folding and unfolding

 

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In the depths of meditation, sages
Saw within themselves the Lord of Love,
Who dwells in the heart of every creature.

Deep in the hearts of all he dwells, hidden
Behind the manifestations of law, energy,
and inertia. He is One. 

The world is the river of God,
Flowing from him and flowing back to him.
Those who perceive him in every creature
See that they are merged in him.

Wake up from this dream of separateness.
Know him to be enshrined in your heart always
As butter lies hidden in cream. 

Truly there is nothing more in life to know.
Meditate and realize that you
are filled with the presence of God.


—The Shvetashvatara Upanishad
lessons from the Eknath Easwaren version

 

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Contemplate life as infinite, undivided, ever present, ever active, until you realise yourself as one with it. It is not even very difficult, for you will be returning only to your own natural condition.

Once you realise that all comes from within, that the world in which you live has not been projected onto you but by you, your fear comes to an end.

Without this realisation you identify yourself with the externals, like the body, mind, society, nation, humanity, even God or the Absolute. 

But these are all escapes from fear. 

It is only when you fully accept your responsibility for the little world in which you live and watch the process of its creation, preservation and destruction, that you may be free from your imaginary bondage.

—Nisargadatta Maharaj
I Am That

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When you know your Self others become that Self, 

the world becomes the Self, 

the tree becomes the Self, 

the sky becomes the Self, 

the planets becomes the Self, 

the whole universe is the Self. 

 

Therefore wherever you go, 

whatever you do, 

you are seeing the Self.

—Robert Adams

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