Wednesday, May 14, 2008

One

 
Where one sees nothing but the One,
hears nothing but the One,
knows nothing but the One--there is the Infinite.
 
Where one sees another, hears another,
knows another--there is the finite.
 
The Infinite is immortal, the finite is mortal.
 
It is written, He who has realized eternal Truth
does not see death, nor illness, nor pain;
 
he sees everything as the Self, and obtains all.
 
Chandogya Upanishad 7.23, 27
 

Let it be

 
Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. 
Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened.   When you sit, let it be. When you walk, let it be. 
Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.   from  'A Still Forest Pool'  by Ajhan Chah