ASHTAVAKRA GITA | As I am hollow-empty, that person is also hollow and empty. I am nobody, this person is nobody and that person is nobody.

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                 🌿Chapter - 8🌿

"Without Conflict Rejoice In The Self"

                   🌱 Day - 42 🌱

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अहो विकल्पितं विश्वमज्ञानान्मयि भासते ।

रूप्यं शुत्कौ फणी रज्जौ वारि सूर्यकरे यथा ॥

मत्तो विनिर्गतं विश्वं मय्येव लयमेष्यति ।

मृदि कुम्भो जले वीचिः कनके कटकं यथा ॥

Like a mud pot immersed in a river - in the source of water. There is water all around the pot and inside the pot. The water is in every pore of the mud pot. In that way, I am present throughout this universe.

Janaka was astonished! He felt that, as he was empty and hollow, so too was the person in front of him and the person sitting to his left. That everyone was the same! Every single being - they were all the same inside, in the innermost core.

It just takes skill to see that the person standing before you, as hollow and empty - however the person behaves or acts on the outside. Inside what is he? He is my own form. As I am hollow-empty, that person is also hollow and empty. I am nobody, this person is nobody and that person is nobody.

Different coloured balloons may have different designs. Some balloons have only designs. Others are red, blue, orange, yellow and some have mixed colours. What differences does it make? The same air is inside every balloon; the same substance. It is he same thing. Janaka is surprised and amazed and is dazed by this sudden realization. अहो विक्लपितं विश्वं । This entire universe is a play of one hollow and empty, playing in different forms, shapes and colours. Nobody's mind is predictable. Everybody's mind is unpredictable. Or you can say it other way i.e. that everybody's mind is predictable. Though completely opposite statements, they mean the same. If I say the mind is unpredictable, I have predicted what it is. I've predicted that it is unpredictable.

मत्तो विनिर्गतं विश्वं मय्येव लयमेष्यति । All comes from this empty space within me and goes back into that. This body has come out of me, and this body will go back into me. I am untouched. I am the non-changing existence. You don't know how many forms you have come in with. You don't know how many sons and daughters you have had. You don't know how many relatives you have had in the thousands and thousands of years. Our eyes are covered. Like horses have a side covering on their eyes (blinkers), so they don't get distracted and see only road. Man is extremely cunning. He wants to control the horse in such a way that it doesn't even look at the greenery on either side of the road. He covers its eyes so it can just see a little bit of the road, because he is in the same shape. He is unable to see the past, and he is unable to see the future.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji

ASHTAVAKRA GITA

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