The desire for Liberation

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From Mandala Five of Self-Knowledge

 

 

The desire for Liberation

And earnest self-effort

Are the key ingredients

For Self-Realization.

Sincerity of purpose,

Renunciation of attachment,

And introspection in the form of Self-Inquiry

Are what are needed

For Self-Realization.

Meditation to know the Self,

Dissolving the mind in its source,

Is the helpful means

For Self-Realization.

If only one desires

Liberation strongly enough,

The necessary practice will manifest,

Bondage will vanish,

And the Truth will be realized.

Desire for Liberation means

That one knows that

Self-Realization alone is necessary,

And nothing else is necessary.

Earnestness manifests

As diligence and perseverance.

Diligence is adherence to the teachings of Truth;

Perseverance is the adamant refusal

To stagnate in delusion.

Renunciation of attachment

Is clarity regarding happiness

And no longer fooling oneself

About what can never give

What is truly one's own.

Inquiry is disceming

Who you are,

Negating what you are not,

So that the Self is Self-revealed.

Treasure the Nondual Truth

As you would protect your own eyes,

And it, itself, will protect you

From blind pursuit of the unreal.

As you see yourself,

So you see others,

Though one who sees the Self

Knows the Self of all,

And identified as That,

Sees no others at all.

So treat others as you would yourself,

And love them as the Self

Beyond body and mind.

Humility is the vessel

Of Truth and Grace,

The ability to imbibe,

The reservoir for wisdom,

And the vehicle of love.

Compassion is the understanding

That suffering is needless.

The eye of Knowledge

Sees the sufferer is not,

And Silent Being ever prevails.

Countless divine attributes

Have one source within.

Abide in that source,

The divine Absolute,

By diving within, urged by

The desire for Liberation.

 

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Not two,

Richard