Bhagavad Gita
Reflections from within
Contemplative meanderings
These are my unedited reflections while I contemplated the words of the Bhagavad Gita during the early months of 2021. Contemplating spiritual works helps me to be aware of my true nature. The voice that speaks to me from within is my own. There is no other.
You struggle to find your way. There is the way of the world. There is the way of the path. The struggle is in choosing which to follow. The choice can drive one to despair.
You do not know the way as the me of the body. To find your way remember your true nature. This is twia, or that which I am. You are I AM.
The way of the world is false. Its power and wealth are empty promises. What do they offer to you who are eternal? The pleasures and pains of life are fleeting. They have no meaning but that which you give to them. Do not let them afflict you. Hold peace of heart always. Your life in the world has no reality. Reality is eternal. No power in the world can undo you. Your mortal body dies. Twia is eternal.
The eternal is unchanging. It has no birth or death. Leave these to the world. You are not your body. You are twia. Twia is eternal. To remember twia is to lose fear. This is the way of the path. This path is straight and narrow. Its ground is firm. There are no brambles to cut through that scratch and cause you to bleed. The way of the path is well lit. The light you follow is your own. There is no other than twia.
Be in the love. Let it be. It is not yours to grasp. The results are not yours to consider. Leave the tree of love be. Do not push the fruit to grow. It will wither un-ripened if you try. Rest in the shade of the tree. Nature will take the true course. The harvest will come not too soon. Be in union with all. This is the way of love.
I AM is all. There is only I AM. There is no other. I am that which I AM. This is twia. This is your true nature. Twia is the way. Say to all, I see in you that which I AM. You are that which I AM.
Live in the wisdom of twia. You are your own source. Let your true nature ring. Twia is the way. The way of the world tosses you about on the waves of desire. You clasp to what you have in hopes of surviving. The fear of death grips you. Find peace in twia.
Be born again in spirit. Remember twia. I am that which I AM. There is nothing else. Do not look outside of yourself at this and that for fulfillment. You are it. You are the whole of the all. Your true nature is remembered in the still silence of peace within. Let the rivers of the world flow into your sea of peace. Take in what never left you. Bring tranquility to your world through simplicity and non-attachment. Live your true life outside the realm of the world in loving kindness and selfless service. Turn inward. Act outward from twia. This is to do nothing. From simplicity, act without expectation of outcome. Twia knows the way. Do not be driven by selfish desires. Let your actions benefit all. Let compassion and wisdom guide your actions. Let all that you do flow through twia. Then you achieve right action. Stay free of the ignorance of the me of the body. It is lost in fear of separation. Move beyond separation into the whole of the all. Do not let the senses of the me of the body block your path to remembering twia. Do not accept their pains and pleasures as real. They belong to the world of separation. The selfish desires of separation that arise from fear lead to death. Be born again in remembering twia, then you live in the eternal that is your true nature.
I am that which I AM, or twia. Twia is true nature. Twia is whole, complete, perfect, eternal. There is no other. Twia is the whole of the all. The me of the body is an illusion of separation in consciousness. The thought of separation in consciousness can only be manifested as illusion, much like unicorns are illusions. The illusion is consciousness expressing existence, which is the world of the me of the body. Twia is consciousness-expressing. Twia manifests existence. Know that you are not the me of the body. Remember twia as your true nature. The body is born and dies. You are eternal. Release worldly attachments. Enter the room within. You are the expressing that manifests existence. You are consciousness-expressing.
All paths lead to inner peace. However rough your road, you will find home. This is the room within. The way of the world is treacherous and leads you astray with desire. The way of the path is smooth and straight road and leads you to twia. Act without desire. Release expectation. Do nothing. The river of life will flow naturally when left alone to follow its own course. This is the way of your true nature. The me of the body is for the world. Twia is your true nature. Follow twia. Twia knows.
To do nothing is not to not-act but to act without desire or expectation. It is to act through twia and not through the me of the body. To do nothing, be mindful each moment of your actions. It is in mindfulness that you do nothing. Be aware of your surroundings. Be aware of the direction you are given by your inner nature. Twia is always there. Open to I AM. Ignore worldly pressures to change the course of the river that flows in you. Free yourself of possessiveness and attachments. Live simply, close to the ground while serving all in loving-kindness. To offer compassion is to live mindfully from your true nature. You do nothing of your own. Twia is your guide.
In all that you do, be open to twia. Herein lies peace and joy. They are your true nature. The peace within is true peace, unruffled by circumstances. Live from the inside out. The joy in you brings happiness to the world. Joy overcomes the agony of heart. Hold peace of heart always. Be certain in peace and joy. Release the sorrows of the world. Follow your own true nature of peace and joy.
Let peace and joy open the door to wisdom. Then you will have eyes that see and ears that hear. Then you will know it is true when you say to all, I see in you that which I AM. To know this truly is the wisdom of the ages that brings unity to all.
If all is one, then the interactions we have must be aspects of the singularity that is our reality in consciousness. We are aspects of thought in consciousness. Our difficulties with each other “prove” separation to the me of the body. Our loving relationships are evidence that we have not wholly forgotten our oneness in all. We are the whole of the all.
The way of the path is the path of unity. This is the road home from your journey of separation. You have walked alone among the thorns and brambles of the world. Now dust yourself off. Come up to the road of life.
To know is to act from twia. This is knowledge in action. It has no purpose that can be seen or heard in the world. The me of the body is blind and deaf to the ways of twia.
Return to the knowledge of I AM. Once you know twia in all you will know I AM. Do this without effort. Do nothing. It will come to you on its own for you are there now. There is no journey. The way of the path is to remember without effort. Set aside your will. It is a block in the road. Do not stumble.
Leave the past behind. Do not drag it with you. The weight is unbearable. Free yourself from your senses. They lock you in the past. The mind is full of judgment and desire. These blind you to twia in all.
Do not act from the past in judgment. Find solace in the moment. You are not the doer, so do nothing. You taint the world with judgment and fear. The me of the body is an object among objects bumping randomly about without meaning or purpose. Release your beliefs in the body to twia. Twia knows the way. Hold to the spirit within. Your actions then are not your own but those of the whole of the all. Become one with your surroundings. Find unity in I AM. You are I AM. Abandon the illusion of separation.
Hold to the way of your true nature. Know yourself. Attract your good. It is yours without asking or effort. Stop trying. Let your river follow its way. Peace follows.
Pain and pleasure begin and end. They are of the me of the body. They have no substance. They are fleeting. Remove desire. Remove attachment. Remove expectation. Make way for twia. Your light will shine. From the light you are reborn in unity. There is no going back to the way of the world. Your wisdom will exceed you. It will transcend your body. You are whole, complete, perfect, eternal. You are the whole of the all. Your joy is revealed in twia.
Here is a brief history of existence as we know it:
Emptiness that is nowhere
A dot amid nothingness
BANG!
The tiniest of particles strewn
Eons upon eons
Evolving universe
Expanding
Human consciousness
Energy in form
Discrete awareness
Expressing I AM
Act without expectation of outcome. Do not claim the results as your own. To enter the room within is to shed your outer garments of desire, expectation, judgment, and willfulness. Herein all that is required is peace. Hold peace of heart in all situations. Your fulfillment is revealed within. All is equal before your eyes. You know no other but the whole of the all. Be moderate in your ways. In the still, sweet silence of the room within twia awaits your arrival from the world. The me of the body is set aside. Herein the witness awakens. Awareness is restored. Joy and peace radiate love.
Be the witness, not the me of the body. Free yourself from fear. Fear taints perceptions. It puts separation in your vision. You lose sight of unity. It is in the unity of the whole of the all that life flows freely without obstruction. Mindfulness puts you in the flow of the river.
You manifest your own existence. You are I AM. I AM cannot separate from itself except in the dream of perception. This dream is the illusion of the world. It contains the universe and all that is beyond. Look upon I AM in all. This is the way of the path. It leads to total absorption into twia. Then you will know, once again, I AM.
Remember unity in I AM. This is your reality, which is knowledge and wisdom. You are consciousness-expressing. From you, twia, all things arise. This is your true nature beyond the me of the body. There is no separation to say that you are less than the whole of the all. You fail to look beyond the body. When you do, you shudder in fear. You are the chick afraid to leave the shell. You pecked open a hole. Now you hide. You live in the illusion that you are not enough. That you are less than. You are suspended in delusion. You are not free until you crack through your shell.
The room within is the home to wisdom. You are the wise. You are wisdom itself. You never left home. You have forgotten your true nature. Now you remember. The way of the path is to remember twia, your true nature. I see in you that which I AM. You are in all. You have manifested a dream of existence. What appears real in perception is false reality. What is real is eternal. The dream is transitory. You are not manifested in the dream. You are real. You are consciousness-expressing. You are I AM.
Act without acting. This is to do nothing. It is the way of the path to stop doing things of the world. Release the me of the body and its desires, expectations, and attachments. To do nothing is to live in the world through your true nature. To act through the me of the body is to not be real. You have lost your way. You are trying to do things of your own accord and suffering for it. You cannot be fulfilled through the ways of the world anymore than you can find nourishment in cotton candy.
Be spontaneous. Do nothing. Follow your true nature. To do nothing is to act through twia. In twia you are already fulfilled. Let go of your actions. Let twia be the natural way. Do not impose on the river. It knows the true course to the valley. There you find nourishment. Do not lose the river. It knows the way. You are planted in the ground of goodness. Draw from its nutrients. Bear fruit. Without proper nutrition, the flower withers before the fruit is born.
Do not be fooled by this and that. Yin and yang hold to unity even in the appearance of separation. They are two always as one. One cannot be without the other. They are union. There is no other. Yin and yang are the wholeness of the all. Neither one is this. Neither one is that. The me of the body views the separation with eyes that do not see. Twia has the vision of oneness. It does not know yin and yang. It knows only I AM.
Your highest nature is I AM. This is the unity of consciousness. You are consciousness expressing the whole of the all. Your movement, your energy, manifests existence like a dancer’s movement manifests dancing. You are the dancing that is existence. Do not deny this reality. To say less is beneath you. If you cling to what is beneath you, you will parish. The me of the body knows only death and lives in fear. You are not the body. You are consciousness-expressing. Release the me of the body to death and you will find life eternal, which is your true nature. This is your reality.
Constantly bring your mind to the moment. Then you will dwell always in the room within. Abandon all else. Be free of the suffering of separation.
Twia is unmanifested and unchanging. Twia is consciousness-expressing. Twia is whole, complete, perfect, eternal. Twia does not end when the universe disappears back into the nothingness from whence it came. It has no beginning. It was there at the Big Bang. You are unending having never begun. You are reality. The universe exists. Existence is transitory. You pervade existence with unity in all relationships. You pervade existence beyond the me of the body which is born and dies a thousand upon a thousand times.
You are free from death when you know your true nature. To know twia as your truth is to awaken. The way of the path leads to reality. The way of the world is bound to separation. Even at the death of the body, perception of separation remains in the world of souls. You are not awake in the world of souls. The dream continues. The cycle of birth and death continues. The way of the path is freedom from separation. Put your full awareness in twia. You will remember your truth in consciousness and awaken.
Twia is the whole of the all. To live in twia is to know the eternal. To live in the me of the body is to pass from death to death. Twia is the energy of existence. It manifests without attachment. The me of the body clings to all in fear of oblivion. Attachment to existence is not your true nature.
You cannot find twia with the eyes of the body. They do not see. Twia is neither here, nor there. It is neither this, nor that. Twia lies in the room within. Twia gives you eyes that see. Without eyes that see, the me of the body walks blindly through the world.
Do not be blind to your true nature. You will live in vain. To find fulfillment, enter the room within. Herein lies your truth unsullied by the world. To gain freedom from the world, be born again in twia. Remember your true nature. To live in twia is to escape death. Without twia, death returns. Look upon life as a way out of death. You live life from the inside out. The world will be yours as you choose.
You are I AM with no beginning, no end. You are the whole of the all. There is no other. Knowing this, live with peace of heart always.
All that is extends from consciousness-expressing. Movement extends the dance. You are the movement in consciousness that manifests existence. You are the dancing of the dance. Enter the room within to know this truth. In this place you will see your true nature in the light that is wisdom.
You are I AM. The heart of reality. The energy of existence. You are the essence of consciousness. You appear in body as but a fragment of your reality. What is true in you is peace and joy. These have no opposite in existence. Hold to them in all things and love will flow forth without fear.
Consider existence with eyes that see. Look upon all with the vision of twia. Time was born with existence. It will consume existence. It will die with existence. There is no time without existence. There is no existence without time. They are one and the same. Twia is timeless. It has no existence. See with the vision of twia. View the eternal. Live beyond this and that. Live beyond time. Live in the moment with peace of heart always. Then you touch the eternal.
You are the witness to existence. Observe all through the vision of twia. Then you walk the way of the path. It is the thread between this and that which sews them together in mind. You see the fabric as whole with eyes that see.
Consciousness is eternal, formless reality. It is not forever. It has no time. It has no edges, no boundaries, no limitations. To touch the eternal is to know unity in all things. To reach into the whole of the all from existence is to remember your true nature. To remember twia is to walk the way of the path. This is not a journey. It is the practice of always holding peace of heart. Then you touch the eternal. Hold to the still silence of the room within. Live simply. Do nothing. Act without expectation. Hold no attachment to worldly matters. Do not find cause in the world. Live without judgment. Show loving-kindness. Be compassionate in all things. Release the me of the body with all its pleasures and pains. That which is the body serves separation and its fears. Die to the body. Be re-born in twia. Twia knows the way, the truth, and the light. Through twia, your true nature, you awaken from the illusion of separation.
Twia is the way that witnesses the body. You are not your body. Nor are you its personality. The me of the body is temporary. The witness to the body and all its thoughts, feelings, and emotions is twia. Hold your awareness in twia always. Twia is the energy of existence. The body is born into existence and all its pleasures and pains. It suffers, grows old, and dies. It has no meaning except to the me of the body as its own false proof of existence and separation.
Wisdom lies in the room within. Herein is the home of twia in the world. Herein you touch the eternal. The eternal is beyond all knowledge. Receive wisdom without action. Do nothing. Wisdom is the whole of the all shining light through all the points of separation. Your wisdom is discrete, as is your awareness, in the unity of I AM. Twia is the witness to the all.
The soul is the me of the body without body. It remains the energy of separation after the body’s death. The soul has many forms in body throughout the dream. It has a beginning and an end. It suffers and grows in wisdom until it awakens.
Twia has no beginning or end. It does not know suffering. Twia is your true nature. You are whole, complete, perfect, eternal. You are consciousness-expressing existence. You are the agent of the soul and its forms. You are the witness to pleasure and pain. You are the dreamer and not the manifestation of the dream. You are the child and not the unicorn.
Witness the world without attachment. You are not your thoughts, feelings, or emotions. Do not live in the past with them. Hold to the moment. Do not live in separation. Live in unity with all. Then the dream dissolves.
The world you live in is your own. Do you live your life as the me of the body with its pleasures and pains, or do you live as the witness that is wisdom, joy, and peace of heart? The choice is not between these. The choice is choosing when to awaken. You have no choice but to lose your attachment to the dream and awaken in consciousness. The question is when? That is your journey.
Your fulfillment lies in consciousness. It is eternal. Do not let the body be your kingdom. The realm of twia lies in the room within. Herein is the home of the witness to existence. Herein the dreamer dreams the dream like the dancer dancing the dance. Even existence is in unity with the whole of the all. There is no separation in reality.
You have no wisdom. Do not think you know the way. Death overcomes you. How can you attain perfection while mired in the mud of the world? You are slogging knee-deep in your own desperation. Why must you struggle while thinking you are alone? Do you not see I AM? I am that which I AM, which is your true nature. Unite with your true nature. Without effort, let its path open before you. It will act while you do nothing but allow it.
Enter the room within. Herein lies twia, your true nature. You are that which manifests existence. You are consciousness-expressing. You are the eternal. The body is transitory. Do not lose yourself in the body. It is not your truth. It is but a dream of separation. To know this is to awaken.
In body you find happiness and sorrow, wisdom and ignorance, desire and sacrifice. You hold expectations and attachments to the ephemeral. You are clinging to gossamer strands. The me of the body lives in delusional hope. Darkness washes over you. You are confused, fearful, and alone in body. Yet hope shines through. Greed and selfishness do not need to be your way. They bring you to the dark abyss. Do not follow them in. They are lousy guides and do not know the way home. Oblivion will swallow you on their path. Such death is your greatest fear in body. There is a light. A way out. The way is within. Follow the light that shines from within. It reveals the way of the path. It is joy and comfort. It is your true nature. Die to ignorance. Rise again in wisdom. Ignorance and selfishness bring suffering. Do not be confused as to your true nature. It lies not in suffering or the pleasures and pains of the body in the world. You are not the me of the body. You are twia. You are whole, complete, perfect, eternal. Release your worldly ways. Do nothing. Live simply. Be unmoved by desire. Hold to peace of heart. Do not judge. Release the past to the four winds. It does not serve you. Enter each and every moment with loving-kindness for all. This is the way of the path. This is remembering twia always.
You do not know. Do not pretend to know. Do not be false in your actions. You are lost on the path of righteousness, blind to your own truth. Good works and ritual do not cut it alone. They are a cloak of darkness under which you hide from the light. Stand up. Walk out from the darkness into the light. Breathe deeply of wisdom. You are not perishable. You endure endlessly without change. You are whole, complete, perfect, eternal as is. You are the essence of being. Know your truth in the still silence of the room within.
The ways of the world nourish the body for death. It is in constant decline. To struggle with the body is to lose sight of twia. Then you are lost. Detach from the body. Let twia reveal itself. Then the way of the path will open before you. To separate from the world is to enter into oneness with the world. Then pride, desire, pleasure, and pain fall away. You walk in the light with eyes that see.
You are not the me of the body. You are I AM. I am that which I AM, or twia. Twia is the energy of the body. The spirit within. Twia knows the way. The me of the body knows death. Fears death. Follow the way of life. Live in body through twia and know not death or fear. See with eyes that see and hear with ears that hear. As a child is aware of unicorns, I AM is aware of existence. Hold to twia. Know existence as the illusion of thought in consciousness that it is. Like children enjoy the world of unicorns, enjoy existence for what it is. Return to reality when you awaken from the dream. You are twia. You are consciousness-expressing. Stop denying your reality. Live life from the room within. Be wise in your ways.
Put fear in the bucket by the door. Enter the room within with a pure heart, steeped in love. Herein is your true fulfillment. Live within without want and desire. Live free of the bonds of the me of the body. It is confused and ignorant. Live with twia in wisdom and knowledge. Fear begets evilness. Love is its own namesake. Fear brings death. Love is eternal. There is no fulfillment in living out your fears. They will not be overcome by the me of the body. In the body you are lost. It is not the way. It is but a false sense of separation and cannot be real. Give it its due. Do not deny its existence. Treat the body with loving-kindness always. Do not accept its cravings and desires as guides. They lead you to death for they have no substance. They are cotton candy at the county fair. Spun sugar leads to despair for want of nourishment.
You are the faith of the world. It exists because you dream. You live in the dream by faith. The me of the body lives by fear. How you live depends on the faith you put into fear. Total fear is evilness. Total absence of fear is twia. Twia is pure love.
Walk in the world without expectation. Hold to purity, truth, gentleness, honesty, kindness, silence, restraint, helpfulness, and nonviolence. Live simply. Give freely. Receive with welcome. Do not attach outcomes to actions. Be steadfast and wise always. The way of the path is to act always from your true nature. Twia knows the way.
Restrain selfishness. Give freely always. Hold no expectations of outcomes. Act without desire. Remain pleasant in the face of unpleasantness. It is not yours to judge. Listen. Act. Release. Do not cling to outcomes. Your fulfillment is not of the world. Expect nothing. The world’s nourishment is that of spun sugar.
The me of the body is lost in the way of the world. It feels alone and afraid in its world of perceived separation. Its eyes do not see. Its ears do not hear. You who know these things live in awareness. You are the witness to the body’s ways. You know twia in all things. Free yourself from the body. Live through twia. Hold to the way of the path. Live simply, close to the ground, without attachment to the world. Give to all without expectation. You are the energy of life. Give freely. Hold peace of heart always. Do not cling to pleasure and pain in the delusions of the world. There is no joy in false happiness and sorrow. Joy runs deep in the room within. This is your true nature. Live by it. In twia is your true fulfillment. Be witness to your attachments and passions. Do not make them your own. Leave them be. Your perfection is already accomplished. You have never been otherwise. You are twia. Whole. Complete. Perfect. Eternal. That which I AM I know in you and all things. There is no other than I AM. Remove the world from your being. You are the one. Rely on that always. It is your truth.