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 81-100
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 81-100
NO MARGIN FOR OTHERWISE
THAN
THE TRANSPARENCY OF ORIGIN
ABEYANCE
ELIMINATION
OF ALL BUT THAT
<
ALL JUST IS
=
BEYOND AND THRIVING
WITH THAT
WHICH CANNOT BE THOUGHT OR WORDED
....YET IS ALL THAT IS....
=
SIMPLY AND ONLY
THE OVERFLOW
OF
ORIGINAL LIFE IN PRISTINE FORMLESS FORM
TRANSMISSION OF ORIGIN
ew
4:30 AM-4/18/19
THAN
THE TRANSPARENCY OF ORIGIN
ABEYANCE
ELIMINATION
OF ALL BUT THAT
<
ALL JUST IS
=
BEYOND AND THRIVING
WITH THAT
WHICH CANNOT BE THOUGHT OR WORDED
....YET IS ALL THAT IS....
=
SIMPLY AND ONLY
THE OVERFLOW
OF
ORIGINAL LIFE IN PRISTINE FORMLESS FORM
TRANSMISSION OF ORIGIN
ew
4:30 AM-4/18/19
The Master
Verses 81-100
Verses 81-100
81
Nothing he hopes to win,
Nothing he fears to lose.
His mind is cool and drenched with nectar.
Nothing he hopes to win,
Nothing he fears to lose.
His mind is cool and drenched with nectar.
82
Free from desire,
He neither praises the peaceful
Nor blames the wicked.
The same in joy and sorrow,
He is always happy.
He sees there is nothing to do.
Free from desire,
He neither praises the peaceful
Nor blames the wicked.
The same in joy and sorrow,
He is always happy.
He sees there is nothing to do.
83
He does not hate the world.
He does not seek the Self.
He is free from joy and sorrow.
He is not alive,
And he is not dead.
He does not hate the world.
He does not seek the Self.
He is free from joy and sorrow.
He is not alive,
And he is not dead.
84
He is not attached to his family.
Free from the desire of the senses,
He does not care about his body.
The master expects nothing,
And he shines.
He is not attached to his family.
Free from the desire of the senses,
He does not care about his body.
The master expects nothing,
And he shines.
85
Whatever befalls him,
He is always happy.
He wanders where he will.
And wherever he finds himself
When the sun sets,
There he lies down to rest.
Whatever befalls him,
He is always happy.
He wanders where he will.
And wherever he finds himself
When the sun sets,
There he lies down to rest.
86
He does not care if the body lives or dies.
He is so firmly set in his own being,
He rises above the round of birth and death.
He does not care if the body lives or dies.
He is so firmly set in his own being,
He rises above the round of birth and death.
87
He is full of joy.
Attached to nothing,
Free from possessions,
He stands on his own.
His doubts dispelled,
He wanders where he will,
Never setting one thing against another.
He is full of joy.
Attached to nothing,
Free from possessions,
He stands on his own.
His doubts dispelled,
He wanders where he will,
Never setting one thing against another.
88
The master shines.
He never says "mine."
Gold, stone, earth--
They are all the same to him.
He is not bound by sloth,
Nor consumed by his own activity.
He has severed the knots which bind his heart.
The master shines.
He never says "mine."
Gold, stone, earth--
They are all the same to him.
He is not bound by sloth,
Nor consumed by his own activity.
He has severed the knots which bind his heart.
89
Who can compare with him?
Indifferent to everything,
He is happy and he is free.
There is not the least desire in his heart.
Who can compare with him?
Indifferent to everything,
He is happy and he is free.
There is not the least desire in his heart.
90
Only the man without desire
Sees without seeing,
Speaks without speaking,
Knows without knowing.
Only the man without desire
Sees without seeing,
Speaks without speaking,
Knows without knowing.
91
In his view of things
Good and evil have melted away.
A king or a beggar,
Whoever is free from desire shines!
In his view of things
Good and evil have melted away.
A king or a beggar,
Whoever is free from desire shines!
92
He is utterly without guile.
He has found his way.
He is simplicity itself.
He cares nothing for restraint,
Or abandon.
He has no interest in finding the truth.
He is utterly without guile.
He has found his way.
He is simplicity itself.
He cares nothing for restraint,
Or abandon.
He has no interest in finding the truth.
93
He has no desires.
He rests happily in the Self.
His sorrows are over.
How can anyone tell what he feels inside?
He has no desires.
He rests happily in the Self.
His sorrows are over.
How can anyone tell what he feels inside?
94
Even when he is sound asleep,
He is not asleep.
Even when he is dreaming,
He does not dream.
Even when he is awake,
He is not awake.
Step by step,
Whatever befalls him,
He is happy.
Even when he is sound asleep,
He is not asleep.
Even when he is dreaming,
He does not dream.
Even when he is awake,
He is not awake.
Step by step,
Whatever befalls him,
He is happy.
95
He thinks without thinking.
He feels without feeling.
He is intelligent,
But he has no mind.
He has personality,
But with no thought for himself.
He thinks without thinking.
He feels without feeling.
He is intelligent,
But he has no mind.
He has personality,
But with no thought for himself.
......continuing conclusion of this chapter in
AFTERNOON PHOTOS
AFTERNOON
AFTERNOON PHOTOS
AFTERNOON
96
He is not happy,
Nor is he sad.
He is not detached,
Nor is he bound.
He is not free,
Nor does he seek freedom.
He is not this.
He is not that.
He is not happy,
Nor is he sad.
He is not detached,
Nor is he bound.
He is not free,
Nor does he seek freedom.
He is not this.
He is not that.
97
Amid distractions,
He is undistracted.
In meditation,
He does not meditate.
Foolish,
He is not a fool.
Knowing everything,
He knows nothing.
Amid distractions,
He is undistracted.
In meditation,
He does not meditate.
Foolish,
He is not a fool.
Knowing everything,
He knows nothing.
98
He always lives within.
He is everywhere the same.
Action or duty are nothing to him.
Because he is free from desire,
He never worries about what he has done
Or has not done.
He always lives within.
He is everywhere the same.
Action or duty are nothing to him.
Because he is free from desire,
He never worries about what he has done
Or has not done.
99
Blame does not disturb him,
Nor does praise delight him.
He neither rejoices in life,
Nor fears death.
Blame does not disturb him,
Nor does praise delight him.
He neither rejoices in life,
Nor fears death.
100
His mind is calm.
Never seeking the solitude of the forest,
Nor running from the crowd.
Always and everywhere,
He is one and the same
His mind is calm.
Never seeking the solitude of the forest,
Nor running from the crowd.
Always and everywhere,
He is one and the same
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 21-100
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 21-100
Entire Book (pdf) with Excellent Introduction:
http://mystic7.org/images/companies/1/Books/Free/The%20Heart%20of%20Awareness.pdf?1445090941313
Only an artist can tell …
what it is like for anyone
who gets to this planet to survive it.
What it is like to die,
or to have somebody die;
what it is like to be glad.
James Baldwin
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/13/james-baldwin-the-artists-struggle-for-integrity/?mc_cid=b9b8d012ff&mc_eid=bc3afd75c6
what it is like for anyone
who gets to this planet to survive it.
What it is like to die,
or to have somebody die;
what it is like to be glad.
James Baldwin
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/13/james-baldwin-the-artists-struggle-for-integrity/?mc_cid=b9b8d012ff&mc_eid=bc3afd75c6
When things are in harmony with the divine will,
everything is there;
we just glance towards a thing and it is found,
as in the saying,
'Word spoken, action done.'
everything is there;
we just glance towards a thing and it is found,
as in the saying,
'Word spoken, action done.'
When we strive with all the material in our hands
and yet cannot achieve our desire,
that is when the matter is contrary
to the divine will.
and yet cannot achieve our desire,
that is when the matter is contrary
to the divine will.
Our success or failure all depends
upon the harmony or disharmony
of our individual will with the divine will. ...
upon the harmony or disharmony
of our individual will with the divine will. ...
Contentment and perfect resignation
open up a harmonious feeling and bring the divine will
into harmony with our own.
Our blessing now becomes a divine blessing,
our words divine words,
our atmosphere a divine atmosphere,
although we seem to be limited beings;
for our will becomes absorbed into the whole,
and so our will becomes the will of God.
https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VII/VII_5.htm
Excerpt from:
https://wahiduddin.net/saki/saki_date.php
April 18, 2019
open up a harmonious feeling and bring the divine will
into harmony with our own.
Our blessing now becomes a divine blessing,
our words divine words,
our atmosphere a divine atmosphere,
although we seem to be limited beings;
for our will becomes absorbed into the whole,
and so our will becomes the will of God.
https://wahiduddin.net/mv2/VII/VII_5.htm
Excerpt from:
https://wahiduddin.net/saki/saki_date.php
April 18, 2019
For the Interim Time
– John O’Donohue
When near the end of day, life has drained
Out of light, and it is too soon
For the mind of night to have darkened things,
No place looks like itself, loss of outline
Makes everything look strangely in-between,
Unsure of what has been, or what might come.
In this wan light, even trees seem groundless.
In a while it will be night, but nothing
Here seems to believe the relief of dark.
– John O’Donohue
When near the end of day, life has drained
Out of light, and it is too soon
For the mind of night to have darkened things,
No place looks like itself, loss of outline
Makes everything look strangely in-between,
Unsure of what has been, or what might come.
In this wan light, even trees seem groundless.
In a while it will be night, but nothing
Here seems to believe the relief of dark.
You are in this time of the interim
Where everything seems withheld.
The path you took to get here has washed out;
The way forward is still concealed from you.
“The old is not old enough to have died away;
The new is still too young to be born.”
You cannot lay claim to anything;
In this place of dusk,
Your eyes are blurred;
And there is no mirror.
Where everything seems withheld.
The path you took to get here has washed out;
The way forward is still concealed from you.
“The old is not old enough to have died away;
The new is still too young to be born.”
You cannot lay claim to anything;
In this place of dusk,
Your eyes are blurred;
And there is no mirror.
Everything else has lost sight of your heart
And you can see nowhere to put your trust;
You know you have to make your own way through.
As far as you can, hold your confidence.
Do not allow your confusion to squander
This call which is loosening
Your roots in false ground,
That you might come free
From all you have outgrown.
What is being transfigured here is your mind,
And it is difficult and slow to become new.
The more faithfully you can endure here,
The more refined your heart will become
For your arrival in the new dawn.
– John O’Donohue
And you can see nowhere to put your trust;
You know you have to make your own way through.
As far as you can, hold your confidence.
Do not allow your confusion to squander
This call which is loosening
Your roots in false ground,
That you might come free
From all you have outgrown.
What is being transfigured here is your mind,
And it is difficult and slow to become new.
The more faithfully you can endure here,
The more refined your heart will become
For your arrival in the new dawn.
– John O’Donohue
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For the Interim Time
– John O’Donohue
From To Bless the Space Between Us:
A Book of Blessings, pp. 119-120)
In This In-Between Time . . .
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