Peace (part 6)
Though pleased he is not pleasured; though pained he does not suffer.
This wonderful state is understood only by those like him.
The belief in duty creates a relative world for its performance. The wise one
knows Himself to be formless, timeless, all-pervasive, immaculate,
and thus transcends duty and world.
Even doing nothing the dull one is anxious and distracted. Even amidst great action
the wise one remains still.
Even in practical life the wise one remains happy. Happy to sit, happy to sleep,
happy to move about, happy to speak, happy to eat…
Because he knows Self the wise one is not disrupted by practical life.
He is deep and still, like a vast lake. He is not like ordinary people.
His sorrows have vanished.
For the deluded one, even rest is an activity. For the wise, even action bears the
fruit of stillness.
The deluded one is often adverse to the things of his life. To one with no thought
for body, attachment and aversion have no meaning.
The deluded mind is caught up in thinking and not thinking.Though the mind
of the wise one may think what thoughts come, he is not aware of it.
The sage sees nothing being done even when performed by his hands.
Like a child he is pure and acts without reason.
Blessed indeed is he who knows Self. Though seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating,
he never desires nor changes.
For one who is void and changeless, where is the world and its imaginings?
Where is the end? Where is the possibility of it?
Glorious indeed is he who, free of desire, embodies Bliss itself.
He has become absorbed in Self.
In short, the great soul who has realized Truth is free of desire, enjoyment and liberation.
In all of space and time he is attached to nothing.
What remains for One who is Consciousness itself, who sees the non-existence
of a phenomenal world created by the mere thought of a name?
Peace is natural for one who knows for certain nothing exists, who sees appearances are illusion,
to whom the inexpressible is apparent.
Rules of conduct, detachment, renunciation, asceticism— what are these to one
who sees the unreality of things, who is the Light of Awareness?
How can there be joy or sorrow, bondage or liberation, for one who perceives non-existence
and lights the infinite?
Until Self-realization, illusion prevails. The sage lives without
thoughts of “I” or “mine.” His connection to illusion is severed.
What is knowledge? What is the universe? What are thoughts like “I am the body,” or
“the body is mine”?
The sage is imperishable and sorrow-less. He is Self alone.
(to be continued .... Bows)
Though pleased he is not pleasured; though pained he does not suffer.
This wonderful state is understood only by those like him.
The belief in duty creates a relative world for its performance. The wise one
knows Himself to be formless, timeless, all-pervasive, immaculate,
and thus transcends duty and world.
Even doing nothing the dull one is anxious and distracted. Even amidst great action
the wise one remains still.
Even in practical life the wise one remains happy. Happy to sit, happy to sleep,
happy to move about, happy to speak, happy to eat…
Because he knows Self the wise one is not disrupted by practical life.
He is deep and still, like a vast lake. He is not like ordinary people.
His sorrows have vanished.
For the deluded one, even rest is an activity. For the wise, even action bears the
fruit of stillness.
The deluded one is often adverse to the things of his life. To one with no thought
for body, attachment and aversion have no meaning.
The deluded mind is caught up in thinking and not thinking.Though the mind
of the wise one may think what thoughts come, he is not aware of it.
The sage sees nothing being done even when performed by his hands.
Like a child he is pure and acts without reason.
Blessed indeed is he who knows Self. Though seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating,
he never desires nor changes.
For one who is void and changeless, where is the world and its imaginings?
Where is the end? Where is the possibility of it?
Glorious indeed is he who, free of desire, embodies Bliss itself.
He has become absorbed in Self.
In short, the great soul who has realized Truth is free of desire, enjoyment and liberation.
In all of space and time he is attached to nothing.
What remains for One who is Consciousness itself, who sees the non-existence
of a phenomenal world created by the mere thought of a name?
Peace is natural for one who knows for certain nothing exists, who sees appearances are illusion,
to whom the inexpressible is apparent.
Rules of conduct, detachment, renunciation, asceticism— what are these to one
who sees the unreality of things, who is the Light of Awareness?
How can there be joy or sorrow, bondage or liberation, for one who perceives non-existence
and lights the infinite?
Until Self-realization, illusion prevails. The sage lives without
thoughts of “I” or “mine.” His connection to illusion is severed.
What is knowledge? What is the universe? What are thoughts like “I am the body,” or
“the body is mine”?
The sage is imperishable and sorrow-less. He is Self alone.
(to be continued .... Bows)
