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 13
Happiness
BE STILL
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SO TOTALLY STILL*
THERE IS NOTHING
TO WORD... EXPLAIN... REMEMBER....
.....A CLEAR TRANSPARENCY OF CREATOR/CREATION
JUST IS
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NECESSARY UNFOLDMENTS ALWAYS HAPPENING
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4:50 AM-4/7/19
IN STILLNESS
ON CLOTHESLINE**
a Solitary SongBird begans continual Happy Songing
in this very dark early morning sky..then is joined by others…
…then ceases as we finish describing this Understanding)
ALL OF NATURE SIMPLY SINGS BECAUSE IT HAS A SONG
&
NOT because it has a voice.
A CLEAR TRANSPARENCY IN HUMAN FORM
ALSO HAS SUCH SONG
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JUST IS
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BE THIS SONG
ew
5:04 AM-4/7/19
even the roosters that had joined in birds’ songings
have Quieted.
there is NOW only Pure Silence from Birds
Mother Ocean continues her rhythmic soft lull of waves/breakers
Ocean breeze gently wafting thru the window….
ALL JUST IS
BEFORE/DURING/AFTER FOREVER
=
RELIEF!!!!... BEYOND EARTHLY MEASURE
ew
5:10 AM-4/7/19
(Big Baubo Belly Laugh...as we trust this may be the LAST
time to ever try to word or Word such Happenings!!!)
Happiness
1
Even if you have nothing,
It is hard to find that contentment
Which comes from renunciation.
I accept nothing.
I reject nothing.
And I am happy.
The body trembles,
The tongue falters,
The mind is weary.
Forsaking them all,
I pursue my purpose happily.
Knowing I do nothing,
I do whatever comes my way,
And I am happy.
Bound to his body,
The seeker insists on striving
Or on sitting still.
But I no longer suppose
The body is mine,
Or is not mine.
And I am happy.
Sleeping, sitting, walking,
Nothing good or bad befalls me.
I sleep, I sit, I walk,
And I am happy.
Struggling or at rest,
Nothing is won or lost.
I have forsaken the joy of winning
And the sorrow of losing.
And I am happy.
For pleasures come and go.
How often I have watched their inconstancy!
But I have forsaken good and bad,
And now I am happy.
The Heart of Awareness
A Translation of the
Ashtavakra Gita
Thomas Byrom
Chapter 13
Happiness
Entire Book (pdf) with Excellent Introduction:
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AFTERNOON
I am the blank screen
On which universes appear and disappear
I am the nothing-ness
From which ‘All That Is’ seems to BE
And yet I AM
Have died
And now dance naked before my
Awareness
Unable to entice me to wear their endless costumes
Unaware of its meaning
As the world of opposites
Has faded
In this Emptiness
I AM Eternity.
John McIntosh
https://www.johnmcintosh.info/post/of-myself-i-am-nothing
Inayat Khan
Love accomplishes its work when it spreads its wings
and veils man's self from his own eyes.
That is the time when love is fulfilled,
and so it is in the life of the holy ones
who have not only loved God by professing or showing it,
but who have loved God to the extent
that they forgot themselves.
Excerpt from https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/XIV/XIV_2_22.htm
https://wahiduddin.net/saki/saki_date_no_photo.php
Bowl of Saki for April 7, 2019
it is only a means for realizing It without name and form.
That alone is true realization,
wherein one knows oneself in relation to that Reality,
attains peace and realizes one’s identity with it.
~Śrī Ramana Maharshi
Health is when every cell in your body
is bouncing with life.
Sadhguru
See Read More Below
a Re-Reminder from this morning
Additional Afternoon Photos
<
SO TOTALLY STILL*
THERE IS NOTHING
TO WORD... EXPLAIN... REMEMBER
A CLEAR TRANSPARENCY OF CREATOR/CREATION
JUST IS
<
NECESSARY UNFOLDMENTS ALWAYS HAPPENING
ew
4:50 AM-4/7/19
IN STILLNESS
ON CLOTHESLINE**
**(as above last lines Write
a Solitary SongBird begans continual Happy Songing
in this very dark early morning sky..then is joined by others…
…then ceases as we finish describing this Understanding)
ALL OF NATURE SIMPLY SINGS BECAUSE IT HAS A SONG
&
NOT because it has a voice.
A CLEAR TRANSPARENCY IN HUMAN FORM ALSO HAS SUCH SONG
<
JUST IS
<
BE THIS SONG
ew
5:04 AM-4/7/19
even the roosters that had joined in birds’ songings
have Quieted.
there is NOW only Pure Silence from Birds
Mother Ocean continues her rhythmic soft lull of waves/breakers
Ocean breeze gently wafting thru the window….
ALL JUST IS
BEFORE/DURING/AFTER FOREVER
=
RELIEF!!!!... BEYOND EARTHLY MEASURE
ew
5:10 AM-4/7/19
(Big Baubo Belly Laugh...as we trust this may be the LAST
time to ever try to word or Word such Happenings!!!)