The Witness.
Words as immutable and formless
cannot even by their negative import
show Reality as it is.
It is impossible to show Reality
as it is.
Words are at best mere pointers.
If words are taken merely as helps
to rise above all thoughts
it is perfectly in order.
If Reality is conceived of as beyond all thoughts,
and contemplation directed accordingly,
words may help to lead one to a stage
were all thoughts cease
and Reality is experienced.
Casparus RH
March 2007. Copyright ©.
The desire not to die has its deep roots in the real self,
which is deadless.
The search for happiness has its deep roots in the real self,
which is pure happiness.
The desire for freedom has its deep roots in the real self,
which is the only unconditioned existence.
When these are supposed to come from objects,
there is superimposition
of the characteristic
of the one upon the other.
Objects of consciousness can never be separated
from Consciousness itself.
They have no independed existence.
They are therefore nothing else as Consciousness.
Casparus RH
March 2007. Copyright ©.
Consciousness is different from its objects.
Objects vary.
Consciousness remains constant.
Consciousness is the light of the real self.
Objects are directly linked with body.
When one’s body-connection
is severed
the connection with external objects
is severed also.
Strictly viewed there can be no connection
between the real self and body.
How can there be any connection
between things wholly different
in nature and make?
The real self is the only Reality.
Body is quite unreal.
From this fact too it follows
that there can hardly be
any connection between them.
There connection is but fancy.
Casparus RH
March 2007. Copyright ©.
The seer can never be the seen,
and the seen can never be the seer.
If this truth goes deep into one’s heart,
the mistaken identification with body ceases.
Casparus RH
March 2007. Copyright ©.
The thought that one is body, gross or subtle,
is the cause of all bondage.
If the thought that one is Consciousness,
and that thought is deep and strong,
one becomes freed from all bondage at once.
Casparus RH
March 2007. Copyright ©.
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