Continuing with the Sharing of
The Heart of Awareness
A Translation of the
Ashtavakra Gita
Thomas Byrom
This Sharing began 3/26/19
There are 20 chapters
Below is Chapter 18
The Master
Verses 21-40
The Heart of Awareness
A Translation of the
Ashtavakra Gita
Thomas Byrom
This Sharing began 3/26/19
There are 20 chapters
Below is Chapter 18
The Master
Verses 21-40
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The Master
Verses 21-40
21
He has no desires.
He has cast off his chains.
He walks on air.
He is free,
Tumbling like a leaf in the wind,
From life to life.
Verses 21-40
21
He has no desires.
He has cast off his chains.
He walks on air.
He is free,
Tumbling like a leaf in the wind,
From life to life.
22
He has gone beyond the world,
Beyond joy and sorrow.
His mind is always cool.
He lives as if he had no body.
He has gone beyond the world,
Beyond joy and sorrow.
His mind is always cool.
He lives as if he had no body.
23
His mind is cool and pure.
He delights in the Self.
There is nothing he wishes to renounce.
He misses nothing.
His mind is cool and pure.
He delights in the Self.
There is nothing he wishes to renounce.
He misses nothing.
24
His mind is naturally empty.
He does as he pleases.
He is not an ordinary man.
Honor and dishonor mean nothing to him.
His mind is naturally empty.
He does as he pleases.
He is not an ordinary man.
Honor and dishonor mean nothing to him.
25
"The body does this, not I."
"My nature is purity."
With these thoughts,
Whatever he does,
He does nothing.
"The body does this, not I."
"My nature is purity."
With these thoughts,
Whatever he does,
He does nothing.
26
But he pretends not to know.
He finds freedom in this life,
But he acts like an ordinary man.
Yet he is not a fool.
Happy and bright,
He thrives in the world.
But he pretends not to know.
He finds freedom in this life,
But he acts like an ordinary man.
Yet he is not a fool.
Happy and bright,
He thrives in the world.
27
Weary of the vagaries of the mind,
He is at last composed.
He does not know or think,
Or hear or see.
Weary of the vagaries of the mind,
He is at last composed.
He does not know or think,
Or hear or see.
28
Undistracted,
He does not meditate.
Unbound,
He does not seek freedom.
He sees the world,
But knows it is an illusion.
He lives like God.
Undistracted,
He does not meditate.
Unbound,
He does not seek freedom.
He sees the world,
But knows it is an illusion.
He lives like God.
29
Even when he is still,
The selfish man is busy.
Even when he is busy,
The selfless man is still.
Even when he is still,
The selfish man is busy.
Even when he is busy,
The selfless man is still.
30
He is free.
His mind is unmoved
By trouble or pleasure.
Free from action, desire or doubt,
He is still, and he shines!
He is free.
His mind is unmoved
By trouble or pleasure.
Free from action, desire or doubt,
He is still, and he shines!
31
His mind does not strive
To meditate or to act.
It acts or meditates without purpose.
His mind does not strive
To meditate or to act.
It acts or meditates without purpose.
32
When a fool hears the truth,
He is muddled.
When a wise man hears it,
He goes within.
He may look like a fool,
But he is not muddled.
When a fool hears the truth,
He is muddled.
When a wise man hears it,
He goes within.
He may look like a fool,
But he is not muddled.
33
The fool practices concentration
And control of the mind...
The fool practices concentration
And control of the mind...
Cock Fight in Yard after Sunrise
...But the master is like a man asleep.
He rests in himself
And finds nothing more to do.
He rests in himself
And finds nothing more to do.
34
Striving or still,
The fool never finds peace....
Striving or still,
The fool never finds peace....
Crowing Cock
...But the master finds it
Just by knowing how things are.
Just by knowing how things are.
35
In this world
Men try all kinds of paths.
But they overlook the Self,
The Beloved.
Awake and pure,
Flawless and full,
Beyond the world.
In this world
Men try all kinds of paths.
But they overlook the Self,
The Beloved.
Awake and pure,
Flawless and full,
Beyond the world.
36
The fool will never find freedom
By practicing concentration.
But the master never fails.
Just by knowing how things are,
He is free and constant.
The fool will never find freedom
By practicing concentration.
But the master never fails.
Just by knowing how things are,
He is free and constant.
37
Because the fool wants to become God,
He never finds him.
The master is already God,
Without ever wishing to be
Because the fool wants to become God,
He never finds him.
The master is already God,
Without ever wishing to be
38
The fool has no foundation.
Fretting to be free,
He only keeps the world spinning.
But the master cuts at its root,
The root of all suffering.
The fool has no foundation.
Fretting to be free,
He only keeps the world spinning.
But the master cuts at its root,
The root of all suffering.
39
Because the fool looks for peace,
He never finds it.
But the master is always at peace,
Because he understands how things are.
Because the fool looks for peace,
He never finds it.
But the master is always at peace,
Because he understands how things are.
40
If a man looks to the world,
How can he see himself?
The master is never distracted by this or that.
He sees himself,
The Self that never changes.
If a man looks to the world,
How can he see himself?
The master is never distracted by this or that.
He sees himself,
The Self that never changes.
Above from
The Heart of Awareness
A Translation of the
Ashtavakra Gita
Thomas Byrom
This Sharing began 3/26/19
There are 20 chapters
Chapter 18
The Master
Verses 21-40
Entire Book (pdf) with Excellent Introduction:
http://mystic7.org/images/companies/1/Books/Free/The%20Heart%20of%20Awareness.pdf?1445090941313
The Heart of Awareness
A Translation of the
Ashtavakra Gita
Thomas Byrom
This Sharing began 3/26/19
There are 20 chapters
Chapter 18
The Master
Verses 21-40
Entire Book (pdf) with Excellent Introduction:
http://mystic7.org/images/companies/1/Books/Free/The%20Heart%20of%20Awareness.pdf?1445090941313
AFTERNOON
Settle in the here and now.
Reach down into the center
where the world is not spinning
and drink this holy peace.
Feel relief flood into every
cell. Nothing to do. Nothing
to be but what you are already.
Reach down into the center
where the world is not spinning
and drink this holy peace.
Feel relief flood into every
cell. Nothing to do. Nothing
to be but what you are already.
Settle in the here and now.
Reach down into the center
where the world is not spinning
and drink this holy peace.
Reach down into the center
where the world is not spinning
and drink this holy peace.
Feel relief flood into every
cell. Nothing to do. Nothing
to be but what you are already.
Nothing to receive but what
flows effortlessly from the
mystery into form.
cell. Nothing to do. Nothing
to be but what you are already.
Nothing to receive but what
flows effortlessly from the
mystery into form.
Nothing to run from or run
toward. Just this breath,
Awareness knowing itself as
embodiment. Just this breath,
awareness waking up to truth.
― Danna Faulds
toward. Just this breath,
Awareness knowing itself as
embodiment. Just this breath,
awareness waking up to truth.
― Danna Faulds
Above photo and Dana Faulds poem - posted on this Facebook page:
Ann Frances Ellis April 2, 2019
Ann Frances Ellis April 2, 2019
Limitless
Danna Faulds
Sun says, “Be your own
illumination.” Wren says,
“Sing your heart out,
all day long.” Stream says,
“Do not stop for any
obstacle.” Oak says,
“When the wind blows,
bend easily, and trust
your roots to hold.”
Danna Faulds
Sun says, “Be your own
illumination.” Wren says,
“Sing your heart out,
all day long.” Stream says,
“Do not stop for any
obstacle.” Oak says,
“When the wind blows,
bend easily, and trust
your roots to hold.”
Stars say, “What you see
is one small slice of a
single modest galaxy.
Remember that vastness
cannot be grasped by mind.”
Ant says, “Small does not
mean powerless.”
is one small slice of a
single modest galaxy.
Remember that vastness
cannot be grasped by mind.”
Ant says, “Small does not
mean powerless.”
Silence
says nothing. In the quiet,
everything comes clear.
I say, “Limitless.” I say,
“Yes.”
http://www.mindfullivingprograms.com/resources_poetry.php
says nothing. In the quiet,
everything comes clear.
I say, “Limitless.” I say,
“Yes.”
http://www.mindfullivingprograms.com/resources_poetry.php
The Gentle Voice
- John O'Donohue
When you take the time
to draw on your listening-imagination,
you will begin to hear this gentle voice
at the heart of your life.
- John O'Donohue
When you take the time
to draw on your listening-imagination,
you will begin to hear this gentle voice
at the heart of your life.
It is deeper and surer than all the other voices of disappointment,
unease, self-criticism and bleakness.
All holiness is about learning to hear
the voice of your own soul.
It is always there
and the more deeply you learn to listen,
the greater surprises
and discoveries that will unfold.
unease, self-criticism and bleakness.
All holiness is about learning to hear
the voice of your own soul.
It is always there
and the more deeply you learn to listen,
the greater surprises
and discoveries that will unfold.
To enter into the gentleness of your own soul
changes the tone and quality of your life.
Your life is no longer consumed by
hunger for the next event, experience or achievement.
You gain a new respect for yourself and others.
changes the tone and quality of your life.
Your life is no longer consumed by
hunger for the next event, experience or achievement.
You gain a new respect for yourself and others.
You begin to see through
the enchanting veils of illusion
that you had taken for reality.
You no longer squander yourself
on things and situations
that deplete your essence.
You know now that your true source
is not outside you.
the enchanting veils of illusion
that you had taken for reality.
You no longer squander yourself
on things and situations
that deplete your essence.
You know now that your true source
is not outside you.
Your soul is your true source,
and a new energy and passion
awakens within you.
John O'Donohue
From: Beauty, The Invisible Embrace
via - The Beauty We Love
https://mysticmeandering.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-gentle-voice-john-odonohue.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MysticMeandering+%28Mystic+Meandering%29
and a new energy and passion
awakens within you.
John O'Donohue
From: Beauty, The Invisible Embrace
via - The Beauty We Love
https://mysticmeandering.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-gentle-voice-john-odonohue.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MysticMeandering+%28Mystic+Meandering%29
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Additional Photos
Both Danna Faulds Poems
Settle in the here and now.
Reach down into the center
where the world is not spinning
and drink this holy peace.
Feel relief flood into every
cell. Nothing to do. Nothing
to be but what you are already.
Nothing to receive but what
flows effortlessly from the
mystery into form.
Nothing to run from or run
toward. Just this breath,
Awareness knowing itself as
embodiment. Just this breath,
awareness waking up to truth.
― Danna Faulds
Reach down into the center
where the world is not spinning
and drink this holy peace.
Feel relief flood into every
cell. Nothing to do. Nothing
to be but what you are already.
Nothing to receive but what
flows effortlessly from the
mystery into form.
Nothing to run from or run
toward. Just this breath,
Awareness knowing itself as
embodiment. Just this breath,
awareness waking up to truth.
― Danna Faulds
Limitless
Danna Faulds
Sun says, “Be your own
illumination.” Wren says,
“Sing your heart out,
all day long.” Stream says,
“Do not stop for any
obstacle.” Oak says,
“When the wind blows,
bend easily, and trust
your roots to hold.”
Stars say, “What you see
is one small slice of a
single modest galaxy.
Remember that vastness
cannot be grasped by mind.”
Ant says, “Small does not
mean powerless.” Silence
says nothing. In the quiet,
everything comes clear.
I say, “Limitless.” I say,
“Yes.”
http://www.mindfullivingprograms.com/resources_poetry.php
Danna Faulds
Sun says, “Be your own
illumination.” Wren says,
“Sing your heart out,
all day long.” Stream says,
“Do not stop for any
obstacle.” Oak says,
“When the wind blows,
bend easily, and trust
your roots to hold.”
Stars say, “What you see
is one small slice of a
single modest galaxy.
Remember that vastness
cannot be grasped by mind.”
Ant says, “Small does not
mean powerless.” Silence
says nothing. In the quiet,
everything comes clear.
I say, “Limitless.” I say,
“Yes.”
http://www.mindfullivingprograms.com/resources_poetry.php
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