Saturday, May 26, 2007

making a gift of the wandering mind

Blessed be the feet of God who steals the minds of those who see him. Blessed be the feet of the pure one who has neither likes nor dislikes.

Blessed be the feet of the Lord who does good even to those who do evil [to him]. Blessed be the feet of the Creator who melts even stone-like hearts.

Blessed be the feet of him who says, 'See who you are and let go of the non-Self'. Blessed be the feet of the peaceful one who says that misery will go if one becomes the Self.

Blessed be the feet of the one who grants the knowledge that 'I am not the body that is so dear [to me]'. Blessed be the feet of him who says, 'Cast all burdens on the Lord.'

Blessed be the feet of the one who proclaims, 'Till you achieve abidance in the Self, do not slacken in self-enquiry'.

Blessed be the feet of the Lord, the dear one, who instructs, 'Offering the wandering mind to the Lord is the highest devotion.

Blessed be the feet of the one who proclaims, 'Do not let go of the Lord within you even if he appears on the outside as something other than you.'

~ Sivaprakasam Pillai, verses selected from Sri Ramana Pada Malai in The Power of the Presence by David Godman

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