When Nothing Matters
When I am nothing, nothing can hurt me.
When there are thoughts, “I am something”, many things can disturb me.
So I put aside known descriptions of myself. I inquire, “Who am I?”
I put aside all changes and meditate, “I just see”.
To say, “I see” – you see – is great.
Thoughts lay the tracks of time. I stand on the platform of timelessness and watch.
Seeing is a quantum leap from doing.
Love and beauty are on a higher (and totally different) plane than thought and deed.
Thank God, I really am higher than time, thought and deed.
Selfishness is a mischievous illusion created by thoughts (responses of memories). When it subsides, there is love.
Time, which is death, is another illusion caused by thoughts. When it vanishes, there is beauty.
Swami Chidananda
Monday, September 01, 2003