To muktimaa on Adi Shankaracharya poem

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muktimaa posted:

Tad Niskala by Adi ShankaracharyaOm. I am neither the mind,

Intelligence, ego nor chitta. Neither the ears, the tongue,Nor the

senses of smell and sight.Neither ether nor air.I am eternal bliss

and awareness -I am Shiva! I am Shiva!I am neither the prana,Nor the

five vital breaths.Neither the seven elements of the body,Nor its

five sheaths,Nor hands, nor feet, nor tongue,Nor other organ of

action.I am eternal bliss and awareness -I am Shiva! I am

Shiva!Neither fear, greed, delusion,Loathing, nor liking have

I.Nothing of pride, or ego,Or dharma or liberation.Neither desire of

the mind,Nor object of its desiring.I am eternal bliss and awareness

-I am Shiva! I am Shiva!Nothing of pleasure or pain, Or virtue or

vice, do I know.Of mantra, of sacred place,Of Vedas or

sacrifice.Neither I am the eater,The food or the act of eating.I am

eternal bliss and awareness -I am Shiva! I am Shiva!Fear or death, I

have none, Nor any distincton of caste.Neither father nor mother,Not

even a birth, have I.Neither friend, nor comrade.Neither disciple,

nor Guru.I am eternal bliss and awareness -I am Shiva! I am Shiva!I

have no form or fancy.The All-pervading am I.Everywhere I exist,Yet I

am beyond the senses.Neither salvation am I,Nor anything to be known.

I am eternal bliss and awareness -I am Shiva! I am Shiva!

dearest muktimaa ~ now I feel I have dived even more deeply into Shiva

.... what a wonderful poem/prayer. I copied it so I could pray it

myself. pranams ~ Linda