Earth, fire and water,
The wind and the sky -
You are none of these.
If you wish to be free,
Know you are the Self,
The witness of all these,
The heart of awareness.
Set your body aside.
Sit in your own awareness.
Formless and free,
Beyond the reach of the senses,
The witness of all things.
Forever and truly free,
The single witness of all things.
Know you are one,
Pure awareness.
With the fire of this conviction,
Burn down the forest of ignorance.
You are awareness itself.
Meditate on the Self.
One without two,
Exalted awareness.
My child, Because you think you are the body,
For a long time you have been bound.
Know you are pure awareness.
With this knowledge as your sword
Cut through your chains.
Your nature is pure awareness.
Desire only your own awareness.
Only perceive
That I am one without two,
Pure awareness, pure joy,
And all the world is false.
You are pure awareness,
And your beauty is infinite!
Let it all go,
The body and the mind.
Let yourself dissolve.
The world is a magic show!
Where there is no I,
You are free.
Where there is I,
You are bound.
Nothing lasts.
Nothing is real.
Know this.
Give it up.
Be still.
Rest in your own nature.
Set yourself free.
The world is just a set of false impressions.
Give them up.
Give up the illusion.
Give up the world.
And live freely.
Every good fortune,
Wives, friends, houses, lands,
All these gifts and riches. . .
They are a dream,
A juggling act,
A traveling show!
A few days, and they are gone.
You are one.
You are pure awareness.
"I am not the body,
Nor is the body mine.
I am awareness itself"
When you know this,
You have no thought
For what you have done
Or left undone.
When you know this,
You have no thought
For success or failure
Or the mind's inconstancy.
When you know this,
Desire melts away.
For you are awareness itself.
You are pure awareness,
The witness of all things.
Desire and aversion are of the mind.
The mind is never yours.
You are free of its turmoil.
You are awareness itself,
Never changing.
In you the worlds arise
Like waves in the sea.
It is true!
You are awareness itself.
So free yourself
From the fever of the world.
You are pure awareness.
You are the endless sea
In whom all the universes like waves
Naturally rise and fall.
You have nothing to win,
Nothing to lose.
Child, You are pure awareness,
Nothing less.
You are the clear space of awareness,
Pure and still,
In whom there is no birth,
No activity,
No "I."
You are pure awareness.
The world is an illusion,
Nothing more.
Never upset your mind
With yes and no.
Be quiet.
You are awareness itself.
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Thanks you, the Ashtavakra is a truly holy insight. It has served all its readers' well. I especially like (and am trying to achieve), 16:10 -
"If you desire liberation,
But you still say 'mine,'
If you feel you are the body,
You are not a wise man or seeker.
You are simply one who suffers."
Blessed Be.
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