ShivAllahSita sutra 73

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The goal is the same for the one who meditates[on an object] and the

one who practises self-enquiry. One attains stillness through

meditation,

the other through knowledge.

One strives to attain something;

the other seeks the one who strives to attain.

The former takes a longer time,

but in the end attains the Self.~Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

 

152.Knowledge is a burden --the more the heavier --why do we feel the

need to carry it around as if it werea bag of birds struggling to

bereleased?When the noose is undone,something flies out andbreathes

easier.Our work is finished.The rest is for the birds.

~Mazie & b

16 - Ashtavakra Gita

Forget Everything My child, You may read or discuss scripture As much

as you like. But until you forget everything, You will never live in

your heart. You are wise. You play and work and meditate. But still

your mind desires That which is beyond everything, Where all desires

vanish. Striving is the root of sorrow. But who understands this?

Only when you are blessed With the understanding of this teaching

Will you find freedom. Who is lazier than the master? He has trouble

even blinking! But only he is happy. No one else! Seeing to this,

Neglecting that. . . But when the mind stops setting One thing

against another, It no longer craves pleasure. It no longer cares for

wealth Or religious duties or salvation. Craving the pleasures of the

senses, You suffer attachment. Disdaining them, You learn detachment.

But if you desire nothing, And disdain nothing, Neither attachment nor

detachment bind you. When you live without discrimination, Desire

arises. When desire persists, Feelings of preference arise, Of liking

and disliking. They are the root and branches of the world. From

activity, desire. From renunciation, aversion. But the man of wisdom

is a child. He never sets one thing against another. It is true! He

is a child. If you desire the world, You may try to renounce it In

order to escape sorrow. Instead, renounce desire! Then you will be

free of sorrow, And the world will not trouble you. If you desire

liberation, But you still say "mine," If you feel you are the body,

You are not a wise man or seeker. You are simply a man who suffers.

Let Hari teach you Or Brahma, born of the lotus, Or Shiva himself!

Unless you forget everything, You will never live in your heart.

~Ashtavakra Gita

 

153.Some pray and hope for the marriage of heavenand earth.

Miraculously,when they open their eyestheir prayer is instantly

granted!Why then are they not more inclinedto celebrate with the

bride and groom on such a wonderful occasion?The magnificent union of

heaven and earth is nearly asremarkable as the yellow buttercupfaces

dazzling the springtime hillsides,yet just as easily ignored by those

who would have gold coins drip off the tender petals of such beauties

and fall into their pockets.Who has the peace of mind to contemplate

the mutual penetration of the known andunknown within the sphere

ofordinary activity?Natural and spontaneous, it proceeds without

author or limitation,irregardless of hopes and fickle expectations.If

you want a name for it, just walk out your own front gate, turn about,

look back, andsay it.

~Mazie & b

 

20 - Ashtavakra Gita

I Am Shiva I am fulfilled. The elements of nature, The body and the

senses, What are they to me? Or the mind? What is emptiness or

despair? What are holy books, Or knowledge of the Self, Or the mind,

Even when it is free of the senses? Or happiness, Or freedom from

desire? I am always One without two. Knowledge or ignorance, Freedom

or bondage, What are they? What is "I," Or "mine," Or "this"? Or the

form of the true Self? I am always one. What do I care for freedom In

life or in death, Or for my present karma? I am always Without I. So

where is the one Who acts or enjoys? And what is the rising Or the

vanishing of thought? What is the invisible world, Or the visible? In

my heart I am one. What is this world? Who seeks freedom, Or wisdom or

oneness? Who is bound or free? In my heart I am one. What is creation,

Or dissolution? What is seeking, And the end of seeking? Who is the

seeker? What has he found? I am forever pure. What do I care who

knows, What is known, Or how it is known? What do I care for

knowledge? What do I care what is, Or what is not? I am forever

still. What are joy or sorrow, Distraction or concentration,

Understanding or delusion? I am always without thought. What is

happiness or grief? What is here and now, Or beyond? I am forever

pure. What is illusion, Or the world? What is the little soul, Or God

himself? One without two, I am always the same. I sit in my heart.

What need is there For striving or stillness? What is freedom or

bondage? What are holy books or teachings? What is the purpose of

life? Who is the disciple, And who is the master? For I have no

bounds. I am Shiva. Nothing arises in me, In whom nothing is single,

Nothing is double. Nothing is, Nothing is not. What more is there to

say?

~Ashtavakra Gita

 

160.Everything is said before we open our mouth, the truth of our

nature is silence. Awareness is its own proof.Presence.Acceptance of

what's born and diesby that which clings to neither isthe heart that

only claims itself --it needs no intermediary.We can speak openly

nowas silence --everyone understands.

~Mazie & b

LoveEternal.

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