Avadhuta Gita

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Continuing with the theme of Non-dual Self

 

Song of the Ever Free (Avadhuta Gita)

 

Chapter 4 Verse 21

 

I have no father, no mother, no family;

I belong to no race.

Never was I born and never shall I die.

How can I say that I have affection and such?

I am by nature blissful and free.

 

Commentary:

In this verse the 'Seer' says:

Give up this idea that we are the body.

This thought ties us down with ideas of belonging to a family

or to a race. This body and mind ties us down with ideas

of birth and death.

 

"How can I have affection?" (may sound very cold but) implies:

Give up this limited idea of 'affection towards the near and dear'.

As how can only 'a particular aspect of the whole' tie us down,

now that we have realised our oneness with 'all'.

 

jay