The Fourth and Beyond

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from Mandala Two of

Self-Knowledge

 

The Fourth and beyond

Is the Self continuous,

Formless, transcendent,

Beyond body and mind.

In it the three states

Waking, dreaming, deep sleep,

With all they contain,

Appear, as the illusion

Of motion in the ever still,

Of form in the Formless,

Of modification of That

Which is ever immutable.

The changes of states

Change not the Self,

Just as the alternation

Of darkness and light

Is not of the space.

The infinite Consciousness,

Beyond the three,

Alone is real,

Not sleeping while sleeping,

Not dreaming while dreaming,

Not waking while waking,

Turiya and Turiyatita,

The Fourth and Beyond

 

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Not two,

Richard