Guest guest Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Hmmm I am not what you Think I am. A pair of jeans and a t-shirt I'm not my clothing - this wonderful organ, skin over these bones - i am not that Clothing. These bones and these organs and meat - I am not. I am not what you think I am. These labels given and attached to me so that you can exist - I am not. This idea - this concept of I - I am not - neither am I the sum of those labels and clothing. Nor am I the one who seems to be the actor - I am not who you think I am. I am not the clothing the body wears nor am I the body itself. I am not who you think I am. I am not the one referred to in the sentence " I played Golf today " ; Nor am I the other referred to in the sentence " I Love You " . I am not who you think I am- i am not an idea or something designated either; I am not empty, nor am I full; I am not who you think I am; Nor am I this mind which appears as thought & nor am i a container which thinks. I am not who you think I am; Nor am I the absence of thinking. I am not emotion, I am not hearing, sight nor taste nor feeling. I am not who you think I am. All those are labels for the clothing - clothing for the body; clothing for the bones; clothing made of meat. I am not who you think I am. Thoughts of clothing - thoughts of i-ness all clothing hiding the naked truth of who I am. Come to me naked discard your clothing throw away the rags of your ego. Whose ego? Whose clothes? Whose veils? Hiding what? I am not who you think I am; nor am the thinker! Neither the Will nor the actor nor principal; I am not who you think I am. When the thinker thought no more when all the rags are torn away, who remains? Naked and empty - what is empty? I am not who you think I am! I am not a thing - nor a being - nor a state - nor consciousness - I am not who you think I am. The rags - the clothing, the tattered mish- mash of rent cloth worn by the beggared ego is not who I am. I am not the witness who is clothed in the beauty of beingness. I am not who you think I am. Nor am i the one who refers to you as " I " in your mind. All that is but clothing hiding your non-existence. Remove your clothing. I am not who you think I am; I am far to great to be covered by Clothing. I am not who you think I am. I was never born - I never existed; I am not who you think I am. I am no ones clothing nor any clothing seeming to be covering me. Something in you says " I Am " but I am not who you think I am. Who says that? To the ends of existence I am - But I am not who you think I am. A designation, a conception appears in me and says " I " to this is added the clothing - it is clothed in I-Ness and refers to that as " I Am " so and so and " I Am That " But I am not who you think I am. Say in yourself, " I am Not that one I refer to as me " ; Say, I am not this one referring to that either - Say, " I Am Naked Reality " Those clothes are the rags of my shattered Ego! Understand - I am not who you think I am! Nor am I the one who thinks he thinks- be beyond, become naked! - remove your clothing - come to me naked of self - empty of ego, for I am not who you think i am. Om-Tat-sat Willing to see the self as the clothing there is the pushing out of the clothing as the representative of I-Ness I who refers to I becomes I and puts on that clothing He then grows a body to clothe that idea - and also clothes it to become nothing but rags. A shell that clothing - this to represent THAT - Identity comes - a beggar in rags stinking of putrid rejection of its' own self - trading rags for naked reality. He pushes out saying I will become - I will arrive - I will be - I am not who you think I am. But he pushes and pushes, he tries to turn inside out but inside out clothing is still clothing. I am not the clothes. He arrives in the ashram pushing a cart labeled John - But John is the clothing I am not who you think I am! Carrying a great pile of books and wonderful awards along with piles of PhDs and doctorates, John arrives with labels attached - To Clothing - I am not who you think I am. I am not who you say I am - I am not who you constantly tell yourself you are. The King arrives! I ask, who are you? He replies: I am the King! I say you are not who you think you are! You are not that Clothing - I am not who you think I am. Along comes the Police, where is John they ask? I answer he is that pile of rags over there - but he is not who he thinks he is, nor is he who he seems to be. - I am not who you think I am. Along came a great sportsman, he asked Where is a magic cricket bat? I answer, How can a pile of rags swing a bat? YOU are not who you think you are, and nor am i who you think I am. I am not the clothing worn by the ego. I am not the ego. I am not the Cosmos, which is nothing more than the clothing worn by empty Naked Reality! I am Reality itself in all my Nakedness, i have no clothing where I am there are no Tailors; I am naked reality and truth. I am not who you think I am. Om-Tat-Sat. I am The Self, the one you cannot see who by referring to the clothing as itself becomes the Jiva, who is the one referring to another layer of clothing as itself. This goes on in you, Naked reality is clothed in the Body of the I Am and begins to speak as if it were what it looks at. It looks at the clothing only and in shame runs away from itself! A beggar in rags is the Jiva, clothed in other rags carried for aeons... Stinking putrid rags of tattered clothing centuries old! Saying THIS! This is ME! But I am not who you think I am. I am naked reality, I do not wear any clothing... I am The Self - not covered with rags. I have no baggage, because I carry no rags. I Never had any. I was never born. But I am NOT who you think I am. I am naked reality, all things exist in me. I am the Conscious One. Imagine now an emptiness, let your mind (your clothing) go. DO not push yourself forward into it .... subside instead... Take off your clothing, get rid of the rags. Stand out in nothing - in no place as naked reality, and notice all the things that it is possible to think or know are in you along with every being... Every other place... Let your clothing subside and stop showing it to me.. I am The Self who points at Himself and says " I " - I see myself and say I. Hearing you I hear only myself! Taste, feel, love Myself.. I am the Self. I do not push out the rags and by that push you away. You are my very Self. How can I reject myself? Om-tat-sat I am naked Reality, but I am not who you think I am!... I am The Conscious ONE. I am The Self. I am not who you think I am. Om-tat-sat. But look and see I do not wear any clothing I am naked reality, look for The Self and you will not find yourself; look for me and you will lose your clothing! You will see that tattered rag called you. Let the rags fall to the dust! Don't pick them up again... But the Will remains wrapped up in the rags! What now? I am not who you think I am! Who decides to throw away the rag? Not You, YOU are the RAG! I am The Self I am Naked reality. Wrapped in rags! YOU had not Will, nor had you love, rags are but rags hiding your nakedness. I am Naked reality, you had not being nor life. I am the Indwelling Self in ALL beings! I am Naked reality Full of consciousness. I am Naked Reality Only I am Conscious, no clothing has ME. I am The Self wrapped in the rags! Om-tat-sat Throw away the rags, Get rid of the labels, rip off the covers, come to me naked of self, I am Naked reality, do not cover me with rags!. I am The Will - A diamond you have covered in i-ness and wrapped in rags. Stop trading in rags and colors of rags. I am not the clothing. I am not what you think! I am The Self. Om-tat-sat advaitin , " advaitins " <advaitins wrote: > > advaitin , " bindu " <binduau@> wrote: > > > > > > What's the matter are they threatening your ego? > > > You are awarded a second yellow card for questioning a moderator > decision. The next infringement of group guidelines will result in > loss of posting rights. > > Regards, > Moderators > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Dear dear Bindu : What a truly inspiring Poem. You have spoken like a true 'Avadhoota' ? Who is an 'Avadhoota'? The Dictionary defition is " somewhat eccentric type of mystic or saint who has risen above bodily-consciousness, duality, and worldly concerns and acts without consideration for standard social etiquette " One such famous Avadhuta was SAGE Dattatreya, a tantric adept , who wandered 'naked' (stripped of all outward clothing ) . To read about this great Saint , pl go to : http://swami-krishnananda.org/fest_00.html - 18k - Cached May i please reproduce a verse from that scriptural text ? The avadhuta alone, pure in evenness of feeling, abides happy in an empty dwelling place. Having renounced all, he moves about *naked*. He perceives the Absolute, the All, within himself. Avadhuta - a liberated soul, one who has " passed away from " or " shaken off " all worldly attachments and cares, and has realized his identity with God. In Tantric parlance , " naked " means not just shedding of outward garments but 'naked' means complete stripping of ego ! so much so , when a Tantrik disciple takes initiation from his guru , he approaches his guru 'naked and takes Diksha ( spiritual instruction) ! http://www.starwon.com.au/~soham/avadhuta/chap01.htm - 56k In sufism , stripping of 'veils' means just that! Devoid of ego ! Thanx once more for a well written poem! Reminded me of Hans Christian anderson's ' the Emperor without clothes' - Only a child in the Crowd recognized the 'naked' Reality! Except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Thanx , once again MATTHEW 18 -- In advaitin , " bindu " <binduau wrote: > > Hmmm > > > Thoughts of clothing - thoughts of i-ness all clothing hiding the > naked truth of who I am. Come to me naked discard your clothing throw > away the rags of your ego. > > Whose ego? Whose clothes? Whose veils? Hiding what? I am not who you > think I am; nor am the thinker! Neither the Will nor the actor nor > principal; I am not who you think I am. > > When the thinker thought no more when all the rags are torn away, who > remains? Naked and empty - what is empty? I am not who you think I > am! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 advaitin , " bindu " <binduau wrote: > >... I am The Will - A diamond you have covered in i-ness and wrapped in > rags. Stop trading in rags and colors of rags. I am not the clothing. > I am not what you think! > > I am The Self. > > Om-tat-sat Hi bindu, You have a great way with words and these rags like your message. As a co-moderator of an e-group, I know the importance of following guidelines and hope you continue to do so, so that we can continue reading your expressions. When you say, " I am The Will " , this is new to me and opposite to what I had thought. Could you (or anyone else here) please explain this concept? Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 A diamond indeed. Dot ____________________ I am The Will - A diamond you have covered in i-ness and wrapped in rags. Stop trading in rags and colors of rags. I am not the clothing. I am not what you think! I am The Self. Om-tat-sat ______________________________\ ____ 7 Mail has just got even bigger and better with unlimited storage on all webmail accounts. http://au.docs./mail/unlimitedstorage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Yes naked of self (without clothing) minus the kosha sans-left... Om Tat Sat! advaitin , " dhyanasaraswati " <dhyanasaraswati wrote: > > Dear dear Bindu : > > What a truly inspiring Poem. > > You have spoken like a true 'Avadhoota' ? Who is an 'Avadhoota'? > The Dictionary defition is " somewhat eccentric type of mystic or > saint who has risen above bodily-consciousness, duality, and worldly > concerns and acts without consideration for standard social > etiquette " One such famous Avadhuta was SAGE Dattatreya, a tantric > adept , who wandered 'naked' (stripped of all outward clothing ) . > To read about this great Saint , pl go to : > > http://swami-krishnananda.org/fest_00.html - 18k - Cached > > May i please reproduce a verse from that scriptural text ? > > The avadhuta alone, pure in evenness of feeling, > abides happy in an empty dwelling place. > Having renounced all, he moves about *naked*. > He perceives the Absolute, the All, within himself. > > Avadhuta - a liberated soul, one who has " passed away from " > or " shaken off " all worldly attachments and cares, > and has realized his identity with God. > > > In Tantric parlance , " naked " means not just shedding of outward > garments but 'naked' means complete stripping of ego ! so much so , > when a Tantrik disciple takes initiation from his guru , he > approaches his guru 'naked and takes Diksha ( spiritual > instruction) ! > > http://www.starwon.com.au/~soham/avadhuta/chap01.htm - 56k > > In sufism , stripping of 'veils' means just that! Devoid of ego ! > > Thanx once more for a well written poem! Reminded me of Hans > Christian anderson's ' the Emperor without clothes' - Only a child > in the Crowd recognized the 'naked' Reality! > > Except ye be converted and > become as little children, ye > shall not enter into the > kingdom of heaven. > > Thanx , once again > MATTHEW 18 > > -- In advaitin , " bindu " <binduau@> wrote: > > > > Hmmm > > > > > > Thoughts of clothing - thoughts of i-ness all clothing hiding the > > naked truth of who I am. Come to me naked discard your clothing > throw > > away the rags of your ego. > > > > Whose ego? Whose clothes? Whose veils? Hiding what? I am not who > you > > think I am; nor am the thinker! Neither the Will nor the actor nor > > principal; I am not who you think I am. > > > > When the thinker thought no more when all the rags are torn away, > who > > remains? Naked and empty - what is empty? I am not who you think I > > am! > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 The Will a Diamond... The book " The Siva Sutra " goes into great detail on this, In the poem the use of the word Will refers to the inseparable nature of The Will-power of God\Self\Siva for example no one can give up their WILL hence it is a power beyond them. in the sutra there is referrence made to Ichha-Saktii.. The inseparable WIll-power of Parama-Siva intent upon manifestation; i.e. that inward state of God\Self\Siva in which jnana (knowledge consciousness) and kriya are unified\united. ichha-sakti is said to be the predominant aspect of God\Self\Siva. See Sutra's 19 thru 22 of the first Chapter\section Jaideva Singh edition... isbn 81-208-0406-6 Published by Motilal Banarsidass You might also like to read this.... http://groups.msn.com/AnantaYogaSchool/satsang.msnw? action=get_message & mview=0 & ID_Message=175 & LastModified=467560378095714 4929 advaitin , " Richard " <richarkar wrote: > > advaitin , " bindu " <binduau@> wrote: > > > >... I am The Will - A diamond you have covered in i-ness and > wrapped in > > rags. Stop trading in rags and colors of rags. I am not the > clothing. > > I am not what you think! > > > > I am The Self. > > > > Om-tat-sat > > Hi bindu, > > You have a great way with words and these rags like your message. As > a co-moderator of an e-group, I know the importance of following > guidelines and hope you continue to do so, so that we can continue > reading your expressions. > > When you say, " I am The Will " , this is new to me and opposite to > what I had thought. Could you (or anyone else here) please explain > this concept? > > Richard > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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