Ashtavakra Gita Verses 15:8 To 15:17

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15.8 “Have faith, my son, have faith You are Awareness alone the Self, the One You are the Lord of Nature” 15.9 “The body is made of worldly stuff It comes, it lingers, it goes The Self neither comes nor goes, yet remains Why mourn the body?” 15.10 “If the body lasts until the end of time or perishes today— is there gain or loss for you? You who are Awareness?” 15.11 “Let the waves of the universe rise and fall as they will You have nothing to gain or lose You are the ocean” 15.12 “You are the substance of Consciousness The world is You Who is it that thinks he can accept or reject it? And where does he stand?” 15.15 “Leave behind such distinctions as “I am He, the Self,” and “I am not this.” Consider everything Self Be desireless Be happy” 15.16 “Your ignorance alone creates the universe In reality One alone exists There is no person or god other than You” 15.17 “One who knows for certain that the universe is illusion, a no-thing, becomes desireless, pure Awareness, and finds peace in the existence of nothing” The zone of deep silence Beyond mind Presence in self existence Formless space aligned (21-August-2019) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Verses revisited on 02-December-2021 Let’s begin then, by exiting self-hypnosis Enslavement to lower mind Melding mind, soul, spirit, Perichoresis Exiting narrow thoughts that bind Our innate aliveness, where is it located Is it in the head or the heart Desire enmeshed thought, has us agitated Until we add love to cart Head and heart meld, in a stillness continuum Devoid of thought, fears and desires recede There remains in mind-body, no ego residuum Layer by layer, erst habit patterns we weed There is no thought, yet our awareness remains Poised in the void in childlike wonderment Soul cleansed of feral stains, measuring not gains Magnetised, reveals innate essence luminescent We may call this Holy Spirit, kundalini or grace There is no one now within, to assign any label In timeless time, we may see God face to face Inner alignment being all it takes for this miracle Becoming the answer, we need no translator Yet the light that already is, we cannot transmit Ceasing to be a doer, as a humble receptor Know God in-dwells all, when we cease to resist

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