather in indulgence resulting in stagnating
If we choose to seamlessly embrace-hold-release
With nonchalant ease
We become like Krishna in midst of lovely maidens many
Dancing in ecstasy yet not attached to any
This verse too imparts this knowing
Distancing from both accepting & rejecting
For any action that be not in effortlessness
Is ego manifest in serpentine surreptitiousness
Looking a little deeper what does this entail
What should be the attribute to effortlessly sail
Flowing in the timeless here & now continuum
We find ourselves at the fulcrum of the awareness pendulum
The periphery moves but we are not there
Although we witness its movement in darkness & the glare
All images unreal and yet we engage
In but not of the world as would a sage
(20-August-2019)
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Verse revisited on 27-October-2021
When we be in a continuum of silence
Thought rested stillness, vibrant innocence
Identity disappears, the void and we become one
Likewise, when lovers entwine hearts, ego comes undone
As also when we’re transfixed by a sunset beauteous
Rise of mellow blissful joy currents is fortuitous
We are, at that time, in our native element
Devoid of ego thought sediment
Employing thought as an instrument
Default fulcrum the vibrant bliss current
Heart centric, as we so align with love divine
Essence of presence for God-connect does pine
Empty mind-body shell, is by bliss magnetised
Resting judgment, nothing weighed or sized
Flows like the breeze with effortless ease
Hermit mode, embrace and release
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