Take heart, thou canst all I can

If I am unique, remember, Thou no less art, nor nothing art, If I’m perfect, ye no less are, We two were at no time apart. A great spiritual metaphor, Know thou, zero has always been, Nothingness hols up a mirror To the cosmos and soul within. It’s unassuming and humble And a bit paradoxical-- When it divides, what a gamble! It kisses infinity’s kernel. If I’m Shiva, that that’s not, nor special, Thou art jiva of immense potential, __________________________ Sonnet | 31.07.2025 | philosophy, soul (self), Note: Jiva, in Sanskrit means the embodied soul, atman. This sonnet takes off from ‘In a deal with thee, Lord’. Its underlying theme is advaita, non-dichotomy, or sameness between Brahman and atman. It is also derived from the basic truth of Upanishad: aum purnam adah purnam idam, purnat purnam udachyate | purnasya purnam adaya, purnam eva ava-shisyate || That (Brahman) is infinite, this (atman) too so is, From Infinite, infinite arises, Carving out infinite from infinite, There remains the same infinite.