Where Stillness moves.

Would a circling surface vulture
know such depths of sky

as the moon would know?
would a weed on the riverbank
know such depths of water
as the lotus would know?
would a fly darting nearby
know the smell of flowers
as the bee would know?
O Lord white as jasmine
only you would know
the way of your devotees:
how would these
these
mosquitos
on the buffalo’s hides?

Akka Mahadevi.

Mind Trick

This is a mind trick. Think of a number. Double that number. Add eight. Minus half that number. Minus the number you started with. Is the answer 4? I bet it is.


Krishnamachari Santhanam.

Wonder

All is verily the absolute Self.
Distinction and non distinction do not exist.
How can I say, "It exists; it does not exist"?
I am filled with wonder!
Avaduth Gita.

The Witness

The Zen Master had a visitor. The Zen Master asked the visitor," Had we me met before? ". The visitor replied in the affirmative. The Zen Master then invited him for tea and took him in.

There was a second visitor.The Zen Master asked the visitor," Had we me met before? ". The visitor replied in the negative. The Zen Master then invited him for tea and took him in.


Krishnamachari Santhanam.

Illusion

It is quite evident that fortune is fleeting like a shadow. Youth is unsteady like a wave. Sex-enjoyment is brief and illusory like a dream. Life is short. Even then, man is frantically attached to the body.
Samsara resembles a dream. It is replete with diseases and the like. It is like a castle in the air. Only a fool resorts to it. (Samsara is an interminable series of births and deaths; some times in our dream, we experience our own death and birth. On waking we realise that these births and deaths are mere illusions. Likewise, one who has awakened from this long dream of life realises that Samsara is as illusory as a dream. For a man who is attached to the body, Samsara is real. But for a wise man who realises that he is the Self, Samsara is shadowy like a dream.)


Sri Rama Gita.

Atman

"As the moon is perfect, in spite of its waning and waxing, which do not exist in it, so is Atman ever perfect, in spite of its seeming imperfections. This is what the moon, my Guru, has taught me."



Avaduth Gita.

Fulfilling Desires

Desire is storm, Greed is whirlpool, Pride is precipice, Attachment is avalanche, And ego is volcano.

Discard these and you will be liberated.

Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel. Desire is the sole cause of sorrow and distress.

SAI.