Guest guest Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 This verse is undated, but from the actual writing and the paper upon which was written, it may be presumed to have been composed sometime between 1987 and 1990. The verse was composed in response to, or as a summing up, of a discussion between another person and Nome. In that discussion, this other person argued critically against the view of the unreal nature of the ego and the world and the teachings of Advaita Vedanta, with a concept that Enlightenment was a matter of the embodied individual acting ( " functioning " ) in some particular manner, apparently one that resulted in material success, fame, etc., yet claimed that this was somehow the meaning of " egolessness " and the sign of a great being. Nome's response is seen in this verse:] Absence with the man: Absurd illusion —- how silly! The man with Absence Is really no man at all! How can a no one be a someone? A someone never exists. The only presence is Absence. There is no world. There is no individual. The Self, the timeless Void, alone is. Absence with " the man " : There is nothing born in the Unborn! No birth: no life. No life: no death. No death: no change. No change: no time. No time: no mind. No mind: no second. No second: Brahman. Brahman: the Self. That which is, ever is.? --------------------------- Not two, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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