the importance of being earnest

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>It seems to me there's some confusion here as to what Nisargadatta

>was pointing to when he stated 'earnestness is the only

>requirement'. Perhaps much confusion.

>

>Namaste,

>

>Tim

 

~ I am wondering if the translation

might be more clear

with the word 'sincere'.

 

'Sincerity is the only requirement'

resonates in me.

 

Xan

[Guest guest]

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

 

Life’s not some glamourous gambling game,

A throw of mindless roulette on life's wheel

Of scarlet-red time and jet-black space;

A play of dice numbered in some numb brain:

It is much more than that my dearest friend!

 

We slipped from our Natural State the Self,

And fell into a gross material dream.

Our angel wings were badly bruised and hurt.

After suffering, we prayed to come back home,

And in His Grace, God-Love sent a Unique Sage*,

To wake us from our dark nightmarish plight;

Repeating birth and death through many lives,

Drowning in a whirlpool of predestined fate .

 

Surrender and Self Enquiry are His cure.

The mind which sent us on this ego trip

Of losing, now yearning to find one's Self again

Will aid us, if real earnestness is there .

 

*Bhagavan Sri Ramana maharshi