'For Sile'

[Guest guest]

'When the beetle sees, it is I that am looking,

When the nightingale sings, it is I that am singing,

When the lion roars, it is I that am roaring.

But when I look for myself, I can see nothing - for there is nothing

there to be seen. Sile cannot see me either, for when she tries to

see me it is I who am looking: she can do nothing - for only I can do

anything.

The beetle can say that also, & Sile, for we are not three, nor two,

nor one.

I am the sea too, & the stars, the wind & the rain,

I am everything that has form - for form is my seeing of it.

I am every sound - for sound is my hearing of it,

I am all flavours, each perfume, whatever can be touched,

For that which is perceptible is my perceiving of it,

And all sentience is mine.

They have no other existence, & neither have I - for what they are I

am, & what I am they are.

What the universe is I am, & what I am the universe is.

And there is no other at all, nor anyone whatsoever.' - Wei Wu Wei

[Guest guest]

Nisargadatta , " philipelliott10 " <psturges@c...>

wrote:

> 'When the beetle sees, it is I that am looking,

> When the nightingale sings, it is I that am singing,

> When the lion roars, it is I that am roaring.

> But when I look for myself, I can see nothing - for there is nothing

> there to be seen. Sile cannot see me either, for when she tries to

> see me it is I who am looking: she can do nothing - for only I can do

> anything.

> The beetle can say that also, & Sile, for we are not three, nor two,

> nor one.

> I am the sea too, & the stars, the wind & the rain,

> I am everything that has form - for form is my seeing of it.

> I am every sound - for sound is my hearing of it,

> I am all flavours, each perfume, whatever can be touched,

> For that which is perceptible is my perceiving of it,

> And all sentience is mine.

> They have no other existence, & neither have I - for what they are I

> am, & what I am they are.

> What the universe is I am, & what I am the universe is.

> And there is no other at all, nor anyone whatsoever.' - Wei Wu Wei

 

When I look at something, there is no me in here doing the looking.

 

What is looked at is who I am, as is the space through which the

looking occurs.

 

As my view is constantly changing, there is no thing or

quality that I am.

 

What is constant is only that there is no division between

seer and seen, feeler and feeling, thinker and thought,

inside and outside.

 

Thus, having no position, no inside nor outside,

clarity is all that is. Not clarity as a quality,

but clarity which reveals any quality, any apparent

phenomenon, when it is time for that revealing to occur.

 

-- Dan