Timeless and still

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Nome

from Mandala Two of

Self-Knowledge

 

 

Timeless and still,

The Self ever is,

Of the nature of Consciousness,

Existence-Knowledge-Infinity.

Consciousness is called the cause:

Unknown, it is

The cause of all illusion

And is itself the illusion,

For other substance there is none;

Known, it is

The cause of all Knowledge

And is itself the Knowledge,

For other knowledge there is none.

To doubt the existence of Consciousness

Is like seeing colors,

But doubting the existence of the eyes,

Or declaring aloud

Belief in words just spoken,

But doubting whether or not

One has a mouth,

Or listening to the notes,

But doubting the hearing,

Or savoring the flavor,

But doubting the tasting,

Or enjoying the fragrance blown by the

breeze,

But ignoring the sensing.

The eye of the eye, unseen by the eye,

The ear of the ear, unheard by the ear,

The unsensed by the senses,

The unthought by the mind,

Consciousness is, the silent and still.

Swifter than the moment,

More enduring than the eons,

Consciousness is

Timeless and still.

 

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Richard