Forty Verses, V. 35-40

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Self abidance alone is a miracle

The other miracles are like dreams which last

till waking,

Can those firmly rooted in the Real relapse

into illusion?

 

So long as we have the idea that the body

is the Self,

the thought that one is the Self is helpful

for being That,

But when one is That, it is as futile as a man

repeating, 'I am a man', 'I am a man'.

 

The theories such as duality in sadhana and

advaita On realisation are not true.

The tenth man was present not merely when he

was found, but also during the search with

loving concern.

 

If one feels one is the doer one must reap the

fruits of his action.

If one enquires 'who is the doer?' and enters the

Heart, the doership idea will end

triple karma is destroyed. This indeed is liberation.

 

Thoughts of liberation are only so long as one

thinks one is bound.

One attains the eternally liberated 'I' by the

enquiry 'for whom is the bondage?'

Thereafter how can thought of bondage and

freedom arise?

 

Some scholars say that after liberation

form remains.

Others say that forms do not last

Yet others say, sometimes form remain

and sometimes it is lost.

The loss of the ego, which examines these three

concepts, alone is true Liberation.

 

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A.R. Natarajan

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