Nisargadatta] After I Was Enlightened--Poem

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AFTER I WAS ENLIGHTENED

 

After I was enlightened,

Nothing changed.

It all remained exactly as it was,

But there was no was,

There is only now,

Was, is just a way of talking

about things.

And there is no tomorrow,

tomorrow is just a way

Of talking about things.

 

After I was enlightened,

There is no one to blame,

no one to say,

they did it to me.

I am doing it to myself,

whatever it is.

This is the way I want it,

whatever it is.

There is no they,

there is only me,

The I am that I am.

 

After I was enlightened,

I was still attacked,

I was still insulted,

I was still ignored.

But it didn’t matter,

because I was doing it

to myself.

There is no they anymore.

There is no other.

 

After I was enlightened,

I was still complimented,

I was still appreciated

I was still loved,

and I enjoyed it all,

even though

I was doing it to myself.

There is no they anymore.

There is no other.

 

I do everything I did before,

but everything is just right.

There is no resistance

to what is, to what exists.

It is all my doing.

It is all my thinking.

It is all my Being.

 

And that’s fine with me.

 

 

Larry Epston

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