All quotes from
Sage Valmiki's book
Rooted in
equanimity, doing whatever happens to be the appropriate action in each given
situation.
Whatever
comes, let it come; whatever goes, let it go.
Due to
the delusion of mind the wave which belongs to the ocean identifies itself as a
wave.
The seer
does not see himself as he sees the object: the seer sees himself as the
object, and therefore does not see.
The
subject exists because of the object, and the object is but a reflection of the
subject: duality cannot be if there is not one, and where is the need for the
notion of “unity” if one alone exists?
When thus
real knowledge is gained by means of right enquiry and understanding, only that
remains which is not expressible in words.
Of that is cannot be said that it is one or that it is many. It is neither seer nor seen, neither subject
nor object, neither this nor that.
Neither unity nor diversity can be established as the truth: forever,
thesis gives rise to antithesis. Yet,
one is not different from “the other”: just as the wave is not other than
water, bracelet is not different from gold.
Even so, division is not a contradiction of unity!
In
essence, even as the ramifications of the tree (with its leaves, flowers,
fruits, etc) extend from the seed in which there is no such diversification,
the universe of diversity extends from the infinite consciousness.
As
long as words are used to denote a truth, duality is inevitable; however, much
duality is not the truth. All divisions
are illusory.
When
desire ends, the individual self drops its self-limitation.
Ignorance
is not dispelled by half-knowledge, even as there is no relief from cold when
one sits near a painting of fire. The
ignorant sees the world as a physical reality, the wise as consciousness.
Inquiry
alone is the best remedy for the long-lasting illness known as samsara
(repeated births).
Consciousness
minus conceptualization.
