As consciousness I cannot be any part of the universe that appears in me. But as existence every part of the universe is myself. Like waves to water and pots to copper, everything is me but I am no thing. I am limitless.
The eyes see the world but they are free of what they see. Seeing a yellow bird, they do not themselves become yellow. The mind sees the eyes but it is ever-free of the eyes. When they become blind, the mind does not become blind. I, consciousness, see the mind but I am ever-free of the mind. Even when the mind believes it is bound, I am not bound. For how can I be bound if the thought of bondage is known to me?
To whom does suffering belong? The physical and mental bodies alone. When do the physical and mental bodies appear? In the waking and dreaming states alone. Because I am the ever-present, unchanging conscious witness of the waking and dream states, I cannot be the physical or mental bodies that appear within them. Therefore, I am free of all suffering. OM.
Action and inaction depend on the division between the doer and the action itself. But I am indivisible–there is no action or inaction for me. Bondage and liberation depend on a change from one state to the next. But I immutable–there is no bondage or liberation for me. I am the non-dual, action-less and changeless self. OM.
Steady Wisdom: 108 Verses On Changing My Thinking
DAY 19
There is no world insofar as it is an illusion. But does that mean there is only nothingness? No, because the body, mind and senses are a plain fact of my everyday experience—their existence, although illusory, cannot be denied. I am their very essence, existence itself. The body, mind and senses are merely waves in the limitless ocean of myself. Just as water is untainted by waves, I am untainted by the body, mind and senses: I am ever-pure. Because I cannot be touched by the body, mind and senses, there is no reason to despair. OM.
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