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About AdyashantiTimeline (1962 - ) |
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Today I Awoke
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Today I awoke, finally I see the Self has re-turned to the Self.
The Self is none other than the Self. I am deathless. I am endless. I am free. The birds outside sing... The birds outside sing and there am I. The seeing of leaves on the trees, that seeing am I. The body breathes, breathing am I. I am awake and I know that I am awake. Seen from the old eyes, everything is asleep, a game, a delusion. But now I am awake. I am the play. I am the game. I am the delusion. I am the enlightenment I sought, looking everywhere. Nothing is separate, nothing is alone. I am all that I see. All that I smell, taste, touch, feel, think and know. I am awake and this awakeness is the same as Shyakyamuni Buddha's. Today the leaf has returned to the root. I am all name and form and beyond all name and form. I am Spirit, no longer trapped in a body. I am free. I am free because I am awake. So ordinary. Who would have thought ? Who could have guessed? I am home. I am really home. Ten thousand life times. Ten thousand life times but today I am home. Ten thousand life times but today I am home. This is not an experience. This is me. I am awake. Finally, I am awake. Nothing has changed, but I am awake. Before I tasted the root many times and felt, how delicious. Today I became the root. How ordinary.
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Ivan
M. Granger's original poetry, stories and commentaries are Copyright ©
2002 - 2008 by Ivan M. Granger.
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