“Be Still! The greatest truth is Silence! “ Ramana Maharishi
“The ten thousand things rise and fall and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.” Tao Te Ching.
Can words speak of the mysteries and the miracles of existence? Can language begin to describe the ineffable perfection that lies beyond the mind? Can allegory and metaphor describe the transcendent and the sublime?
Can the ear of the heart hear the song of silence?
Pure Being is the nothing that is everything.
This is the Self, that shines like the sun in the Heart.
The reflected light of the Self gives the mind its subtle form. On the surface of the calm infinite ocean of the Self, this reflection called mind creates the waves of thought; driven by fear and desire, through the brain and the senses, it projects the illusion of the universe and loses itself in the bardo of human life.
“The ten thousand things rise and fall and then return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature.” Tao Te Ching.
Can words speak of the mysteries and the miracles of existence? Can language begin to describe the ineffable perfection that lies beyond the mind? Can allegory and metaphor describe the transcendent and the sublime?
Can the ear of the heart hear the song of silence?
Pure Being is the nothing that is everything.
This is the Self, that shines like the sun in the Heart.
The reflected light of the Self gives the mind its subtle form. On the surface of the calm infinite ocean of the Self, this reflection called mind creates the waves of thought; driven by fear and desire, through the brain and the senses, it projects the illusion of the universe and loses itself in the bardo of human life.
O you fearful ego-ship tossed on the stormy sea of
samsara, drop the anchor of Self-inquiry deep into your own depths. With the
totality of desperation, turn the mind inward deeper and deeper into silence…..release
the strong anchor-chain of surrender to its very end.
Once you are anchored firmly in the sea-bed that is your own true nature, no wave or storm can destroy you….you are forever merged with your swarupa, your Being which is silence.
Once you are anchored firmly in the sea-bed that is your own true nature, no wave or storm can destroy you….you are forever merged with your swarupa, your Being which is silence.
When that great silence devours the mind, the universe dissolves into void.
And lo! Ship, ocean, waves and storms all disappear in that indescribable perfection of blissful love and peace.
Let your anchor stay buried in the rock of the Self and your awakening will be unshakable as you sail through life.
And lo! Ship, ocean, waves and storms all disappear in that indescribable perfection of blissful love and peace.
Let your anchor stay buried in the rock of the Self and your awakening will be unshakable as you sail through life.
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