End Of Knowledge

Category: Steady Wisdom

  • Steady Wisdom: Day 52

    Steady Wisdom: 108 Verses On Changing My Thinking

    DAY 52

    I am neither the doer nor the enjoyer.  There is no karma for me, past or present.  I have no body nor is the body mine.  There is only me so what could be mine or not-mine?
    -Avadhuta Gita 1:66
    Meditation

    The doer and enjoyer is the ego, a thought in my mind that claims, “I am doing this” and “Now I am enjoying the results of my actions.”  Because the ego is a thought known to me, it cannot be me.  Because the ego comes and goes, it cannot be me.  The same applies to the body.  Because I am not the body that performs action, nor the ego that claims the results of action as its own, there is no karma for me, past or present.  OM. 

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  • Steady Wisdom: Day 51

    Steady Wisdom: 108 Verses On Changing My Thinking

    DAY 51

    I am infinite and pure, free from attachment and desire.  I am at peace.  Objects are illusory and they do not limit me in any way. 
    -Ashtavakra Samhita 7:4
    Meditation

    Do the objects I experience limit me, pure consciousness, in any way?  No.  I am consciousness in the presence or absence of objects.  They come and go but I remain as the very light which reveals their coming and going. 

    Do the objects I experience limit me, pure existence, in any way?  No.  I exist (and I am existence itself) before, during and after the appearance of an object.  Otherwise, how could I even say that an object appeared and subsequently disappeared?  Further, as existence itself, I am the intrinsic nature of all objects, just as gold is the intrinsic nature of all gold rings.  Just as the appearance of a ring does not limit the nature of gold, so the appearance of objects does not limit me. OM.  

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  • Steady Wisdom: Day 50

    Steady Wisdom: 108 Verses On Changing My Thinking

    DAY 50

    Untouched by suffering, beyond all illusory appearances and free from doubt and indecision, I am all-pervasive; I am not the body which is unreal.
    -Aparokshanubhuti V.26
    Meditation

    Seeing as the body and mind disappear in deep sleep and continuously change during waking and dreaming, how can they be anything but unreal appearances of myself, all-pervasive pure being?  As such, I am free from the doubt and indecision of the mind; I am untouched by the suffering of both the mind and body.  OM.   

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  • Steady Wisdom: 7 Week Progress Check

    Steady Wisdom:  108 Verses On Changing My Thinking

    DAY 49

    One who has the firm conviction, “this is done by the body and not by me, the pure self” does not act, even while acting.
    -Ashtavakra Samhita 18:25
    Meditation

    I, the pure self, do not act, even when the body acts.  I, the pure self, do not think, even when the mind thinks.  Therefore, I, the pure self, do not do nididhyasana, even when the body-mind does nididhyasana.  This is my firm conviction. 

    After 7 weeks of nididhyasana, I remind myself that the primary goal of Vedanta is to help me see that I am the pure self, not the body, the mind or any combination of the two.  When I directly realize this for myself, I can patiently and objectively correct the behavior of my body-mind, all the while understanding that I am never defined or affected by the state or activity of the body-mind.  OM. 

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  • Steady Wisdom: Day 48

    Steady Wisdom:  108 Verses On Changing My Thinking

    DAY 48

    Untouched by suffering, beyond all illusory appearances and free from doubt and indecision, I am all-pervasive; I am not the body which is unreal. 
    -Aparokshanubhuti V.26
    Meditation

    I am not the body nor the mind, both of which are illusory appearances projected onto myself, the one, all-pervasive reality.  Because I am not the body or mind, I am free from doubt, indecision and suffering.  I am the one, limitless reality.  OM. 

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