I am pure consciousness. Everything is illumined by my “light,” even the light of the sun, moon, stars, lightning and fire. For how could the light of these be known without me, knowingess itself? OM.
As consciousness, I am self-evident—I do not require an external means to be known because I am the essence of knowing itself. As such I am the knower of all forms, which means I myself have no form. As pure existence I am unborn, for that which truly exists has no beginning and no end. As the true nature of the entire universe, I am all-pervasive. The vital functions of the body (prana) and the mind are illusory forms caused by maya. As the one reality that makes the illusion of maya possible, I am unaffected by maya and the illusory forms it creates. I am ever-pure. OM.
I alone exist so there is nothing outside of myself that can affect a change in me. Nor do I change internally because that which truly exists never changes. For how can something be said to truly exist if it appears one moment and is gone the next like an object in a dream? Or how can something be said to truly exist if it is one thing one moment and something else the next moment, like milk transforming into yogurt?
Because there is nothing other than myself, merit and demerit are mere illusion—I cannot be affected by an illusion. Because I do not change I cannot be bound one moment and then liberated the next—I always have been, and always will be, free. Because I am always the unchanging self, I am never the ever-changing body. Therefore, society can never define me by the state or status of the body. OM.
The world appears as thought-waves in the ocean of the mind. But the mind appears as a wave in me, the limitless ocean of consciousness. The mind comes, goes and changes but I, consciousness, remain unchanged. Therefore I am unaffected by the world.
First I thought, “I need knowledge of the self.” Now I know, “I am the self.” Realizing that I am the one true reality, where is knowledge, the knower and what is known? I have always been the non-dual self, untainted by the appearance of duality and unaffected by self-ignorance.
End Of Knowledge 