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The Song of the OverselfAbout Universal Mysticism, the Art of Union with the Cosmic Who am I ? This is the question mankind has been asking from times immemmorial.Am I the body-mind-intellect complex ? Have I any reality beyond the senses five ? Is there a God ? Is there a God outside ? Or is He inside ? And what is this Bhakti or devotion ? The best definition of Devotion comes from Sankara, who defined it as Self Enquiry. ( Swa Swaroopasya Anusandhanam Bhakthiriti Abhidheeyate ). In the Upanishads Reality is defined by a series of negatives because the negative is less limiting than the Positive. To arrive at Reality, the Upanishadic Rishies prescribed the Method of Negation ! The Upanishadic Method of Negation is Neti Neti, meaning that this is Finite, that is Finite, whereas Reality in Infinite. When everything is denied, there is one thing which no man can deny - ” I “, ” Self ” or Consciousness. Thade Kova Shishtah ( that which remains after Negation ) Sivah Kevaloham ( I am Consciousness Bliss ). I am neither the mind nor the senses The Fourfold Veds nor Sacred Places, I am not the the Elements Fivefold The Concentric Sheaths Five The Tissue Elements Sevenfold Neither Time nor Space Exist in Me ! Nor the Four Goals of Life The Fourfold Yog or Tantra great I have neither pleasure or pain I am pure Being By whom all things be ! Neither Ego nor any sense of Mineness Integral Consciousness am I Neither father nor mother am I Of the nature of Transcendence That which remains after Negation That Sole Consciousness am I ! This is Nirvana Shatakam or six verses composed by the Master of Oneness, Bhagavan Sankara. Listening to these verses can definitely elevate our Consciousness ! In every human, Conscience exists as Vox Dei or the Voice of the Self. This poem is the Voice of the Self. This Voice of the Self can be heard during Meditation. Srooyathe ithi Sruthi or that which was heard in higher states of Consciousness came to be known as the Vedas. Be still and Know. You can hear this voice. This is the Voice of your own Self ! This is your Song ! This is reminiscent of Swinburne’s Hertha I am that which began Out of Me the years roll Out of Me God and Man I am equal and whole For Truth only is living Truth only is whole His for only giving Man’s polestar and pole ! Let us hear this Eastern Swinburne. Or was Swinburne the Western Sankara ? Who am I ? Neither the mind, intellect or ego Nor ear, tongue or the eyes Space, light or wind I am not I am of the nature of Consciousness He am I, He am I ! Neither the fivefold winds nor Life-Force The Sevenfold tissue elements I am not Nor am I the sensory organs Nor the organs of generation and excretion I am of the nature of Consciousness He am I, He am I ! Neither hatred or love I possess Nor attachment or greed The Four Goals of Life I am not ( Wealth, Ethics, Love , Liberation ) I am of the nature of Consciousness He am I, He am I ! I am devoid or sins or merit Pleasures or pain Sacred chants I am not Nor the holy waters I am not the Vedas Nor Yajnas or Homa I am not the eaten Nor the eating Nor the eater I am of the nature of Consciousness He am I, He am I ! I am devoid of caste or creed The fear of death is not in me No birth, no parents, no birth No friends, no relatives No Guru, no disciple I am of the nature of Consciousness He am I, He am I ! Formless am I Without any agitations Transcending the senses Transcending the mind I exist for ever Boundless as Space No bondage, no release I am of the nature of Consciousness He am I , He am
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