I shine forever as Siva

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Jaya Guru Datta,

 

Here is today's saying:

 

“Sivoham (I am Siva) is the highest experience. Duality is born out of

ignorance of the real nature of one's own Self. Now, turn inward and think:

 

'Without origin, I shine forever as Siva.'

 

'Without phenomenal existence, I shine forever as Siva.'

 

'Without name and form, without decripitude and death, I shine forever as Siva.'

 

'Without disease or modificationi and devoid of fire and air, earth and water, I

shine forever as Siva.'

 

'Neither am I mobile nor immobile, neither beautiful nor ugly, neither virtue

nor vice; neither freedom nor bondage; neither united nor separated; neither

superior nor inferior.'

 

'I am neither the worshipper, nor the object of worship.'

 

'Instructions and rituals are not for me. Neither have I an abode nor am I

abodeless.'

 

'I, Siva, have no mind, no intellect and no senses. I have not attachment or

detachment.'

 

'I have never cultivated self-restraint nor religious austerities.'

 

''I have no beginning, middle, nor end. Death and immortalitity, poison and

nectar have not emanated from me. I shine forever as Siva.'

 

'For me there is no waking or dreaming, nor any posture of Yoga, nor is there

day and night, I shine forever as Siva.'

 

'I have no Maya and its multiple forms. I am neither a fool nor a scholar. I

shine forever as Siva.'

 

'Ritualistic injunctions are not meant for me. I am Immaculate and Eternal. I

am bereft of inflected words and euphonic combinations. I shine forever as

Siva.'

 

'I am beyond the relationship of cause and effect, time and timelessness. I

shine forever as Siva.'

 

'I am neither short nor long, pure nor impure. I am bereft of enemy and friend.

I shine forever as Siva.'

 

'I am free from emotion and excitement and desire and desirelessness. I shine

forever as Siva.'

 

'I have no caste; neither am I am outcaste. I shine forever as Siva.'

 

'I am free from reasoning and inference, passion and dispassion. I have no

wealth or poverty. I shine forever as Siva.'

 

'I have no merits and demerits and knowable and unknowable, I am Existence,

Knowledge and Bliss, indivisible Supreme Beatitude I am, and I shine forever as

Siva.'

 

This is experiencing the highest and the sublime, and negation of the transient

is the starting point. Sadguru's grace reveals this highest experience. Siva

appears to the disciple in the form of Sadguru and points out to him the

immanence of the Spirit. Sadguru helps to change the outlook.

 

'Drshtim Jnanamayim Krtva, Pasyet Brahmayam jagat' - Therefore, engage in

Self-investigation, then the non-Self, the mind, the bundle of thoughts

disappear. Afflictions no more bother you. Self-surrender comes and Bhakti is

another word for surrrender. Then ever Pure Consciousness Siva you are."

 

Sri Swamiji

Nirvana Satka of Adi Sankara, pp.13-15

 

Sri Guru Datta,

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