Life Nestling 7/11/01

TWO BIRDS


"Two birds, one of them mortal, the other immortal, live in the same
tree. The first one pecks at the fruit, sweet or bitter; the second looks on
without eating. Thus the personal self pecks at the fruit of this world,
bewildered by suffering, always hungry for more. But when he meets the
True Self, the resplendent God, the source of creation, all his cravings are
stilled. Perceiving Self in all creatures, he forgets himself in the
service of all; good and evil both vanish; delighting in Self, playing like a
child with Self, he does whatever is called for, whatever the result.

"Self is everywhere, shining forth from all beings, vaster than the
vast, subtler than the most subtle, unreachable, yet nearer than breath,
nearer than heartbeat. Eye cannot see it, ear cannot hear it nor tongue utter
it; only in deep absorption can the mind, grown pure and silent, merge with
the  formless truth. He who finds it is free, he has found himself; he has
solved the great riddle; his heart is forever at peace. Whole, he enters the
Whole.

His personal self returns to its radiant, intimate, deathless source. As
rivers lose name and form when they disappear into the sea, the sage
 leaves behind all traces when he disappears into the light. Perceiving the
truth, he becomes the truth; he passes beyond all suffering, beyond death; all
the knots of his heart are loosed."

(The Upanishads)

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Dedicated to Sister Ummi Kalthum
Illustration adapted from shareware.

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