I Just Became Blind
Jul 22nd, 2007
I just became blind
On this path to the formless Self:
All that was apart has united.
How to make out who others are
If “I” and “mine” can’t be defined?
That which used to be singled out is no more visible.
Resting peacefully on top of the threefold mountain,
Above empty illusions,
I’m blessed without efforts.
Evil and good, and all longings,
I’ve thrown away with my begging things.
Free from all the worries
That whirl round in the three Gunas,
I’m not going to beg anymore.
I raised my head
To chant “Soham”, the sacred sound,
And the Formless manifested.
He, the Giver, honoured my song.
The principle and the experimenter thus melted
in the unique Self,
Leaving behind the very concept of separation.
This word is truthful as
An auspicious prediction
Of the times we strive for.
We’ll follow the ancient path
To realisation ever new
In which we put all our faith.
There is one main requirement:
Hold firmly to experience.
By not clinging to knowledge
You’ll deny your achievements.
Despise worldly ties and
Dedicate to the state of non-duality.
Tuka says : Saints of the past
Used no other method.
Tukaram
(Photograph: poetseers.org)